ABOUT ME
Please note that Couch Surfing sends me their junk email, but does not forward your requests to me :-(, so m replies to any requests will be rather slow.
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When you request a couch please INFORM me about the TIMES and PLACE of your ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE at airports/station/coach station because travel from airport/station/coach station is not easy in the early morning or late in the evening from where I live. Without this information I CANNOT offer to host because to do so has and will cause great difficulty for Couch Surfers
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE READ THIS - IT IS IMPORTANT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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When you request a couch please INFORM me about the TIMES and PLACE of your ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE at airports/station/coach station because travel from airport/station/coach station is not easy in the early morning or late in the evening from where I live. Without this information I CANNOT offer to host because to do so has and will cause great difficulty for Couch Surfers
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A modern Diogenes in philosophy and LIFESTYLE, so please see Diogenes on Wikipedia. So I do not use Skype, WhatsApp or WeChat. Judging myself? So difficult! I like to think of myself as a very knowledgeable person, politely friendly though not effusively so - in fact I am reserved as any well trained Englishman. However please read my references to get a better view about me .
Being retired I can be more attentive to the needs of CSers. I like to feel that I can tailor my guiding my guest CSers around London according to the interests of the guest
I like learning the views of other people about London and the UK.

I still do some teaching of English as a foreign language so am happy to help there if wanted.

PHILOSOPHY

A cynic - like Diogenes

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Why I'm on Couchsurfing? When I was a poor young student, many people offered me "couches" in my backpacking travels around Europe. Now I am a poor retired old man I feel that I should repay that debt as best I can. So offers of a sofa bed it is! I hope my small efforts make some contribution to understanding between peoples and perhaps even to causing just a tiny contribution to more peace between nations.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted many times, but surfed only once., but I enjoy showing guests London - I am a Londonmaniac. I have never had any significant problems with a variety of CSers and intend to keep hosting.

Interests

1) China, especially its history.and culture.
2) London, geography, history, architecture, culture and its indigenous people.
3) some linguistics

• culture
• books
• architecture
• coach
• traveling
• backpacking
• geography
• history
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

'Films' - not "movies" :-( So "When the Wind Blows". the old Ealing studio films
Music: Scarlatti, the Romantic and Impressionist periods (e.g Ravel, Rimski-Korsakoff)
Books:' Le Petit Prince' by de Exupery, 'Brave New World' by A Huxley

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In a Maltese hospital, I told the Minister of Health that he must wait until I had finished examining my patient, whom he wanted to see . (Well it amazed the government minister!)

Teach, Learn, Share

With four university degrees - quite a lot to share but I like teaching English and sharing London -there is a lot to share.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Guide around London, or advice and books for visiting London.
Help to polish up spoken English.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Malta, South Africa, United Kingdom

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