It's 15 years now that I've been on Couchsurfing and I guess I've changed a lot over those years. My hair is getting greyer and thinner, for a start. But I'm chilled about that. It is what it is.

I'm an English teacher who loves his work. I grew up in Brighton, England, but these days I live and work in France. Before moving here, I lived in Slovenia, Italy and Spain.

I'm always relaxed. I don't do stress.

I was fortunate enough to have a book published, called Gatecrashing Europe. It's mostly about a Couchsurfing adventure I undertook a long time ago now. It's not the greatest book in the world but hey ho.

When I'm not working I like to spend my time writing, running, learning different languages, seeing new places with my wife, playing and/or watching football, and meeting new people from different parts of the world and getting to know a little about them and the place they come from.

PHILOSOPHY

"If you haven't seen it, go and see it."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've made some great friends through CS. I don't just mean 'friends' in a passive way, I mean proper mates til the end. Couchsurfing people are my people.

Interests

Languages fascinate me, grammar in particular.

I'm in love with the land of Bosnia.

I play football.

I like to meditate when I can find the time.

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The greatest book I've ever read is A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry.
I also love George Orwell, Anthony Loyd, Hunter S Thompson, Paul Theroux's travel stuff, Bill Bryson, Charles Bukowski, Heinrich Böll, to name but a few.

Music: I love my tech-house and minimal techno. And psytrance. Also: Cat Stevens, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel, Neil Young, the Doors, Elvis, Bruce Springsteen, Anoushka Shankar.....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Great Euro Freebie Challenge: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/visiting-every-capital-in-europe-for-free-kris-mole-020

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a hairdresser, so I can teach you to cut hair.

I'm not really. I made that up.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I've almost always got some food with me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France, Italy, Slovenia, Spain

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