CURRENT MISSION

Seeing new places and meeting new people

ABOUT ME

Hello! We are from County Louth on the East coast of Ireland but we met in Dublin while studying animation. We enjoy the occasional pint of Guinness, walking in the countryside, cycling, swimming and being outdoors generally.

Áine: I'm 26, I'm an illustrator/animator. I like drawing monsters, taking photos, painting and drinking tea! My blog.

Finbar: I'm 28 and I'm an animator. I sing in a traditional Irish band with my two brothers and am learning klezmer clarinet. I like reading classic fiction and history. My blog

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We couch-surfed a number of times while traveling around Europe in 2011 and hope to host people now that we are settled in Dublin.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great!

Interests

Art, Film, Photography, History, Music, Nature, Sport

• arts
• singing
• photography
• walking
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• blogging
• painting
• drawing
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• sports
• swimming
• animation
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: Fargo, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Withnail and I, Pans Labyrinth, Amelie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, No Country for Old Men, The Assasination of Jesse James, Goodfellas, The Godfather I + II, Jaws, Nacho Libre, My Neighbour Totoro, Belleville Rendez-vous, The Iron Giant, Monsters Inc., Toy Story I, The Incredibles,

Music:

Áine likes: Sigur Rós, Múm, Amiina, Seabear, Sin Fang, Jonsi, The Knife, Honey is Cool, Ólafur Arnalds, Bon Iver, Slowblow, Efterklang, Mice Parade, Stafrænn Hákon, The Album Leaf, Björk

Finbar likes: Flatt + Scruggs, Doc Watson, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, Howlin' Wolf, Orchestra Baobab, Louis Prima, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Paco Pena, Patti Smith, Paul Simon, Professor Longhair, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, The Bhundu Boys, Ali Farka Touré, James Carr, James Brown, Debussy, Puccini, Rossini, Pavarotti, Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Dvorak, Moondog.

We both like: Bob Dylan, Townes van Zandt, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, Planxty, The Dubliners, Joanna Newsom, The Skatalites, Toots and the Maytals, Townes van Zandt, The Wailers, Curtis Mayfield, Buena Vista Social Club, Etta James, Otis Redding, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Beck, Aretha Franklin, Erik Satie, The Andrews Sisters, Chopin, Billie Holiday, Elizabeth Cotten, Joni Mitchell.

Books: The Third Policeman, The Butcher Boy, East of Eden, The Grapes of Wrath, The Pearl, Of Mice and Men, The Thin Drum, War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, David Copperfield, Hard Times, Gullivers Travels, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Far from the Madding Crowd, Kidnapped, Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde, A Hundred Years of Solitude.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Got to see a blue whale off the coast of northern Iceland!!

Swimming with sting rays in the Caribbean sea!

Countries I’ve Visited

Anguilla, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands Antilles, Norway, Saint Lucia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland

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