CURRENT MISSION

Climb the highest mountain; punch the face of god.

ABOUT ME

I'm a student at the University of Manchester, studying Russian and Spanish. I'm currently on the last year of my course. Last year I lived in Russia (Yaroslavl', Saint Petersburg) and Spain (San Fernando), where I studied and carried out research for my dissertation.

I'm from Somerset in England, which is a pretty rural county, so I'm always happiest when I have green around me!

I like hanging out with my friends and getting up to all sorts of shenanegins, or just chilling out watching cartoons.

PHILOSOPHY

Enjoy the little things in life. I tend to see people missing a lot of the goodness, just surviving from one day to the next.

I also strongly believe that hard work should be properly rewarded, essentially: meritocracy.

Life's for livin'!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Never hosted, but have had good experiences in Kiev and Moscow, travelling with my friend, Javi, as well as Tallinn and Madrid by myself.

Interests

- Music, playing and listening. Also collect record albums.
- History, I think we have a lot to learn from events in the past. I'm especially interested in naval history.
- Languages, love 'em!
- Motorbikes, ride a 2004 Triumph Bonneville T100.

• walking
• partying
• cartoons
• traveling
• music
• sailing
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I have quite a few history books, but in terms of literature you can't go wrong with a bit of 19th-century fiction! Favourite novel: Crime & Punishment.

Music: 1920's - 30's jazz and blues, country, rock & roll!

Movies: I have fairly normal taste - Inception, Shawshank, Godfather, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walking through Saint Petersburg along the frozen river Neva, a pretty unique way to see the city!

Watching all the old ships from the "Gran Regatta" in Cadiz sail out to sea.

Organizing an all-night party on an abandoned shipping jetty, also in Saint Petersburg. That got pretty crazy.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Netherlands, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom