CURRENT MISSION

Me and my partner are cycling to Morocco. Currently in Spain and we are loving meeting people on the way

Her profile
https://couchsurfing.com/people/Cathryn90

ABOUT ME

I like to be relaxed and balanced and I think traveling helps with that. I like making friends, short or long term, it's still nice to know there's one more person in the world you can get on with. I've been around Europe, some Greek islands, a few cities in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand. I also went on a trip to switzerland to see some friends and tried skiing for the first time! I have lived in Sheffield twice- my favourite city in the UK and then Vietnam for a year which was a dream

I also lived in the Peaks district. If I ever get the pleasure to host you I would love to show you it. Its England's first national park and one of the best!

PHILOSOPHY

For trying new things- go for it. Make mistakes, learn and grow. Admit your faults!
For things that happen to you- expect nothing and accept everything (eventually)
and for life, try to enjoy it, look out for those less fortunate, share yourself with the world

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have done some hosting.
I couldn't in Vietnam, although i did spend my days off with visitors showing them the best parts of the island, or just hanging out chatting.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

the couches i crash happen randomly and sporadically. Most not even through couch surfing

...but now thanks to the awesome people in the brisbane couch surfing community and some back home in Manchester I have attended;

-film/meet ups
-a byo international bbq meet up
-an awesome party where I crashed my first cs couch!
-a Manchester meet up with some lovely people
-a Sheffield meet up with some more lovely people!
-regular climbing with sheffield cs'ers

Interests

i like good food, and trying new things. Making friends meeting, new people. Climbing was a constant in my life but I had a big fall. Now mroe into cycling
I'm environmentally conscious where I can be, I take part in protests and activist operations and enjoy volunteering with certain 'green' initiatives-
I help out at clothes swaps and the like when u can too
I always plan on getting back into cycling- who knows this could be the year.
I definitely got back into cycling and cycled to Bath (from Manchester) and cycle every day and plan to cycle to the Greece over the winter of 2019!

• books
• cooking
• traveling
• cycling
• rock climbing
• volunteering
• sustainable living
• activisism

Music, Movies, and Books

ok i basically left these space as 'LOADS' since i first made my profile and now one year later ive decided to fill it out...i went off on one i think :p

I love fantasy, classical, Sci-fi and the really surreal shit that doesnt try to hard- that's as a main base but I branch out into anything that takes my fancy. so yeah i like LOTR, but I love Earthsea even more. And thr farseer trilogy/hexolagy/enyalogy... basically i've read three of the robin hobb trilogies. BUT i also love classics and ancient history so have read LOADS of Conn ingulden-however you spell it. love the emperor/Rome collection and stuff on Alexander the great, Ghengis khan. (also if you can find a good rts where you can play as these characters im on it. so yeah bit of a geek. as for sci-fi there's BSG, Star wars, star trek and so on. I also read a really cool series that managed to combine both sci-fi and fantasy called the many colored land- check it out. some other books that fall into vague or other are cloud atlas, stone junction, to kill a mockingbird, hitch hikers guide to the galaxy, kafka on the shore, monsterblood trilogy and i know iv'e said fantasy but i plan to get through every dragonlance book at some point. Neil Gaiman is my new favourite.

As for films i cant think of my favorite of all time so going to go with a random collection- the fountain, usual suspects, seven, fitz coraldo, city of god, momento, hellboy 2, fight club, back to the future, fargo, thank you for smoking, fantasia annnd more later

music for now im just going to say ambient, chilled or feel good cos that's what i like when i travel.

i also like animation stuff- if you're someone who discards 'cartoons' as soon as thinking of them i would love to change your mind- from samurai jack to Invader Zim for series and from Princess mononoke to Wall-e for films. there lessons range from laughing at the small things to how one should view the world.

oh i play a lot of games when i can then go through periods of not at all. No football or 'let's play capitalism' ones though. usually ones that fit in with the books and films i like.

I am also open to experiencing new spiritual/meditational experiences so if you would like to teach/practise i am up for it.

...that's me being honest, hope it doesn't put anyone off!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed a mountain, sat under a waterfall.
Cycled to Greece
Made friends with my brother ❤️

Teach, Learn, Share

What do you wanna geek out on?

What I Can Share with Hosts

Adventure!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom, Viet Nam