CURRENT MISSION

Not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour and some style.

ABOUT ME

Dan: Finishing my final year of college in Nottingham after a rather large dispute with my college in Spain, courses start September 2010. I was born in Edinburgh, my Dad is Brazilian with Spanish heritage and my mother is Scottish. Quite a mix, I know haha. As for my personallity; I'm quite amicable and I try to see the best in people. I feel strongly about quite a lot of things as well as having quite a passionate nature. Es el sangre latino, no lo puedo escapar jaja. I love to crack a joke and have a laugh. That raises the question of whether or not I'm funny. People say I'm a "nice" guy whatever that means. Anyway, I think I'll let you form your own opinion of me =)

Sian: I'm starting at The Queens Medical College, The University of Nottingham in September after a hell of a year with a broken knee. Born and raised on a farm in Wales and yes I have heard almost every single joke in the book about sheep. I'm a fully qualified life guard, only ever had to make one save in my 3 years of working. Once I get my degree I would love to be able to work on the "lifeline express" and travel the world.

PHILOSOPHY

Worse things happen at sea.
Mi casa es su casa.
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Would love to host in the future but at the moment we don't really have a steady place for you to stay with us, sorry!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Complete beginners!

Interests

Dan: I love literature and by that I mean writing as well as reading. I live and breathe everything from Camus and Sartre to Eliot right through to Pinter. I would die a happy man if one of my works received a fraction of their success. Apart from that I absolutely love my football. Aficionado del Barça, sempre culé. Music and film are big on the list too, especially film. Another passion of mine is food; the cooking and eating but lately I really am becoming obsessed with cooking. I would love to cook for anybody kind enough to let us surf with them. Needless to say I absolutely love travelling and learning from new people and cultures, I live to learn and expand my perspective. I could go on and on but I'll leave it there just to give you an idea. I'm also a real poker fan and I play No Limit Hold Em and Omaha. NLHE is definately my game and I've now clocked 4 years of experience (longer than I should have been as you will have realised lol).

Sian: Playing guitar and piano, composing music, travelling, dancing 'til my feet hurt, cooking/eating good food, cleaning, photography, the beach.

• writing
• books
• literature
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• poker
• music
• guitar
• piano
• rock climbing
• soccer
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: An English man went up a hill and came down a mountain, Cidade de Deus, Saving Grace, Pulp Fiction, Lions For Lambs, Star Trek, Finding Eric, The Departed, The Garden State, The Omega Man, Airplane, Natural Born Killers, Shallow Grave, Big Fish, Harry Brown, Shawshank Redemption, Apocalpyse Now, The Dark Knight, Goodfellas, Trainspotting, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Mar Adentro, Vivir, Sexy Beast, Slumdog, Reservoir Dogs, Scarface and could definately keep going.

Have to add Band of Brothers and Sopranos despite not being films.

Music: Pink Floyd, Hendrix, Primal Scream, Iggy Pop, Mumford and Sons, Seth Lakeman, Seasick Steve, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Coldplay, Tim Minchin, Frank Turner, Ben Harper, Immortal Technique, Nas, Common, The Roots, Flobots, The Pharcyde, Black Star, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu Tang, Talib Kweli, Mos Def and much more.

Books: Lord of the flies, One flew over the cuckoos nest, The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Observations, On The Road, In Cold Blood, The Kite Runner, The Good Terrorist, Catch 22, Filth, A Clockwork Orange (much to the disgust of Anthony Burgess), The Plague, The Rebel and His Dark Materials.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Meeting Goldie Looking Chain in Andy's Record Store, Aberystwyth. Watching the sun set over the Twelve Apostles. Climbing the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.
Saved my brother from drowning. Twice. Climbing to the peak of Mt Teide Tenerife. Meteor showers in Tenerife.

Teach, Learn, Share

To meet people from all walks of life and share experiences/cultures/beliefs and to learn from one and other.

Will teach you anything we know from speaking Welsh/Spanish/English, playing guitar/piano, reading sheet music, the rules of beer pong, IT, how to make incredible cakes, (Dan says how to be a pro gamer) and basic life saving and first aid.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Brazil, China, France, Greece, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United Kingdom