***It's a sad day but after 13 years or so on italki, the website/app is now a shadow of what it once was all those years ago, and it is time to move on to pastures new. I have met some great people over the years on italki, but all good things come to an end. I'll be at HelloTalk.*** I am British and I live and work in London, UK. I am a manager at a translation company. I previously spent a number of years teaching English in Spain and Japan. I also studied in France as part of my BA and I did my MA in French/Spanish to English translation. My interests are photography, guitar, playing piano, languages, sport, nature, DIY and planetary sciences. I love travelling and my favourite trip was from Singapore to London overland by train, bus and boat (no planes) which took me 3 months. I speak French, Spanish, Portuguese and bad Japanese. However, I am mainly studying Chinese now since my wife is Chinese and we have a young daughter.