CURRENT MISSION

To get a good look at the world.

ABOUT ME

Incurably curious, chronically nomadic, permanent enthusiast seeking (mis)adventures.

PHILOSOPHY

'Certainly travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.'
Mary Ritter Beard

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None as of yet!

Interests

Reading, language and languages, hiking, canoeing/kayaking, baking/cooking/eating, folklore, haunting bookshops, gardening.

• folklore
• cooking
• baking
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• canoeing
• kayaking
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Folk music of any sort, Trad Irish and Scottish (specifically fiddle) always a Coldplay fan, Beirut, Sigur Ros.
Any Studio Ghibli films, Harold and Maude, Amelie, Goodbye Lenin, Lord of the Rings.
John Steinbeck,Kurt Vonnegut, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, J.R.R. Tolkien

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Can't pick one, though watching Machu Picchu appear through the fog could be one, as could getting lost in (rather on top of) the Rila Mountains in Bulgaria during a thunderstorm, or eating a farm fresh meal in a farmer's house amidst the Albanian alps could be yet another.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belize, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Macedonia, Northern Ireland, Peru, Scotland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada