I am 26 and from Scotland. I am a great lover of culture- I have studied art history and filmmaking- and love to travel to discover new culture, history, languages, food, and traditions. I am looking forward in 2024 to do some extended travelling across Europe.

Beginning in March I am setting off from Germany on an adventure across central and south-eastern Europe with the goal of reaching Istanbul. This journey was inspired by the English travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor, whose route across Europe he walked in the 1930s I will be following to Budapest. I started this adventure in 2020 and managed to walk for 400 miles before coronavirus lockdowns forced me to return to Scotland, so I am very excited to return to Europe and continue 4 years later.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

I joined Couchsurfing back in 2020 when I planned to walk across Europe. I only managed 5 weeks that time because of lockdowns but even in that short period I met amazing hosts through Couchsurfing and had experiences I would never have had otherwise. Now I am travelling again I hope I can continue to meet new people and gain perspectives of the places I visit that go deeper than if I only stayed in hostels and saw the tourist sites.

Intereses

• cats
• books
• architecture
• walking
• pottery
• jazz
• opera
• cricket
• rugby
• art history
• history
• languages
• cinema
• plants
• ceramics
• antiques
• lego
• botanical gardens
• scotland
• rolling stones
• stefan zweig
• patrick leigh fermor

Música, películas y libros

I love music, movies, and books. I enjoy anything from the Rolling Stones to French Chanson, or the swinging tunes of the Rat Pack to classical music- with opera a particular favourite. A wide range of movies is equally as exciting for me, but with so many of the biggest films in English I do try to balance that by making the effort to watch plenty of films not in the English language. With books, I prefer historical and travel non-fiction, but also enjoy the works of writers like Evelyn Waugh and Stefan Zweig. It is the non-fiction account of the writer Patrick Leigh Fermor’s walk across Europe in the early part of the twentieth century that inspired me to quite literally follow in his footsteps.

Países que he visitado

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Wales

Países en los que he vivido

Scotland, United Kingdom