Part-writer, part-professional bum, busy schooning my way round the world and seeing what happens! I'm trained in the yeasty land of craft beer, and I've been helping run hostels through Europe; getting intimate with bunk beds for a good few years now. Settled in the East Fjords of Iceland managing the bar in a small microbrewery for the summer!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm up for meeting some lush people to have a few laughs, a beer or two... or three, adventures always, dynamic conversation and to share our slices of this strange planet with.

Interests

(all of the cliches)
Adventuring, photography, writing, music, hiking, yoga. I love a cheeky beer. And laughter - excessively and extensively. Iceland has me hooked on sneaking into hot springs after midnight and getting up to mischief. I forget that I'm almost a qualified tap dance teacher. I've been a vegetarian for more than a decade :)

Music, Movies, and Books

Currently playing Jono McCleery as I struggle to write this. All of the Bon Iver and Icelandic experimental jazz/folk/electro. A cheeky bit of ambient electro/lofi hiphop always. Subtle stubbly men with guitars. But avicii and rudimental for dancing on tables and bemusing hostel guests.

I (idealistically) have my guitar L plates firmly plastered on.

Lit which came from the American expats living in Paris in the 20s is pretty rad. With a bit of Atwood and Morrison thrown in. And Judith Butler - I'd marry her in a heartbeat. And poetry of course, all of the crazy experimental contemporary poetry the Americans are making at the moment.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being stuffed in the back of a de-commissioned ambulance with a bunch of antique furniture and being driven from rural Czech farms back to the railway station where I was working/living/renovating, was pretty mad!

Teach, Learn, Share

I've been spreading my love for the cup song from Pitch Perfect around Europe like an STI. It's a horribly guilty pleasure.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Kosovo, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, England, Hungary, Iceland, United States