Hello world! I'm Rory, a sociable, fairly extroverted Scottish guy. In July 2019, I moved across the pond to Montreal with my girlfriend Sophie.

I am an intuitive person and I enjoy learning about ethical issues, science, philosophy and human behaviour. Recently I have been drawing strange cartoons and learning some web development. You can sometimes catch me singing my heart out to Scottish and Irish folk songs - I was brought up in the traditional Scottish culture of poetry, songs and stories.

I get a real kick out of spontaneity and getting into strange situations. If we have only 100 blocks of 10 minutes each day, we need to make the most of them!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To get a more local perspective of the places I visit

Music, Movies, and Books

BANDS
Parquet Courts, Talking Heads, Jungle, of Montreal, Gee Tee, The Shins, Typhoon, The Pogues, Nick Cave, Lunasa, Arctic Monkeys, Dick Gaughan, Hey Rosetta, Lady Lamb, The Corries, Broken Bells , Belle & Sebastian, Fruit Bats, Hop Along...

BOOKS
Iain M Banks, Ursula K. Le Guin, Kurt Vonnegutt. I try to read a mixture of fiction and non-fiction.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Saved a baby from a burning house, eleven times.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teaching - Traditional Scottish songs
Learning - The minds of others, anthropology, psychology, web development, data science,

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Uganda, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United Kingdom