Hello!

I am a translator and muck-abouter living in Shanghai.

I love to talk about things in depth and think about the world, society and history, but I also like getting drunk and dancing round your living room. Above all I like spontaneous, genuine people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I try to make everyone feel at home.

Je fais a manger aux affames!

Me gusta que todos esten a gusto, y tambien se cocinar y contar chistes malos.

Interests

Andrea Gibson, books, music, bodies, languages, people, chilling out, taking walks, salsa, current affairs, choir, art, BBC World, architecture, parties, cooking, rugby, earrings, LGBTQ stuff, Tom Selleck.

Cocktails
Heavily into linguistics, language acquisition in young children (semilingualism/bilingualism).
Cultural identity/belonging/in group - out group
Advice columns
Noodles
Cycling

• arts
• books
• architecture
• dancing
• cooking
• cocktails
• partying
• music
• cycling
• rugby
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Leonard Cohen (isn't he just THE man?), Mahler, Beyonce, just heard the Mountain Goats for the first time, Carlos Vives, Andres Calamaro, Concha Buika, a Scottish singer-songwriter called Tim Kwant who I heard busking once, anything really except heavy metal and even that can be OK sometimes.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

La Iglesia dice: El cuerpo es una culpa.
La ciencia dice: El cuerpo es una maquina.
La publicidad dice: El cuerpo es un negocio.
El cuerpo dice: Yo soy la fiesta.

(Eduardo Galeano)

Teach, Learn, Share

'Que le dice la foca a su madre?' 'Hey mother foca'

What did the blonde's left leg say to her right leg? 'Between the two of us, we can make a lot of money'

promise me, if you ever catch your breath
you will throw it back out to sea immediately

What I Can Share with Hosts

A bottle of delicious PG (pinot grigio!!!)

A good listening ear and some good anecdotes from years of being an expat.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, Spain, United Kingdom

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