CURRENT MISSION

Vietnam - South to North

ABOUT ME

I come from a wee village called Daviot in North East Scotland.

I love science, music, festivals, languages and meeting people from completely different backgrounds to myself.

I discovered couch surfing while in Vienna. I was doing a project at the university and wanted to learn German in my spare time. I found about couch surfing and used it just to meet people in my vicinity who were interested in meeting up to have a conversation with me. I realised then how powerful cs is just for meeting new people nearby and not just for surfing.
Using cs for learning German was a great idea and was really effective.
I later used it to actually surf!

PHILOSOPHY

Don't panic!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been inactive for years.

I hosted some people when I live in Cambridge, England 3 or 4 years ago.

In 2011, I attended the weekly meetings and German speaking evenings in Vienna every week and I sbowed a few people around Vienna. I did some couchsurfing and have met up with local surfers for drinks etc as I pass through their towns.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The meetings and events in Vienna are great! I have met many new people learned plenty of Wiener Deutsch.

I couchsurfed in Belgium.
With Herman Schlepens in Gent. 08/2011 This was a royal introduction to the world of Belgian beer omg!

Interests

I have more interests than is good for me!

I am a Data Scientist by profession. I arrived at this profession through my fascination of artificial intelligence and computer programming.
My other interests are physics, environmentalism, learning languages, and music :)
I have lived in Germany and Austria where I learned to speak fairly fluent German.

Music-wise: I like going to concerts of basically any kind of music. I also play a few instruments: bass, guitar, mandolin, tin whistle and a little bit of piano.

I am quite sporty and love hiking in the mountains and biking on trails.
I also like cooking especially for other people :)

Currently trying to learn some basic photography.

• cooking
• recipes
• meditation
• technology
• socializing
• music
• folk music
• guitar
• piano
• blues
• hiking
• sports
• astronomy
• languages
• physics
• software
• mountains
• weight lifting

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Currently spinning: Talking Heads, Vulfpeck, J Dilla, Knower, Louis Cole, Thundercat, Kamasi Washington.

Currently reading:
Can't Hurt Me - David Goggins
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

Last books I read:
All books by Yuval Noah Harari
First two Sherlock Holmes stories
Why We Sleep - Matt Walker
Art of Learning - Josh Waitzkin
The Subtle Art of not Giving a Fck - Mark Manson

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Doing astronomy in the Tatras mountains in Poland with some great friends.

Living in Germany and Austria and learning German.

Teach, Learn, Share

You can practice English or German languages with me.

I am a bit of a Whisky expert.

I want to learn about your culture and language.

I would like to get better at photography.

I like learning and sharing recipes from different countries.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, United Kingdom