Political Scientist, Orchestral Bassoonist, lover of languages and good food.
Interested in Animals
Interested in Birds
Fluent in English
Learning Spanish
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Travelling around the UK with my wife and meeting new people.
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: 19th Century Classical Music, Classic Rock, Jazz & Blues Movies/TV: Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Leviathan, Black Books, Monty Python, Game of Thrones, Black Mirror, Handmaid's Tale Authors: Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Barbara Kingsolver; Kurt Vonnegut Jr.; Joseph Conrad; Terry Pratchett; Dostoevsky; Lermontov; Gogol.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Been licked in the face by a giraffe and slapped by a dolphin.
What I Can Share With Hosts
- Interesting and unusual recipes. - Anything and everything about music - A bevy of bizarre stories, mostly (but not entirely) related to Russia. - Fun facts on just about everything (less boring than it sounds).
