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Scotland, United Kingdom
@richardwestsoley
Member since 2009
Linguist, trained language teacher, turned educational software developer from the West Midlands in England. Based in Edinburgh but also work regularly in Shoreditch, London. Piano player in my spare time, as well as a lifelong learner of languages and many other things! Love travel, foreign languages, music, as well as all things geeky-techie.
Interested in Coffee
Interested in Education
Fluent in German
Learning Greek (modern)
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Passionate about languages and travel, and excited to meet others on similar journeys.
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: hugely varied tastes from Eurovision to classical. I love cheesy pop!
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Reported live on location for a major Eurovision news website!
Teach, Learn, Share
Trained as a linguist and a programmer (ActionScript, Kotlin, Objective-C, Swift), and love to share my experiences with these. If you're learning German or Spanish, I can help out with conversation practice; also OK French, and a bit of Norwegian and Russian if you're a beginner and want to chat! Recently completed a BSc in Social Sciences, specialising in Sociology and Psychological Studies, so am happy to chat about people and society to your heart's content. About to start an MA in Sociology.
What I Can Share With Hosts
Coffee, chat, local knowledge.
My Interests
Foreign languages, travel, programming, anything related to self-development and self-improvement!
