Almost 30 years old, but younger in my head. Think of myself as a European citizen. I am a scientist work-wise, but my heart belongs to music. I play seven instruments (yes 7... no worries, I usually don't play if I am not asked to and I mostly have to travel without them because some of them are pretty big) and I sing, write my own songs etc.
I am also passionate about dancing (currently actively doing a lot of folk-dancing and lindy hop, used to do ballet, standard and latin...) and massively in love with Scotland. I hope for everything to be sorted out with the Brexit so I can finally move back to Edinburgh.
Other hobbies of mine include photography, theatre, the outdoors... I have started rock climbing this year and I can't go horse riding as often as I would like to...
And yes, I have more hobbies than any sane person should have.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Hoping to meet new people, make new friends, have someone from the place I travel to who might be able to give me tips about what are off-the-beaten-track things to do.

I sadly can't host anyone in my flat, because it's tiny and I think even if you feel sociable, you should have your own little space to crawl into, if you need it.

Interests

• culture
• photography
• reading
• music
• hiking
• dance
• theatre

Music, Movies, and Books

I'll just stick to music here, because that's probably already diverse enough:
Mainstream Rock from New Jersey (The Boss and BJ, if you need me to specify)...
Alternative/Grunge: Nick Cave, Pearl Jam...
Musicals (yes! tacky, but i love them!)
Classic-Rock-Crossovers (that stuff David Garrett, The Piano Guys, 2Cellos and Lindsey Stirling do)
Opera (except for Wagner... I will run away if you start playing Wagner at me)
Symphonic Power Metal and variations thereof (Nightwish, Sonata Arctica...)
Folk Music (well... obviously)
Folk Rock and Middle-Ages Rock music (Alestorm, Fiddlers Green, a few German bands)
Pop-Rock (Train, Poets of the Fall)
And there's more...

Interesting fact on the sides: I almost have no female singers that I like... weird

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Keeping it down to one is almost impossible.

* I walked around the Hobbiton Set at Matamata in a full fledged Hobbit costume - it was amazing
* I celebrated Midsummer in Sweden
* I danced at St Andrew's castle ceilidh when they still danced IN the castle and had the torch procession down to the shore
* I sailed up the french coast on a historic cargo sailing vessel which carried 6 tons of wine
* I walked through Cougar Creek Canyon in the Canmore area in Alberta on my birthday, didn't see a soul for the whole day and it was beautiful
* The reason why I went to Canada for the first time was because we had planned a reunion with people from the New Zealand travel group
* I met my best friend at a BJ fan-meetup

What I Can Share with Hosts

A passion for music, theatre and culture. Lots of geeky things (I can tell you about that Lord of the Rings tour I did in New Zealand...)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Denmark, England, France, Greece, Ireland, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, Scotland