CURRENT MISSION

to move to Berlin in next 18 months and explore as many continental European cities as I can

ABOUT ME

I'm new to couch surfing so I guess this is where I recommend myself. I wholeheartedly recommend me, I'm lovely. Ask my husband or my cat!

I'm very expressive and personable with a big heart but a cynical head. When I like someone I am extremely kind and caring and fiercely loyal. I love my friends like family. I like to think that I am quite an interesting person with lots to contribute. I can be a bit of a music snob sometimes but I don't let that get in the way if I really like someone. I especially enjoy spending time people that are a bit alternative and don't follow the herd in life and really respect individuality.

I love organising stuff and my friends tend to leave everything up to me which suits me as I can have things my own way. I am considerate and attentive. I have a dirty mind and am not afraid of speaking it, so if you are very easily offended then perhaps we shouldn't be friends! But do give me a try otherwise.

PHILOSOPHY

Be completely true to yourself, never compromise in love or career and keep an open mind.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am very new to this but I would like to meet likeminded people and show them around the parts of Liverpool that I love. When abroad it would be lovely to be shown around the non-touristy places.

I can now offer a bed in Liverpool in a nice area sometimes.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

tbc

Interests

I love exploring and meeting new people and finding new places to become beloved old places.

I love music, especially electronica and dancing in dirty warehouses. I like hipster bars and cafes and vintage stuff - so cliched now I know but I liked them first - honest. When I'm travelling I find myself hunting out obscure places and trying lots of local beers and wine. I also like food and cooking, especially cooking for others.

I go swimming lots and cycle everywhere when at home; it's become an obsession. My bike is vintage and very pretty. I studied international politics at uni and like being able to rant at people about the injustices in the world. When I visit a new place I tend to research the history and try and find evidence of it when I travel around.

I work for a refugee charity and really enjoy it despite the poor money.

• cats
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• politics
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hunting
• surfing
• swimming
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Modeselektor, Radiohead, Four Tet, SBTRKT, Hot Chip, The National, Kings of Convenience, Erlend Oye, Flying Lotus, Grimes, Ghost Poet, The 2 Bears, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Apparat, Blawan, Burial, Portishead, Massive Attack, Elbow, Bonobo, Emiliana Torrini, Lone, Caribou, Lamb, Amadou et Mariam, Cinematic Orchestra, Decemberists, The Field, Fleet Foxes and loads more. I try and find new music every week.

Films: Black Cat, White Cat, The Edukators, Sophie Scholl: The White Rose, The Lives of Others, The Life Aquatic, There Will be Blood, Big Lebowski, Dr Zhivago, Tsotsi, A Very Long Engagement, I've Loved You so Long, City of God, Kristiane F, No Country for Old Men, My Neighbour Totoro, Goodbye Lenin

Books: His Dark Materials Trilogy, 100 Years of Solitude, The Handmaid's Tale, Catch 22, Tess of the Durbervilles, Anna Karenina, Shadow of the Wind, Brave New World, 1984, Crime and Punishment

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Its a bit small scale but I had the most wonderful wedding on a farm which resembled a festival. One of the most amazing moments of my life was leading a lantern procession of 100 people that me and my husband love most in the down a country lane holding a wicker sculpture which we set fire to in a field.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love talking politics and history with people.

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United Kingdom