Johanna is a 36 year old German living in Ireland for three years. In her free time she loves to be in the outdoors, especially hiking, and enjoys the trad and open sessions in town. She's involved in climate justice (climate action plus social justice) and interested in meditation, yoga and spirituality. She is self-employed as a graphic designer and creates greeting cards in the Irish language and prints addressing environmental issues and neurodiversity.

Thady is a photographer from Clonakilty, West Cork, Ireland and he loves meeting new people and going on adventures, especially with my camera around his neck!
He's also a huge music lover, He plays guitar and ukulele mainly but he loves messing on all instruments.
He's also been a barista in various cafes and restaurants the last few years and love paying silly money for coffees 😅

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new likeminded people and have a good time! And also to catch glimpses of new places!

Interests

• graphic design
• photography
• vegan
• juggling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• travel
• nature
• circus
• sustainability
• meeting people
• language
• typography
• veganism
• fantasy
• analog photography
• environmentalism
• larp
• medieval
• climate justice
• book design

Music, Movies, and Books

Thady
Music:
Irish indie, folk, Americana, Bluegrass, Irish Trad, Soul/Blues, Jazz
Movies:
Disney, Jim Carrey, Jack Black

Johanna:
music: mostly indie folk (junip, sam amidon, tallest man on earth, iron and wine) but also rock (enter shikari, rise against)
movies and series (not much a tv watcher): game of thrones, star wars, documentaries
books: very little as i feel not focused enough (adhd?) but
podcasts: multiamory, mothers on invention, adhd as females

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Thady: I've survived 3 years of operations as a baby with paralysed vocal cords I guess...

Johanna: i became self-employed as a graphic designer four years ago and migrated to another country

Teach, Learn, Share

Thady:
I will teach you Irish and show you my favourite music from Ireland
I'd love to learn how to speak more languages and would love some help!

Johanna:
I have a lot of knowledge about vegansim, climate change, graphic design (especially typography and book design)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Thady: I'll happily play your guitar and take photos of ye while I'm there and love good chats too 😁

Johanna:
cooking vegan, chatting for hours and playing guitar

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Israel, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, Germany, Ireland