ABOUT ME

I have just recently quite my job, in which I worked for a combined arts (theatre, dance, cinema, t.v., visual art) centre in Hammersmith, London. This is because I am going back to university to do a Masters. This I am very excited about, I am looking forward to being a student again!

This account might look slight strange, this is because my friend Tamara and I, originally set it up as a shared account when we went travelling on the Trans-siberian Railway and through China. But for now it is just me using it.

I am relaxed, easy going, spontaneous, low maintenance. Interested in becoming fully immersed in other cultures and listening to other peoples views, and always up for a laugh.

PHILOSOPHY

'If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door'

Life is like a cobweb, not an organisation chart.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Back in 2010 I originally joined couchsurfing with my friend Tamara, and we shared this account until she said I could use it as a solo traveller when I go travelling this year.

Interests

Love art and literature - studying Art History as my Masters course, and I did this in York and undergraduate degree. Photography. Films. Music. Building strange things. Travelling. Weird dancing. Finding new places... from an underground den to a hidden bookshop/pub and exploring different countries and cultures. Food. Poetry, philosophy and climbing/ bouldering.

• arts
• literature
• poetry
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• pub crawls
• movies
• traveling
• bouldering
• music
• rock climbing
• art history
• history
• solo travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, A Brave New World, Middlesex, A Clockwork Orange,

Lots of music....: Enya, Bonobo, James Blake, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Pogo, Modest Mouse, Nelly Furtado, DJ Shadow, Sigur Ros, Toots and the Maytals, The Flaming Lips, Rihanna, Mark Ronson, The Doors

The Beatles

Caribou, Infected Mushroom, Shpongle, The Flashbulb, Aphex Twin, A R Rahman, Gogol Bordello

Art: William Blake, Cy Twombly, The Otolith Group, Yael Bartana, Joseph Cornell, Paul Klee ..

Movies: Requim for a Dream, Trainspotting, Pi, Eternal Sunshine in a Spotless Mind, Pride and Prejudice, My life without me, Princess Bride, Fantasia, Memories of Matsuko, Rumblefish

Favourite festivals: Shambala, Glastonbury etc.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories from places visited. Laughter!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

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