CURRENT MISSION

Ardea: Getting my MFA and becoming more mindful. Oliver: Becoming wiser.

ABOUT ME

Ardea: I love beautiful things such as trees, mountains, other landscapes, animals, paintings, art, people, music, etc. I can be a little shy, but I love seeing new things and knowing people. I think I am pretty optimistic about the world.

Oliver: I also love beautiful things. Most things are beautiful if you look at them carefully.

We don't drink (except the odd taste), smoke, or do drugs.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We have couch-surfed in Eastern Europe and had very good experiences. We also had fun hosting surfers in Illinois, before moving to the East Coast.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We have so far stayed on couches in Athens, Thessaloniki, Sofia, Balatonfured, Szeged, Esztergom, Zilina, and Minneapolis! We greatly enjoyed it. We hosted and enjoyed that too.

Interests

Ardea: art, music, animals, landscape and wild places, friends, thinking and talking to thoughtful people, poetry, reading, dancing, lots more I'm sure.

Oliver: mathematics (especially algebraic combinatorics), ferns, literature, birds, early music

• animals
• dogs
• birds
• arts
• literature
• poetry
• dancing
• folk dancing
• reading
• music
• mathematics
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Ardea: Earthsea cycle, by Ursula Le Guin
Patricia A McKillip
The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster
Diana Wynne Jones
Others!

Oliver: William Shakespeare, William Blake, Mervyn Peake, ...
Geza Ottlik, Imre Kertesz, ...
Sophokles, Homer, ....
Jose Saramago, Paul Celan, ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ardea: I lived in rural Alaska for parts of my life (mostly summers.)

Teach, Learn, Share

Ardea: I would love to share my art and see yours. I am always excited to learn and teach fiddle tunes or other musical skills.

Oliver: I love teaching! I know a little about lots of things!

Autumn the dog wants to play with you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Jordan, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, United States

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