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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
To boldy go where all interesting people with travel stories have been before...and to come back with wackier stories!
ABOUT ME
Born in Cardiff Wales
Of Arab and Welsh heritage
Adapted by an English couple - father performance artist (professional clown, storyteller, teacher), mother an archaeological conservator = great mix!
I am an extrovert.
This profile is by no means complete or refined!
PHILOSOPHY
Social democrat with green environmentalist interests
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Hosting:
-Hosted in Brighton a lot (but not through this website)
-Hosted many times in Berlin (both through this website and not)
Hosted:
-Been hosted in Schwerin for 11 days by host mother, teacher and co-ordinator of my summer language camps training week at her school
-Hosted in Hamburg for one night for a lovely PhD pair who cooked for me and in the morning I cooked breakfast!
-Hosted by my university programme coordinator in Brighton and by my family/friends a lot in London and elsewhere (not through the Couchsurfing website)
Interests
Travel, music and arts festivals (violin playing)
International development work - maintain and co-lead charities.
- arts
- performing arts
- festivals
- environment
- cooking
- technology
- traveling
- juggling
- music
- violin
- business
- teaching
Music, Movies, and Books
I like many genres of music, depending on my mood. I often love to dance - electro-swing/gypsy folk is one genre I like dancing to.
Magical realism - books by the likes of Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Salmon Rushdie for instance
Travel books (especially environment ones)
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Knocked over the Queen of England body guard on my unicycle (by accident!)
Teach, Learn, Share
Teach: violin, English, juggling, stories (folk and legends), Welsh cuisine, etc.
Learn: German language, cooking, and folk stories
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Malawi, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
Canada, Germany, Kenya, United Kingdom
Old School Badges
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Pioneer Badge