Hello, hola, cześć and other such international greetings. I'm Jonathan, but I guess you already know that! I’m a (kiltless) Scotsman (though I can wear one if you’d like 😉) with a background in Education, Counselling and Social Work. Presently I’m lucky enough to be realising a lifelong dream of visiting Canada, the birth place of Celine Dion and possibly the second most beautiful country in the world after Scotland 😜

These days I’m trying to not write the script of my life. Let’s see how far it takes me!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

When I was eight years old my dad bought me an atlas. I studied that atlas, I scoured every page, I memorised flags, capital cities, land masses...(damn, maybe I am autistic😜) but most of all I fantasied about seeing all of theses places. However ,blockades like being broke, being an adult and having responsibilities and such has meant that it’s only in the last few years that I’ve been able to start to make these dreams reality. CS seems to be a place where people transcend these barriers. CS seems to be for people who value experiences or things. I like that, a lot. Also I feel like there could be hummus along the way. I like hummus a lot too.

Interests

• theater
• street art
• coffee
• vegetarian
• organic food
• meditation
• politics
• traveling
• hiking
• teaching
• history
• philosophy
• psychology
• cinema
• football
• spirituality
• people
• storytelling
• lgbt
• health
• talking
• meeting new people
• self-development
• long walks
• connection
• gayfriendly
• hummus
• creative writing
• sobriety
• lady gaga
• meandering
• sober

Music, Movies, and Books

With regards to such things, I'm somewhat of an open... book! You see what I did there? ;) But if I've got to list some stuff, here goes (in no particular order):

Movies: Almodovar, Boyle, Nolan, Park-Chan Wook, Anderson (Wes), Del Toro, Cuaron, Ozon, Jeunet, Coppola (both), Gondry, Lee (Ang), Van Sant,

Music: Yann Tiersen, Olafur Arnolds, Dandelion Hands, Bjork, Ludovico Einaudi, Galaxie 500, The Drums, Robyn, Vivaldi (the original G), The National, Angel Olsen, Dustin O’Halloran, La Roux Christine and the Queens, Son Lux, The Dumplings, Radiohead, S. Carey, DeVotchka, Kurt Vile, Nilüfer Yanya, Jeff Buckley, KOL, The XX, Beirut, Cigarettes After Sex, Lykke Li, Deerhunter, MCR, Chromatics., Lady Gaga, Trivium (seriously), The Smiths...and of course Britney Spears (praise be to the Holy Spearit ;)).

Books: Irvine Welsh, Alan Downs, Andrew Harvey, Bill W, Melody Beattie, Margot Leitman, Maya Angelou, David Sedaris, Matt Haig, Eckhart Tolle, Thich Nhst Hahn.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Learned how to spell and pronounce the word 'beetle' in Polish. It's really hard- no seriously look➡️ chrząszcz. Told ya! Now I bet you're impressed.

*this is my greatest sole achievement after 2.5 years living in Poland.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can most certainly share with you a plethora of absolutely pointless (and often verging on inane) facts, accumulated over a lifetime of being a semi-autistic geek. Did you know that the collective noun for owls is parliament? No ya do! *I should verify that I am actually not autistic. I just like facts, ok.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Currently not much as I share a room in whistler. I’m aspiring to have my own room, but anyone living in whistler will tell you, that’s quite a task. But don’t worry, when I move onto bigger and better things (and hopefully rooms) you’ll first on my list ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Poland, United Kingdom