Hey Hey! I am Polly, I am an office worker by day, and generally asleep by night, but when awake I love going on adventures both near and far, or - failing that- writing about them on my blog.

I am currently living in Bristol and I'm quite up on the whole 'where to take tourists' thing when friends visit, so if you are ever here and want a few ideas for places to visit, drop me a line.

I don't currently have the room to host people (I don't have the room for those of us who live here!) but I'm free most weekends if you need help with directions or fancy a tour of the place. I'm pretty good around Bath too, if you fancy a day on the bus...

Also - Bristol is the home of Banksy and the Largest Street Art Festival in Europe (Upfest) so if you are coming to visit that, I go every year and might see you there!

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

Initially, to get a heads up on places I wanted to visit - it was through this site I met one of my dear friends in Japan who I stayed with in Nara.

Just here to share the travel love and knowledge, if I can help at all.
While I am a bit 'South West' based at the moment, I am hoping to spread my wings and explore a bit more, with a few trips planned in the coming months...

Centres d'intérêt

All about art- whether that is looking at it or attempting to make it! Generally being crafty and making things, I have a blog that I write in regularly (PollysPadBlog.com) about my attempts to tick items off of my Bucket List.

I enjoy reading, history and culture, eco-stuff (bit of a hippy), singing and dancing (very badly, albeit enthusiastically) travelling - don't get to do a lot of this at the moment, so mostly through books and the internet...but one day!

• culture
• writing
• singing
• dancing
• education
• crafts
• anime
• reading
• blogging
• music
• history
• tourism
• travel
• art
• nature
• learning languages
• outdoors
• learning
• museums
• outdoors activities

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Korean music - Mainly Hyukoh, but have a soft spot for Block B too
Dodie, Paul Weller, The Kinks...most other kinds of music too - not great with jazz though, except Nina Simone. Okay, so I do a bit of Jazz...

Any movies - though not too arty or deep. Not great with graphic violence or people being hurt.

Mostly non-fiction, self-help,history, geography type books. I am also a bit obsessed with maps. If I read 'stories' they are usually thriller/murder mystery type ones. Recently finished my first Murakami book, so looking to find more Japanese literature to read.

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

2015: The Kalka to Shimla train ride in India,
2017: Travelled on the Shinkansen to Tokyo from Kyoto,
2018: Indoor skydiving - and visited Berlin
2019: Walked down Hollywood Blvd and splashed about in the sea at Santa Monica

Pays que j'ai visités

Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

England