Currently traveling with my partner around Europe!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I haven't spent much time using this yet - I enjoyed an amazing trip to Paris in winter 2012, and experienced what I ideally thought I might have done, having heard friends' tales of amazing hosts and fulfilling encounters. When I lived somewhere in London that had space, we hosted a couple of travelers, whom I hope to see again some day.
The reason I am here is to facilitate cultural exchange and unexpected connections free from the damning effects of exchanging money - I like the kind of 'gift economy' this inspires.

Interests

• arts
• books
• dining
• cooking
• knitting
• guitar
• cultural studies

Music, Movies, and Books

Clarice Lispector. Kafka. Ben Lerner. Anne Carson. Walter Benjamin. Elena Ferrante. john ashbery.

Movies? um Synecdoche New York, Naked, Persona, Blue Velvet, Hunger, Before Midnight, The Lives of Others, Paul Thomas Anderson stuff, Tarkovsky

Music - currently Ben Frost, Tim Hecker, Burial, The Knife, Kassem Mosse, Joey Anderson, Oneohtrix Point Never

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being caught in a torrential rain storm alone in an old part of Istanbul, then getting a free lesson on that traditional instrument i forget the name of.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have a few 'signature' (habitual) dishes I could cook for you. Currently cooking a lot from an excellent Indian cook book. I think all I'm good for is general 'have you seen/read/heard this person/group/thing' type conversations, or providing food.
I can also play the guitar and mandolin but that'd be dull. I should learn a craft (currently learning to knit, would that do? I'll find something more exciting...)

What I Can Share with Hosts

A free museum visit?

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom