CURRENT MISSION

Rural medicine in the Scottish Highlands

ABOUT US

Hi! We are Eleanor and Andrei, a couple from the UK and US. We're curious, open-minded and adaptable people and believe in treating each other and our surroundings with kindness and respect.

We both work as doctors, mostly in hospitals, but recently also as volunteers with humanitarian and conservation NGOs. Outside of work we love to be active and spend time in nature - we run, hike, swim, surf, ski, climb, dive and kayak. In recent years we have also been getting more and more interested in ecology, foraging and food growing. We also love music, movies, making art, and good chats over a beer or cup of tea.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We love making new connections as we travel, and discovering the true gems and quirks of a new place through the eyes of the people who live there

Interests

• music festivals
• painting
• drawing
• folk music
• electronic music
• hiking
• skiing
• mountains
• nature
• adventures
• slackline
• reading books
• climbing
• wild camping
• hiphop
• wild swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: All sorts, but especially Flying Lotus, Nicolas Jaar, Bjork, Emancipator, Bonobo, Radiohead

Movies: Amélie, Moonrise Kingdom, Tekkonkinkreet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Boy

TV: Adventure Time, the Good Place, most nature documentaries

Books: One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, The Dispossessed, Braiding Sweetgrass

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crewing with Sea Shepherd in Mexico on a campaign to protect the endangered Vaquita porpoise

What I Can Share with Hosts

As well as good conversation, shared meals and regular cups of tea, we have forest trails leading right out the back garden and can give you plenty of recommendations/show you around the local area

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Rwanda, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tanzania, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom