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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, French; learning Gaelic, German, Hungarian, Italian, Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch, Spanish
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Environmental services professional - focus: wildlife con...
  • Masters in Environmental Science, Policy & Management...
  • From Luxembourg
  • Profile 70% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I am on a mission, together with my fiancé, to discover all that New Zealand has to offer.

ABOUT ME

I am an outdoors and sporty kind of person, spending as much of my free time as I can in nature, whether trail-running or hiking. I enjoy travelling and discovering new places, languages and cultures. Being an Irishman but having grown up in Luxembourg, a country where almost half the population is foreign, I feel at home anywhere. To date, I have worked, studied and lived in a total of 7 countries.

PHILOSOPHY

Always have an open mind and a sense of humour.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

To date I have only had 1 direct coachsurfing experience in the north of Sweden. But, through friends, I have been lucky to meet lots of great people traveling through the countries I have lived in and who have used coachsurfing to meet up with others.

Interests

Nature, long distance running, languages, football, rugby, travelling.

  • wildlife
  • running
  • traveling
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • soccer
  • rugby
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Red hot chili peppers, Snow patrol, Killers, Queens of the stone age, Coldplay.
Movies: The Big Lebowski, Oh brother where art thou, Intolerable cruelty.
Books: The 100-year-old-man who climbed out the window and disappeared, and sport biographies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being fortunate enough to study, together with 34 other fantastic people from around the world, on a 2-year masters course which took me to Hungary, Greece and Sweden.

Teach, Learn, Share

I feel that, with my life experiences to date, I can help others learn about environmental issues and, in particular, the issues facing wildlife today and the many ways we can better manage our wildlife for future generations.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden

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