I live and work in Manchester, England. I graduated from university five years ago and have been working in professional services since then. Manchester has a great cultural, engineering and social history that I identify with. In three people: Tony Wilson, Ernest Rutherford, and Emmeline Pankhurst it won me over. When I see it from the airplane window returning home I smile madly.

My main interests are art in all its forms and of course travel. I love eating, drinking, seeing and grooving my way around planet earth, meeting great people along the way. In a line from my favourite film, La Grande Belleza, I believe "travel is useful, it exercises the imagination. All the rest is dis­appointment and fatigue...". Maybe not ALL the rest though haha.

I've been desperately trying to learn a language for the past few years but can't focus on one because I find them all interesting, so I can still only speak English with any fluency :(

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm here because my friend recommended it and I met some of her couch surfer friends and they were cool people. I was converted!

Interests

Experiencing live music, art, waiting for late running trains, eating, complaining that I want to run but can't, collecting Lonely Planet guides, reading thought provoking books, politics, the environment, chatting with old friends, chatting with new friends, and bingeing on Netflix

• arts
• architecture
• concerts
• yoga
• running
• eating out
• music
• trail running
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

My desert island suitcase would contain...

Films: La Grande Belleza, Milk
Music: Bob Marley's Legends, Radiohead's OK computer, anything Philip Glass, and Jamie XX's In colours
Books: Every time I find the meaning of life they change it - Daniel Klein, A critical introduction to law (!!! honestly, one of the best books I've ever read), Driving over lemons - Chris Stewart

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I won the audience vote in a Chinese singing competition last year.... despite the fact I can barely speak zhongguohua, can barely dance, and most definitely can't sing 哈哈哈哈 :-D

Teach, Learn, Share

Yeah, good idea!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I make great pasta!

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom