CURRENT MISSION

To explore the world and try as much new food as possible.

ABOUT ME

My passions are the gym, travelling, teaching and food.
I'm an avid gym goer and I regularly attend bodybuilding expos all over Europe. Next is to check one out in the States or Canada. I'm extremely keen on travelling and exploring new countries and cities. I lived abroad for two years - moved to Prague in July 2015 after I spent just two days there in May that year. I came home to Ireland in August 2017, and in early 2018 I came to the decision to move to Vancouver, Canada in September.
Any opportunity I have to travel I take it. One of the best things about travelling is meeting new people. Through travelling and Couchsurfing, I have made friends from all over the world. I'm also a massive foodie. I love trying new foods, especially foods from different cultures.
I'm an extremely positive, fun, and energetic guy with a huge passion for life. I've been told my fun energy is infectious. 😁
I'm also quite witty and funny, and I really love to make people laugh.
I’m a YouTuber as well. My channel is called “AJ’s Adventurous Journeys”. (Notice the “A” and “J” at the beginning of those two words? 😁✌🏻) My channel is all about my life in Vancouver, along with travel vlogs and challenges, but it’s mostly lifestyle based.

PHILOSOPHY

I live my life to enjoy it. I do what I want. I have a ton of mottos but the normal things I live by are "Keep smiling" and "Just do it".

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been meeting up with Couchsurfers since 2015. When I lived in Prague I regularly met people passing through the city for a few days, and we always had a lot of fun together. A few times I even organised walking tours of Prague, where other couchsurfers joined, and we all got to know each other and shared travel stories whilst walking around and exploring the best parts of that incredible city.

Here's another interesting story. I commented on a YouTube video in 2009 and got a response from a girl in Norway. We started chatting on things like Windows Messenger and Skype, and five years later I finally went to visit her and her fiancée and went on holiday with them for a week. It was the best holiday of my life and was great to know that people do really exist.
Another one was that one day, I commented on a photo on facebook of a guy's body transformation. He added me the next day and we got chatting. We became great friends and started up a real bromance. I finally met him for around 30 minutes at a fitness exhibition called BodyPower in Birmingham in 2013, and then a year later we went back to BodyPower and stayed in a hotel together. We have now become best friends - all through the magic of social media!

Interests

Apart from what I mentioned in the "all about me" part, I enjoy good TV shows such as Dragon Ball Z (which I watch whilst doing my cardio at the gym), The Simpsons, American Horror Story (my favourite show at the moment), Law and Order SVU, 2 Broke Girls, and I watch the odd soap as well. I'm currently big into superhero shows, such as The Flash and Arrow.⚡️🏹
I’m also getting into reading self-growth books, and I enjoy spending time in a nice café with a good coffee whilst chilling with one of these good books or some good company.

• fitness
• bodybuilding
• movies
• tv
• magic
• music
• communications
• teaching
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

Big into horror movies such as Insidious, The Conjuring, Scream... the list goes on. I also love comedies, I find Cameron Diaz very funny. Favourite actor is Owen Wilson, favourite actress is Sandra Bullock.
I'm starting to really get into books, especially ones about self growth. At the moment I’m reading “Thinking, Fast and Slow”.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Something that I've done is lost five stone/ 70lbs/32kg in weight, and am now on a mission to get into awesome shape.
Also, I've attended the Eurovision Song Contest on four occasions - Copenhagen 2014, Vienna 2015, Stockholm 2016, and Lisbon 2018.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am known as an extremely positive person who is enjoying life so much that when people meet me, they feel that they can bounce off my personality. I think that people nowadays are serious worriers and that needs to change. I'm the exact opposite and I feel I can teach people how to be nothing but positive. I believe that if you think positive, positive things will happen. I want to spread that message to everybody.
I want to learn that there are people online who actually are who they say they are. I've started experiencing this recently and want to keep it going, so that I can show people that not everyone online is fake.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Northern Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Czech Republic, Ireland