CURRENT MISSION

I am currently doing my Masters degree in International Development, and have come to Greece to do some social science research. I´m here for two months to spend time volunteering with the refugees and to do some interviews with the different organisations.

ABOUT ME

I'm full of energy and keen to explore. I love meeting people with a tale to tell, or an openness to adventure. I try to never turn down an opportunity, whatever it may entail. I´ve lived in Scotland for many years and love it, though I have also spent some time living in Canada and France. I have travelled round Eastern Europe and India, as well as various spots in Europe for climbing trips. I´m an activist, and am particularly interested in campaigns about feminist and environmental issues.

PHILOSOPHY

Vive la revolution!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Beginner couch surfer, but I've done lots of informal surfing/ hosting with friends of friends of friends in the past

Interests

I love ze mountains: climbing (rock and ice), skiing, hiking, viewing... I love to read (hence the English degree) and watch films in French. I play the piano and am learning the accordion. My favourite night out is one that involves some mad dancing, especially if it's ceilidh dancing. I've recently been getting back into photography. Knitting, craftiness (creative not fox-like), cooking, drinking wine, sewing animal costumes, visiting new places, yoga, trapeze, FUN

• animals
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• wine
• yoga
• drinking
• movies
• socializing
• knitting
• piano
• hiking
• surfing
• skiing
• rock climbing
• science
• social science
• volunteering
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Worldy/ folky/ mad/ happy/ lots of kinds! A few current favourites= Orkestra Del Sol, John Langan, Cat Empire, The John Butler Trio, Sola Rosa
Books/ literature= Big question for an English Lit student! At the moment I'm getting wildly excited about Paradise Lost, but that's just my inner geek... Doctor Faustus is pretty fun too. Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre... Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson's poetry, Carol Ann Duffy, Nabokov, Alan Bennett, Michael Ondaatje, Margaret Atwood.
Films= French and arty, (Amelie and the like)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent my 20th birthday at 5000m in Ladakh, India. Generally, I find that each time I climb to the top of a mountain, life feels pretty good.

Teach, Learn, Share

There's a pretty endless list of the things I'd like to learn. I can teach people how to knit socks

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, France, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Namibia, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Uganda

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United Kingdom