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Overview

  • 1 reference
  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • Wine Shop Manager
  • College
  • From Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About Me

I'm a fun loving guy ready for some adventure. I believe in being honest and courteous especially to anyone kind enough to open up their homes. My Mother taught me well and I am very clean and considerate to those around me!

I have a good sense of humour and love to chat and joke around.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've always been in a group or with a partner in the past when I've travelled and so haven't had the opportunity or inclination to use Couchsurfing. The more I look around and the more I read through this looks like an awesome place and I can't wait to meet up with some CSers in my hometown as well as abroad.

I'll be leaving for Europe soon and hope to meet some couchsurfers over there and when I return to host some other people in kind.

Interests

I love wine, music, board games, cooking, having fun and relaxing. I'm currently learning French so would love to practice with you although I'm finding it to be quite a challenge so you might laugh at me which is no problem at all!

In fact I've recently become really interested in language and would love it if you could teach me some words in a language I don't speak.

I'm not one of those people that needs to go sight-seeing in every city and visit all the tourist spots. I'd rather know about a little hole in the wall restaurant or bar or even a beautiful nature spot or something similar.

I love to cook so if you are hosting me I might insist that you kick back while I get to work cooking up a tasty treat!

  • cooking
  • wine
  • board games
  • traveling
  • music

Music, Movies, and Books

Music is always a hard one. I love old school hip hop and jams, anything chill with a beat soothes my soul. I have a thing for Japanese culture too and love Japanese inspired beats and music. I'm pretty easygoing though, can get into just about anything.

Movies, love me a good heist movie, anything quirky or clever or light hearted and fun.

Books, I'm a huge fantasy junky, so if you want to talk fantasy we can talk fantasy!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Too many to name just one, surely.

What about......I once tasted a wine double blind and guessed it's vintage, price, variety, region and country down to a tee. Actually I've done that a couple of times!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Well if I have an opportunity to cook for you I'd love to.

Apart from that I like to think that I can tell you a little about myself and we could hang out. Share stories and experiences and just get along. Some of the coolest people I've met have been travelling and I'm still friends with them to this day.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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