Obsessive Compulsive Traveller, former (language, art and R.E.) teacher / lecturer turned bookseller, amateur photographer, whiskey and wine enthusiast, curry lover, fanatic reader, museum ravisher, great conversationalist and proud godmother (fairy or otherwise, I leave that to the reader's imagination).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Life is too short to drink bad wine.
Yves Desmet

Interests

Travel, photography, art, literature, religion, history, lovely food and a nice drink.

• arts
• literature
• photography
• dining
• wine
• drinking
• traveling
• history
• languages
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Some of my favourite authors: Jose Saramago, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Alasdair Gray, Emily Bronte, Amy Tan, Orhan Pamuk, Truman Capote, Margaret Atwood, Gregory David Roberts, Seamus Heaney Zadie Smith and many others...

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mauritania, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Northern Ireland, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, England, Northern Ireland, Peru