CURRENT MISSION

To enjoy life in Prague as much as possible

ABOUT ME

Hi, my name's Paul. I'm originally from Suffolk in England and studied Modern Languages in Sheffield. I work as a freelance translator so can take my work me with to different countries. I lived in Zaragoza in Spain for six months this year and then moved to Prague in September. I've been trying to learn Czech since I arrived here.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted a guy from Germany and I've also stayed with a CSer in Madrid and an Italian couple in Rome. I've met a lot of people through personal messages and CS meetings

Interests

As you can probably tell from my description I enjoy learning languages and also learning about other cultures. I love music, listening to all types as well as playing and writing songs on the guitar (and trying to sing). My other interests include reading novels, history, football, vegetarian food, art and watching films.

• arts
• writing
• singing
• dining
• vegetarian
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• soccer
• freelancing
• history
• languages
• study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Twilight Sad, Radiohead, The National, Interpol, Sigur Ros, Rammstein, Joy Division, Opeth, Beach House, Arcade Fire, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Horrors, Bon Iver, Manic Street Preachers, Depeche Mode, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Noir Desir, REM, and tons of other stuff including jazz, metal, electronica, classical, etc.

Some books I've read recently: "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle, A Clockwork Orange, The Virgin Suicides, The Great Gatsby, Walden. I also love Charles Bukowski and Kurt Vonnegut.

TV series: Six Feet Under, Game of Thrones, The Big Bang Theory, Louie, Black Mirror

Films: Citizen Kane, Into the Wild, Star Wars (Episodes 4-6), a lot of Woody Allen films, The Shawshank Redemption, Dr Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Living in Prague and meeting so many cool people.

My Erasmus year was pretty special. Too many highlights to pick one.

Working with mentally handicapped people in Germany on a gap year was a great experience.

Travelling to Norway to try to see the Northern Lights (even though I didn't manage to because it was cloudy all the time).

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom

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