Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to live locally in people’s homes - to not just have experiences that begin and end by meeting backpackers in hostels with similar lives and in similar stages of life to me (as wonderful as that is and I still do this also / & I’m being unfair as often it can be very varied but this is just to emphasise!) & instead mixing this up with people who are from or who have chosen to live in the place I am visiting and are kind enough to host. I think it is very interesting why people would chose to host as it is a very open thing and rare in our society (at least seemingly as people like to state to you - for most people not using platforms like this or hitchhiking) and it is a bit of magic left in travel and the world I believe.

In a more pragmatic sense for this trip I also want to practice my Spanish whilst travelling as I have been learning over the last year so would love to language exchange.

Interests

• arts
• writing
• books
• literature
• cooking
• vegan
• music
• hiking
• camping
• trail running
• sports
• swimming
• philosophy
• hitchhiking
• food

Music, Movies, and Books

Any any any book I love! but especially philosophical ones, foreign novels, Eastern European novels, literature from 18/19th century & American (especially New York) literature from the last century. Love poetry - Mary Oliver when I travel, English nature poetry, Anne Carson, I have an anthology of modern American poems I love love. essentially : whatever I can find in a second hand book shops and my university libraries.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

All travel experiences ! Very lucky to have done / be able to do so , all very eventful (even the down days as it is nice to have time to reflect or just think of nothing to regain energy again) , all had some way in shaping me and for that it is all incredible to me :)) (hitchhiking and couchsurfing and wild camping though are always the best ones)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help around the place, happy to cook & clean and (more than) happy to walk dogs or play with animals!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Vegan (attempts at) cooking, a little bit of guitar, i play sports so can offer you a terrible opponent to play against, hiking or biking partner, I love to joke around and also have more serious (but never wholly as humour and interspersed moments of lightness as breaks are very important to me) conversations. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Netherlands, New Zealand