I'm a 23 year old Perthian permanently residing in Scotland. I'm deeply passionate about music, politics, respectfulness, and open-mindedness. I don't eat meat, but I do drink a lot of craft beer and gin. I spent four months riding around India on a 350cc Royal Enfield earlier this year, now I work erratic hours at a bar. My guiding philosophy is: "be nice".

I have surfed around two dozen couches and hosted a dozen people, though I was sharing an account with my ex-partner at the time. Our combined references can be found here: https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/anna_persson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm looking to meet friends and learn something new, either here in Edinburgh, or wherever I end up next.

Interests

Music, going to festivals and shows, craft beer, cooking, vegan food, travel, hitchhiking, camping, coffee, Yorkshire tea, art, reading, writing, film, motorcycles, bicycles, DIY, poetry, people, more coffee, gin, debating, making friends, Scottish slang, laughter, board games, activism, animal rights, anarchism, social justice, drinking in parks in the Summer, marathoning TV shows in the Winter, political gaffes.

• animals
• arts
• writing
• poetry
• diy
• festivals
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• vegan
• drinking
• motorcycles
• politics
• board games
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• music
• camping
• hitchhiking
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Animal Collective, Warpaint, First Aid Kit, Fleet Foxes, Jens Lekman, Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Frightened Rabbit, Grizzly Bear, Tame Impala, Bjork, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Black Flag, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, The Rural Alberta Advantage, La Dispute, Joie de Vivre, Dowsing, Crywank, The Decemberists, The National, Belle & Sebastian, Withered Hand, Explosions In The Sky, Venetian Snares, Burzum, Deathprod, Johnny Cash, World's End Girlfriend, Frank Turner, Wingnut Dishwasher's Union, Ramshackle Glory, Johnny Hobo & The Freight Trains, Earth, American Football, The Dead Kennedys, mewithoutYou, powder! Go away, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Withered Hand, Ghost Mice.

Television:
LOST, Arrested Development, Broad City, True Detective, The Thick of It, Freaks and Geeks, The Office, 30 Rock, Peep Show, Twin Peaks, Game of Thrones.

Books:
The Road, Blood Meridian, The Old Man and The Sea, The Metamorphosis, Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, Infinite Jest, Cat's Cradle, As I Lay Dying, The World According To Garp, Last Night In Twisted River, Women, On the Road, anything by Noam Chomsky and Eduardo Galeano.

Film:
David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I rode around India on a busted motorcycle with no itinerary and a muddy map for four months.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm trying to learn Spanish and would love some practice.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Laughs, food, memories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom