I am a mountain goat that is happiest when frolicking in the Alps or embarking on grand adventures. Generic gush over coffee, food and meeting new people.

You can learn an awful lot from people’s stories and everyone has one to tell. When the robots take over the world, storytelling will be what keeps us human.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Because it really is the best way to meet like-minded souls

兴趣

Any and all adventure sports but especially skiing and climbing, long distance running, biking, hiking, swimming (but only in the sea), theatre, festivals, live music, baking, animals, podcasts (the weirder the better), neuroscience, astrophysics, environmentally friendly glitter, extremely patterned clothing, dancing (badly)

音乐、电影和书籍

I read a lot so it’s tricky to choose, but my favourite book I’ve read this year is probably Cold Comfort Farm. Others I adore include The Book Thief, Stuart; a life backwards; every Happy Potter book, anything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Silas Marner, His Dark Materials and everything Jon Ronson has ever written or spoken.

Total Back to the Future obsessive, but also love beautiful animation like Belleville Rendezvous and anything surreal. So Cohen Brothers and David Lynch films are generally a hit for me.

Music wise, it depends on the mood. I love my heavy techno at festivals but equally I’m obsessed with Olafur Arnalds’ very minimalistic music at the moment. Also have a thing for traditional Celtic sounds and instruments, probably my Irish roots calling me. However, in my humble opinion, Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed is the greatest song ever written.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Cycled from London to Vienna (with a bit of cheating in the middle). Come September I’ll be taking on the next leg of the journey from Vienna to Istanbul, along the Danube and through the hills of Bulgaria.

教，学，和分享

I make a mean chocolate Guiness cake but I’m not sure how useful that is... Other than that, hopefully stimulating conversation over a drink or two (I’m buying)

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

An eagerness to learn about a new place from someone that truly knows it

我游览过的国家

Austria, Belgium, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Spain, Switzerland

我居住过的国家

France, United Kingdom