I grew up in Ireland, but have lived and studied in Germany for 10 years, with some breaks in Norway, Scotland and Spain in between.

I love to travel and meet new people.

I enjoy outdoor sports such as kayaking, cycling, hiking.

Came back from a year-long trip around Southeast Asia-New Zealand and Japan two years ago. Next trip is taking the bike up to Iceland this June!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet other travellers or people who are new to a city.
To meet locals who can tell me interesting stories and give an insiders view to their country.
To make travellers feel welcome in whereever it is I'm living at any giving time, and help them get their bearings in a new place.

Interests

Architecture :) especially cities/ Urban Planning

Traveling, seeing and learning about different cultures/ ways of life.

Hiking

Photography

Kayaking

Learning Languages

woodworking, or making things

Music (play some trad. Irish,listen to almost anything(that I would call music:)

• architecture
• photography
• traveling
• woodworking
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• sports
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: I'm not big into films. Spontaneously I would say my favourites that I've watched recently were: Pans labyrinth, Coraline, Everything is Illuminated, Cloud Atlas. But Ive seen plenty of other good films that I forget the names of.

Music: Alot, mainly forms of rock, traditional Irish, folk rock, lately also leaning towards variants of jazz, post rock.... Some bands; Pink Floyd, Mushroom (the 70s Irish progrock band), Altan, Clannad, Led Zeppelin, Cat empire, Alan Stivell, Damanta, Dervish, Telen Gwad, die Schnitter, Colour Haze, My sleeping Karma, Fiddlers Green, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Cranberries, Wishbone Ash, Wolfe Tones, and plenty of others that I've temporarily forgotten about.

Books: Generally fantasy books, psychology (Jung), Travel literature, Calvin and Hobbes.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking northern Norway in summer.
(Setting up my tent at two o'clock at night with the sun still shining)

Teach, Learn, Share

Travel advice :) Sharing travel stories

Some experience in carpentry / woodworking

Can try to teach and would love to learn more languages

Can teach you how to play Hefnatafl, Fidchell, Bagh chal, or Backgammon

Architecture stuff

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Bolivia, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Laos, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom