Me and my partner Josh are making our way around France at the moment and are trying to learn new skills as we travel, mainly through helpx. We have been learning about sustainable living, and working on self-built house projects, since august.

We get on with most people and are keen to share and learn as much as possible with the people we meet!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new people and see new places.
We've found couch surfing leads us to the loveliest people in a new location, and there's nothing more humbling than people welcoming you into their homes.

Thanks to all our hosts so far!

Interests

We both love films, arts and music.
I am a metalsmith, and design and make sculptural and jewellery pieces. I also worked in a primary school part time. Josh has been teaching for two years in the UK.

Our dream is to build our own eco house one day. We are keen to be part of a big Green movement that extends further than its current stereotypes.. Sustainable living shouldn't need to be a hippy dream! It's just super sensible. We have loved meeting lots of people on our travels who are breaking stereotypes.

• arts
• music festivals
• crafts
• art history
• film

Music, Movies, and Books

We both love a good discussion about music, film and books - some of our favourites:

Music: radiohead, the national, this is the kit, nina simone, neutral milk hotel, hot 8 brass band, joanna newsom, bonobo, alt-j, anohni, ben howard, caribou, fat freddys drop, wild beasts..
a bit of jazz, a bit of swing, anything new people want to share!

Films: The Guard, School of Rock, Kings of Summer, Life of Brian, Pride and Prejudice, Four Weddings, Whiplash, Juno, Away We Go, Skyfall, la la land, high fidelity, inside out, arrival, demain, hook!

Fave books by: Gerald Durrell, Alain de Boton, Milan Kundera, Steinbeck, Caitlin Moran, Jon Klassen, Maya Angelou, Arundhati Roy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Anna trekked through the Amazon.
Josh has bungee jumped in nz.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Ecuador, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, England, France, Italy