*** I am more of a last minute host as I rent a room some of the time and often do not know where I will be in a months time. I will offer private room when I know they are empty or mattress in my room ***

TRAVELING atm.

Only ask to stay if you have at least a reference and have some of that good ole couchsurfing spirit about you. Cheers!

MISSION

To make the most of each present moment. Be creative!
https://www.instagram.com/withlatitude/
https://youtu.be/Rui5ybuKVOU

ABOUT ME

Curious, resourceful, upbeat and at times solitary.
Apparently https://www.16personalities.com/infj-personality
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Empathy, gratitude, live today for who knows what the future holds. I try to plant the seed to grow the tree under whose shade I may never sit - or maybe that’s just being a long term tenant
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Karma!
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Culture culture I see as much as I can as I get, why I stay in London.

PHILOSOPHY

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step into the music he hears, however measured or far away." Henry David Thoreau.
I remember reading this when i was 14, then 20 years on i started to really hear different drummers and started on a samba journey.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Some days i am the sailor, but these days, for the time being, i am mostly the port.

Couchsurfing has revolutionised how I travel as it has so many elements to it. Travelling solo is so much more fun when you know there’s a CS community you can opt into if the solitary road gets too much.
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The comfort of strangers

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I host nowadays mainly on the Emergency couch group as I don't always have a spare bed.
I occasionally organise events in London. Free culture uberall!

Couchsurfing has revolutionised the way I travel. I travel when I can and am grateful for the CS community to host me, or meet up with me.

I’ve made many friends on my CS journey who I still see and have many memories that add to the tapestry of my life.

Interests

photography, cycling, outdoor swimming, sauna, salsa, psychology, balkan brass, bbqs, feeling the sunshine, meeting kindred spirits, synchronicity, cooking with friends, solitude, horizons, playing with words, lying in my hammock, dancing or any combination.

• culture
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• sauna
• drinking
• gardening
• reading
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• world cup
• psychology
• spirituality
• futurism
• cold water swimming
• weimar

Music, Movies, and Books

orfeu negro (black orfeus), marcel camus;
l'uomo delle stelle (starmaker), giuseppe tornatore;
la cienaga, lucrecia martel.
Studio Ghibli
fight club. crash. 21 grams. gypsy caravan.
these are the films that made an impact.

Breaking bad is my kinda series.
The Handmaid’s tale.
Homeland.

Podcasts~ blind boy podcast, david max Williams, poetry unbound, unherd

music... samba, ska, dirty funk, balkan, bossa, country, Ethiopian jazz, blues

books... The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran; Ekhart Tolle, Will Self; Vladimir Nabokov,; Yuval Harari.

https://icrrd.com/public/media/31-10-2020-084952101%20Essays%20That%20Will%20Change%20The%20Way%20You%20Think%20-%20Brianna%20Wiest.pdf

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Having a baby girl Selva
Playing samba at the 2006 world cup final in berlin with 100 drummers from 15 countries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSoceieqFck
Seeing the Berlin wall fall when I was living in Berlin as a student.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share my music, travel tales, life's antidotes, the words that get lost in translation.

I can take you for a pomegranate juice in Brixton.

I love to cook for friends. I make kombucha and kimchi and happy to share my methods.

We can sit in the garden for a mate (an argentinian tea i love to drink) and then who knows where the conversation will go.
I can tell you how to enjoy london on the cheap - I am a culture vulture without a stash of cash- if you’re lucky we can see some theatre or gigs as I get cheap tickets.
Some links:
http://www.londonforfree.net
http://www.scribd.com/doc/95205858/Free-self-guided-Cultural-London-walk
http://london.lecool.com/london/en/week

What I Can Share with Hosts

I have a hard drive full of interesting art house films - not on Netflix that you can upload
I love music and will share my taste.

I can speak several languages so happy to practise!

Let’s share our vision of the world, whether global or local; how we can try to be more empathetic in an increasingly hard world

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Nicaragua, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Italy, Nicaragua, United Kingdom, Uruguay

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