Canadian librarian living in Kazakhstan. Can't host because of room mates but will happily show you around Astana!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

As a librarian, it is always my mission to provide helpful information to others! Also, it's very hard to meet new people in Astana, so I'll take any chance I can get.

Interests

Cycling and running so that I can drink beer and eat with abandon. Reading (of course), writing, playing accordion.

• writing
• beer
• running
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

Simon & Garfunkel, Beach House, Beck, Dengue Fever.

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Gone With the Wind, Tenth of December, The Poisonwood Bible, Bad Feminist, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Tiny Beautiful Things, Into Thin Air.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I travel by bicycle when I have the time. So far, I've done Vancouver to San Francisco, and Vancouver to the Okanagan. From June-July 2015, I'll be cycling from Almaty to Istanbul (and hoping to meet some people from CS on the way)!

It's my favourite way to travel because you go fast enough to cover long distances but slow enough to really get to know the land.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, Kazakhstan, Scotland, United States