Dia dhuit, my name is Flóra.

Living back in Dublin after travelling for four years. Have no plans on stopping however, wanderlust has reached unquenchable levels. Thinking about travelling the world again, seriously considering Canada for a long term adventure! Would love to get to know like minded people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

As much as I love to read and watch documentaries about our planet, it never was simply enough to satiate my appetite compared to being out there living and breathing amongst it all. Couchsurfing to me is the embodiment of nomadic community spirit and combines two of my loves; travelling, and meeting interesting people from around the world. So here I am!

Future trips I'm hoping to go on include; India, Palestine, Iceland, Malta, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Finland, Russia, Italy, Jordan, Kashmir, Nepal, Bhutan, Mongolia, Central America, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, Patagonia, and China.

Interests

I'm into...
*Visiting galleries, museums, and exhibitions.
*Learning how to drum and mix vinyl.
*Current Affairs and sociology
*Astronomy and science in general.
*Eco-living.
*Art.
*Gaming.
*Health and nutrition.
*Extreme sports.
*Camping, bushcraft, and being outdoors in general.
*Being an intersectional feminist and an antifa punk
*Pints of Guinness.
*Travelling and adventure.
*Blanket forts.
*Noam Chomsky and Karl Marx.
*Drinking beer in the shower.
*Photography.
*The odd bit of misanthropic ranting.

• culture
• photography
• music festivals
• cooking
• cocktails
• politics
• reading
• hiking
• camping
• extreme sports
• history
• science
• ecotourism
• art
• nature
• gaming
• craft beer
• activism
• museums
• healthy lifestyle
• current affairs
• vinyl records
• ecoliving
• antifascism

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Tolkien's works, Murakami's works, A Short History Of Nearly Everything, War and Peace, Ham on Rye, Crime and Punishment, Slaughterhouse 5, Battle Royale, Predictably Irrational, How The World Works, 1984, World War Z, Neverwhere, Rant, The Kite Runner, Animal Farm, Ready Player One, The Psychopath Test, A Song of Ice and Fire, and Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy are a few of my favourites.

Asimov, Ballard, Vonnegut, Bakunin, Kundara, Kropotkin, Becker, Bukowski, Camus, Goldman, Stross, Paine, Dennett, Wells, Watts, Nabokov, Dostoyevsky, Whitman, Wilde, Zinn, Nietzsche, Kafka, and Kerouac are also sitting on my bookshelf. Would love some suggestions.

Comics: Preacher, Sandman; V for Vendetta; Transmetropolition; FreakAngels; The Walking Dead; Y: The Last Man, and Asterix.

-------------------------------------------------------
Movies:
I live for sci-fi, fantasy, and cult-classics.
Handful of favourite films...
Studio Ghibli's entire works, Lord of the Rings, Waking Life, Human Traffic, Oldboy;,True Romance, Stargate, Akira, Brazil, City of God, Dead Alive, Terminator 2, The Fighter, Léon, Cinema Paradiso, Grave of the Fireflies, Dark City, The Believer, Requiem for a Dream, Bladerunner, The Big Lebowski, Into the Wild, Children of Men, Withnail and I, Se7en, Momento, Amelie, Downfall, The Matrix, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Office Space, Pans Labyrinth, and Fargo.

-------------------------------------------------------
Music:
I listen to pretty much everything. Mostly indie, rock, grunge, punk, DnB, Jungle, and hip-hop.
A few favourite bands include.... Tool, Idles, Tribe Called Quest, Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, The Kinks, Tame Impala, Radiohead, Deftones, Bad Brains, Beck, Everything Everything, LCD Soundsystem, Killswitch Engage, Pantera, Queens of the Stone Age, Tchaikovsky; Ólafur Arnalds, Explosions in the Sky, Pixies, and Nirvana... to name but a few.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Saw three glaciers in one day, swam with a sting ray, drove through thousands of ancient temples by motorbike, lived in a tent for three months in the Australian bush, cuddled a Koala called Brian and fed kangaroos by hand, spent the night with monks in their temple on the misty and ancient Mount Kōya, got to explore Japan during the beautiful cherry blossom season, experienced a 7.8 earthquake in New Zealand... more to come.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to make cocktails.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Insider knowledge regarding my home country and the places I've been to. Decent beer also helps. And obviously returning the favour!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, England, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Ireland, New Zealand