Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Over the summer I am making my way from Manchester to Istanbul by train, conducting research in various museums along the way. I think that this is an excellent opportunity to meet people who can show me something unique about the cities I will be visiting, and that we might be able to offer each other an interesting perspective on the lives that we lead.

In return for accommodation I would love to be able to cook up some fine Brit cuisine for my host, maybe a full english breakfast or a big vegetable pie? Otherwise, I'm sure that we will be able to have some long and stimulating conversations when I am not conducting my research. Cheers.

Interests

Music, cooking, museums, books, writing, anthropology, cycling, books again, natural history and the natural world, urban exploring

• writing
• books
• cooking
• breakfast
• socializing
• music
• cycling
• anthropology
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Four Tet, Aphex Twin, Toots and the Maytals, Animal Collective, Radiohead, Pulp, Blur, Gorillaz, Anais Mitchell, R.E.M, Horace Andy, Camille Saint-Saens, Gounod, Liszt, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Frank Zappa, Moondog, Miles Davis, Why?, MF Doom, Richard Thompson, Battles, 10cc.....

Authors: Georges Bataille, Satre, Mikhail Bulgakov, De Beauvoir, Anthony Burgess, Irvine Welsh, Orwell, Camus, García Márquez, Louis de Bernières, Larkin, Bret Easton Ellis, Faulkner, Ballard...

What I Can Share with Hosts

It would be good to be able to play music together - unfortunately I don't have room to take instruments on my travels but I'd love to jam with whatever there is at hand

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Switzerland