CURRENT MISSION

To go out and see the world, discover life and myself

ABOUT ME

Hi guys! I'm an outgoing, chilled person who's up for new experiences and making the most of life. I'm really easy to get along with, very sociable and am into swimming, running and other sports. As a linguist I'm also interested in languages and work as a freelance translator. Up for nights out, new experiences, and good times! :)

PHILOSOPHY

Make every second count. Can't say I've always lived this philosophy as much as I'd like to but am certainly trying to follow this now!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been involved in the CS community principally as a surfer so far as well as meet ups. I’ve hosted one or two people too.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Nov/Dec '08 - Surfed in Singapore
Mar '09 - Surfed in Melbourne
Mar '09 - Surfed in Canberra
Mar '09 - Surfed in Sydney
Apr '09 - Surfed in Brisbane (2 hosts)
Apr '09 - Surfed in Coolum
May '09 - Surfed in Hervey Bay
May '09 - CS social: mountain climb in Cairns
Jan '12 - CS social: Chinese New Year parade, NYC
Feb '12 - CS social: Pot Luck dinner, NYC
Feb '12 - CS social: Super Bowl party, Brooklyn
Mar '12 - CS social: Knicks game at Madison Square Garden
Mar '12 - CS social: St Patricks Day house party
Apr '12 - CS social: Pillow fight in Washington Square Park
June '12 - Surfed in Miami
Dec '12 - Surfed in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro
Feb '13 - Hosted in New York
May '13 - Surfed in San Francisco
Oct '16 - Went to Nairobi National Park, elephant orphanage and giraffe sanctuary with local CouchSurfer

Interests

Obviously I’m hugely into travel. I am also a keen runner, from shorter distances up to marathons, and a member of a local club here in London. I love the great outdoors and recently hiked up the 3 tallest peaks in the UK in 24 hours as part of the 3 peaks challenge. I love art and culture and regularly go to museums and galleries here in London. I’m a big foodie and am also vegetarian.

• dining
• running
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• sports
• swimming
• languages
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - The Truman Show, Pleasantville, Happy Gilmore, Snatch, Inception, Hunger Games, Dark Knight

Music - Muse, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age, Daft Punk, Nero, Chase and Status, Plan B. All genres!

Books - Bill Bryson, Brian Thacker, travel writing in general, books about running

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My year away travelling was mind-blowing!

Skydiving in New Zealand was out of this world!!!

visited 17 states (34%)Create your own visited map of The United States or Like this? try: Ant Arena

visited 32 states (14.2%)Create your own visited map of The World or Amsterdam travel guide for Android

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach - I make a mean lasagne! French, German, Spanish anyone?

Learn - Would love to learn how to surf in OZ! More languages - I'm a quick learner!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Travel tales, good chat and listener. A run around your city anyone?

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

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