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  • Fluent in Arabic (North Levantine), English, Spanish; learning French, Persian (Farsi)
  • 40, Other
  • Member since 2010
  • Art Historian and teacher
  • Went to school in Oxford, university in Cambridge, and ha...
  • From Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To explore South America together and get to know the people and places of this amazing continent!

ABOUT ME

Hi, we are a couple from the UK (Jenny is from England and Bob is from Scotland). We are both mid-20s, left our jobs in England, and are currently travelling in South America hoping to meet some interesting people through couchsurfing. Jenny studied Arabic and Spanish at uni and has lived in various countries, and Bob is a computer scientist. We are (we think) friendly, enquiring, and considerate people who will be good guests and are also keen to practice our Spanish!

PHILOSOPHY

When faced with a choice, always take the path unknown...

People and relationships are more important than anything else in life

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We haven't participated yet but are hoping to soon. We believe that meeting local people is one of the most rewarding and enjoyable aspects of travelling or living abroad so we're really interested in the CouchSurfing mission.

Bob volunteers his skills on the website of an NGO called Leap Local which has some similar aims to couchsurfing in terms of putting travellers directly in contact with local people for the benefit of both parties: www.leaplocal.org

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Watch this space...

Interests

Between us we are interested in: foreign languages and linguistics/anthropology, literature, cinema, arts, cultural heritage and traditions and their preservation, museums, hiking and walking in the countryside, cooking, gardening, drinking in cosy english pubs, exploring new places and travelling, swimming, science, computer programming, food and drink, gliding, photography, going to festivals, cycling, drawing, snowboarding and skiing

  • arts
  • literature
  • photography
  • festivals
  • dining
  • cooking
  • walking
  • partying
  • drinking
  • pub crawls
  • crafts
  • gardening
  • movies
  • traveling
  • drawing
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • skiing
  • snowboarding
  • sports
  • swimming
  • anthropology
  • languages
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Anything with subtitles! especially Spanish, anything by Weiner Herzog, Syrian cinema, Studio Ghibli, Dr Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey

Music: Quite into British folk music at the moment but also love music from around the world and cross-cultural 'fusion' music eg Arab-Spanish. Also Bran Van 3000, the Prodigy, jazz, Regina Spektor,

Books: travel books and historical fiction, English and world literature, online web comics,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelling the world aged 18/ Living in the Middle East for a year

Teach, Learn, Share

IT/Computing help (esp Linux), cooking, gardening, translation help in some languages, basic bike maintenence,

Would love to learn: New activities and sports, arts and crafts, get better at Spanish, local cooking

Countries I’ve Visited

Peru, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Mexico, Peru, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom

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