CURRENT MISSION

Build a life in Groningen

ABOUT ME

Hi I'm Tom! I'm a 28-year-old Englishman. I love language, stand-up comedy, local sports stories, funk music, webcomics and many other things too - including travelling of course! I really enjoy meeting people from different cultures, backgrounds and countries and learning from them about all the different ways there are to live.

PHILOSOPHY

I'm a huge fan of the essay commonly known as "Sunscreen" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-schmich-sunscreen-column,0,4054576.column

At the moment, I'm concentrating on this bit:
"Do one thing every day that scares you."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would like to exchange fun chat for sleeping space. :) Currently, I offer sleeping space, so if you'd like some, please prepare your fun chat!

Also, having spent some time in China, I really do feel like I have learned to sleep almost anywhere, although I am not yet this good! http://www.sleepingchinese.com/index.php?option=com_ponygallery&Itemid=26&func=detail&id=86

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed a fair few New Zealand couches and developed a healthy appetite for Kiwi sofa! Then expanded my gastronomic horizons with futons all over South America. Offered an amuse-bouche of London lilo to budding gourmands followed by a main course of Peruvian inflatable mattress. After working my through an all-you-can-eat Brazilian World Cup buffet, I've moved in with my girlfriend in Bogotá and together we serve up spare bedroom Peruvian-English fusion cuisine.

P.S. This metaphor may be dangerously overextended. Consume with caution.

P.P.S. Basically, I have couchsurfed in 5 or 6 countries since 2011.

Interests

I love improvised, collaborative art in any form - it's one of the most human, fascinating, immediate, life-affirming things we can do. I also love amateur sport - the average local sports team has a dozen tales far more epic than the Greek myths. So inspiring. If I had to choose one artistic work to represent me, it would be this: http://www.qwantz.com
WARNING: only visit this site if you like wise-cracking DINOSAURS!!!!

• rugby
• linguistics
• party
• stand up comedy
• funk music

Music, Movies, and Books

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, James Brown, Being John Malkovich, Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman?, House M.D., David Bowie, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Stevie Wonder, To Kill a Mockingbird, Stranger than Fiction, Flight of the Conchords, Stewart Lee.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen a two-day-old panda. SOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach English/Spanish/French and saxophone and linguistics.
I would love to learn how to play bass and dance and cook, preferably all at the same time.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love to share old stories and new experiences, preferably with something alcoholic. I can share advice with you about the places I have travelled and lived in, especially Peru. I'm very new in Groningen and the Netherlands, so I'm happy to explore the city with you and discover things about my new home.

** So, if you would like to share our house, first please share your favourite part of Sunscreen ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Mali, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, China, Colombia, New Zealand, Peru, Senegal, United Kingdom

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