Finally achieved my dream of becoming a vagabond :) Shame about the PhD though...

Currently doing yet another 3 month interrail around Europe. I have no solid plans as yet so feel free to inspire me with your recommendations, stories and warnings ;)

In the shell of a nut I ...

... live for food and beer
... am a collosal, collosal nerd
... am trying to end my prejudice by meeting everyone and experiencing everything!

🌎

p.s. please help me paint this ⬇️ map red!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Surfing:

I tend to travel alone so it's about the social side of things. My best memories are times spent with people and quite a lot of them were from CS!

Hosting:

I like to decorate life with interesting little encounters and hosting gives me the chance!

Interests

• cats
• photography
• cooking
• vegetarian
• drones
• bouldering
• origami
• punk music
• rock music
• violin
• hiking
• kayaking
• camping
• swimming
• badminton
• languages
• mathematics
• science
• hitchhiking
• travelling
• nature
• china
• climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:

The Velvet Underground
Leonard Cohen
Nico
Sonic Youth
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Tinariwen
The Clash

Recently quite into classical music (Strauss is a favourite) Bosa Nova and old Jazz.

Films:

Witness for The Prosecution
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Usual Suspects
Synecdoche New York
Old Boy
Parasite

Books:

Maths textbooks mainly... But I've recently gotten obsessed with fantasy: Pratchett, Erickson, Tolkien, Sanderson... you name it.

It's probably time to find a new genre so I'm open to suggestions 🙏

Some nice popular science books I enjoyed are:

The Secret Life of Trees (Thanks Adriana!)
A Brief History of Almost Everything
The Power of Habit
The Tipping Point

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Been human - which admittedly isn't that amazing for you other humans but I'm pretty excited about it :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Maths? ... No? Well it was worth an ask. I'm happy to talk about anything at all really, but I guess I could give some advice about travel in the UK. I could probably write a book or at least a very detailed, graphic, panflet about what not to do travelling, ask away ;)

Always learning so whatever you've got an interest in, I'd love to find out more :) If you've got an open mind and some risky opinions you wanna discuss then lets challenge our ideas! Sometimes a bit of debate, even devils advocate, is a great way to learn.

As for sharing, I would love to know your favourite books, musicians or movies from your country?

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love cooking and sharing food and beer with good company. I genuinely like household stuff too, like washing dishes and cleaning, please please please let me do some 🙏

I know, great right, but wait there's more :0

- you can have a go on my drone!

- Cup of genuine English tea hmm..

- I can show you how to make a hexaflexagon!

- we can boost our world music tastes with a spotify blend!

- I have a tent, mat and sleeping bag, no laundry required!

- The tent is 3-man so we could go camping!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, England