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About me
I'm a PhD student at the Universitat d'Alacant studying machine translation, I also work as a language engineer. I'm interested in languages, travelling, and all that other stuff listed below.
Regarding the languages I speak: Beginner denotes that I studied this for some time and am literate to some degree. Intermediate denotes that I can function on a day to day basis in this language.
Spoken languages
- English Expert
- Spanish Intermediate
- Catalan Intermediate
- French Beginner
- Russian Beginner
- Basque Beginner
- Icelandic Beginner
My interests
- Hobbies:
aberystwyth, anarchism, anime, anti-imperialism, balkans, central asia, drugs, dystopia, electric wizard, films, free software, global justice, gnu, graffiti, history, hitch-hiking, irc, languages, libertarianism, linguistics, metallica, mythical origins of language, nirvana, opeth, pantera, pennywise, playing guitar, politics, programming, sailing, sepultura, slayer, socialism, spanish punk, the gathering, tool, travelling, ua, uea, utopia, uwa, volunteering
- Books:
The books of George Orwell and Hunter S. Thompson, Isaac Asimov and Peter Fleming, among countless others.
- Music:
Most music with guitars and drums. Particularly punk, metal, rock, post-rock, grunge... etc.
- Films:
Films that are described as "social realist", or "gritty", fear and loathing in las vegas, anything with stunning cinematography or that makes you think.
Travel experiences
- Past trips:
TRAVELLED: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine, United States, Wales, Malta, Sweden, Morocco, Finland, Russia, Luxembourg, Macedonia, LIVED: England, Ireland, Spain, United States, Wales, Iceland
- Planned trips:
Belongs to the following groups
Alacant - Alicante
Visc aquí!
HospitalityClub
I'm a member of hospitality club, it was the first hospitality exchange organisation which I joined.
Accommodation
- Max number of guests:
- 1
- Other information for guests:
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At the moment I'm in a shared house, so it's space on my floor I'm afraid. I have a sleeping mat available.
Latest comments
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from TamBorine - 2012-02-27 02:15:08
Fran is a lovely guy, & very kind of him to host me last minute after some confusion with another host; I can highly recommend him! I really enjoyed chatting to Fran about all sorts on our nice long walk back to his beautiful house north of Alican... more
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from teeshirt - 2011-08-31 01:32:37
Fran is very passionate about what he does. He is a curious and open-minded person and I have always enjoyed his company. He would go out of his way to help you with whatever he can. I would not hesitate to contact him and spend time with him. I am l... more
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from turysta - 2011-01-27 16:02:04
Francis is very positive, easy-going and open-minded guy. Unfortunately he had to study and work while I was visiting him so we did not spend much time together but the evenings were really cool. We had a little chat about languages and the cultures ... more
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