Old friends. Sat on a park bench like bookends...

Lisa: Born in rural West Wales. I tend to move around and travel a lot but for a few months now I've been based in Bristol, UK. My work is in festival catering, I run a pizza stall and work throughout the summer months all around the UK and Ireland. I love music and dancing as much and as freely as possible. My studies were in herbal medicine and I'm especially interested in local medicine and community project work. I tend to spend my free time; cooking, cycling, hiking, dancing, exploring, drinking fancy coffees and cocktails and chatting rubbish! I'm lucky to have been to some amazing and special places and am always happy for new experiences with new people.

George: Hey ! I enjoy, gin & tonics, cooking, singing and playing guitar, meeting people, wine, Patti Smith, travelling, dancing, wildly overpriced organic cosmetics, walks in the countryside, art, sitting in cafes for hours, writing and drawing in my journal, a sense of the ridiculous... keeping open and spontaneous and meeting new people, learning from them, experiencing new places. 32, originally from the rural Welsh Borders, currently living, working, painting in Brighton, UK.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We love exploring and adventuring separately and together, love having authentic experiences of places and connecting with people ...often on a budget so always on the lookout for some nice folk who’re happy to have us to stay !

Interests

• books
• dancing
• cooking
• coffee
• gardening
• traveling
• music
• art
• food
• nature
• plants
• herbal medicine
• vegan cooking
• gin

Music, Movies, and Books

George: Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Iron and Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Jessica Pratt, Sun Kil Moon, The Dreamers, The Graduate, Harold and Maude, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, Just Kids, M Train, Call Me By Your Name, Rebecca, The Great Gatsby.

Lisa:
Music: The Pixies, Joy Division, Cocteau Twins, Fleetwood Mac, Talking Heads, Chromatics, Kate Tempest, Erykah Badu, Princess Nokia, James Blake, Sylvan Esso, Quantic.....
Film: Bladerunner, Leon the Professional, LA Confidential, Memento, Chinatown, V for Vendetta, Isle of Dogs.....
Books: Margaret Atwood, Haruki Murakami, George Orwell, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jonathan Safran Foer, Angela Carter, Patrick Suskind, Daphne Du Maurier, Agathe Christie, Aldous Huxley, William Gibson.........

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

George: I've cycled in the Topez de Collantes nature reserve in the Escambray Mountains in central Cuba.

Lisa:
Northern lights and incredible sights in Iceland.
Sunrise at the summit of Kilimanjaro.
An art installation on an island of Japan that made me cry.

Teach, Learn, Share

Can share beautiful vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free cooking, songs on the guitar, experiences of people and travels...

Forever learning from other people, being pleasantly surprised and inspired by things people do, experiences they’ve had.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good chat, open, spontaneous fun ...all of the above !

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Canada, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Macao, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany