CURRENT MISSION

Sailing to Byzantium

ABOUT ME

I was brought up in the UK but have spent much of the last decade in Central Europe.

I am a keen swimmer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted couchsurfers in Bucharest and London and I am grateful to find a friendly host when I am in a place I do not know well.

Interests

I like books, travel and pottery.

• books
• traveling
• pottery
• sailing
• swimming
• contact improvisation
• cycle touring

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Third Man, Casablanca, Black Cat, White Cat, Night on Earth, Lives of Others.

Books: Time will darken it (William Maxwell), God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy), Knulp (Herman Hesse).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once swam across the Gibraltar Strait from Europe to Africa.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, Romania, United Kingdom