CURRENT MISSION

Our mission is to travel! To read lots of interesting things, create lots of interesting things, and meet lovely people. Overall, we want to have a blast.

ABOUT ME

We're best friends born and bred in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We do a lot of eating, casual drinking, and spontaneous road tripping. Alexia is a psychology major, and Alyse is a Women's Studies and Creative Writing major at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa.

PHILOSOPHY

We want to travel the world and make friends. Tell us your story.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We love traveling, and we love sleeping on couches. We also love when cool people sleep on our couch. We'd love to show you around Iowa City.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We are new to this couchsurfing business!

Interests

Books!! Lots of books. Blogging. Writing. Coffee. Whiskey. Wine. Crystal Necklaces. Thrifting. Crafting. Listening to music. Long walks in the woods. Ghost stories. Vintage clothes. Acid wash. Amy Sedaris.

• horses
• writing
• books
• wine
• coffee
• running
• drinking
• thrifting
• clothing
• traveling
• blogging
• music
• business
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

The Smiths, Conor Oberst, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Joanna Newsom, Bright Eyes, Julie Ruin, Bikini Kill, Gossip, Le Tigre, MEN, Nathaniel Rateliff, White Stripes, Shenandoah Davis, Dolly Parton, Bratmobile, Metric, Leslie and the Lys, Lake, Beat Happening.

Ghostworld, Palindromes, Happiness, Tank Girl, Annie Hall, Itty Bitty Titty Committee, Running with Scissors, Milk, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Me, You, and everyone you know

Break it Down, Cate Marvin, Dora Malech, The Bell Jar, W.S Merwin, Sputnik Sweetheart, Nine Stories, Franny & Zooey, The Color Purple, Chuck Palahnuik, David Sedaris, Mean Free Path, The Tent, Vonnegut, Rubyfruit Jungle, No One Belongs Here More than You, 1984, Brave New World, Bastard Out of Carolina, Fragment Head of a Queen, The Bluest Eye, The Diary of Anne Frank

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1,000 wild horses running against an orange blazing sun. Somewhere near New Mexico.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States