Irish guy, just moved back to Budapest. So always looking to meet travelers to explore with. When you are not traveling, let the world come to you!

I work as a political advisor in the Irish Parliament, so I'm always interested to hear about culture, history and politics from other people's home country.

People and their life experiences are what interest me most...

PHILOSOPHY

"the shortest path to oneself leads around the world." Hermann von Keyserling

"There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met" WB Yeats

It's not the places you go but the people you meet.

There is no such thing as bad experience.

"If you want to serve the age; betray it" (Brendan Kennelly, Irish poet)

"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth." (Thoreau, Walden)

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference." (Robert Frost)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

For me that is the best thing about travel; it's not the places you go but the people you meet, and that's why I love couchsurfing and hosting...if you can't always travel the world, then let the world come to you :)

Interests

• culture
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• sports
• teaching
• tourism
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Man's Search for Meaning; Crime & Punishment; Into the Wild; The Spirit level; Fahrenheit 451

Music: Joy Division, Kasabian, Sixto Rodriguez, Daft Punk, Kraftwerk and the likes...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

21 day Silent Meditation in monastery in Northern Thailand..there is no hiding from the self!

Teach, Learn, Share

In practical terms, I have worked as an English teacher so I can help with that...you just need to make allowance for my Irish accent!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Denmark, France, Ghana, Hungary, Ireland, Sweden