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I'm Alex, and I come from a town in Kent which is not too far away from London.
I have a degree in politics, and I've just returned from 9 months living in Germany where I taught English. I currently work in marketing, but I'm qualified to teach English, history and politics. One day I would like to become a journalist and author as I'm very passionate about writing.
I'm very interested in art, literature, history, current affairs and other cultures, particularly Germany and Scandinavia, Russia and the Middle East.
I'm interested in finding out about how other people live, their perspective on the world.
Requests
Someone to help me with my German (or any of the other languages I'm learning) would be nice, but I'm also interested in hearing from anyone who would like an exchange of ideas and culture, or a good chat.
I'm happy to talk through here or by email, but I would enjoy having some snail mail penpals - it's always nice to get a letter from abroad.
Of course, I'm happy to help people with their English.
Hobbies & Interests
Varied; reading, writing, cycling, tennis, swimming, photograpy, letters, languages, current affairs, music, films, travelling, friends - all the usual stuff.
Favorite Music
Suede, Pulp, Keane, Thin Lizzy, The Killers, The Kooks, The Beatles, Manic Street Preachers, Aztec Camera, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Annie Lennox, OMD, Elvis Costello
Favorite Movies
9th Company, Vojna, Brotherhood, Prisoner of the Mountains, Cross of Iron, Black Book, Goodbye Lenin, The Secret Lives of Others
Favorite TV Shows
Family Guy, The Simpsons, Big Train, The Bill, Frasier, Seinfeld, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother
Favorite Books
"Dracula" by Bram Stoker, "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy, "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas, "1984" by George Orwell.