Hi!
myself and my husband Matt are a friendly early 30's couple. We are in the middle of a 5 month bike & train tour across the Schegen region of Europe to take a break from work. I have done a few road bike tours in Oregon/ California and Ireland, and this is Matt's first tour! We have both bike-camped a little bit around California. We have no food restrictions, we are not taking any pets with us, and we don't smoke (though we do not mind staying with someone who smokes! Fine with me)
This profile is covering the both of us, because we are traveling (and surfing) together.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Since we are primarily bike touring, we are mainly using Warm Showers (couch surfing for cyclists), but have run out of luck finding hosts in certain cities.... so we are giving couchsurfing a shot! But also we love meeting new people and learning their perspectives on living in their city/ county, we enjoy cooking for others, and just sharing in general (we're also ex cooperative housing folks).
We would love to return the good karma of others by hosting in the future, wherever we end up in the California Bay Area : ) We are have with us our touring bikes, tent, and sleeping bags- so we don't even need a bed!

Interests

• backpacking
• art
• nature
• and cooking.
• human rights activism
• who loves casual road bike rides & long adventures

Music, Movies, and Books

Uh, I'll answer mostly for myself and some for Matt:
Music: Magnetic Fields, David Bowie, Tribe Called Quest, Broken Social Scene, Prince, Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, many others
Movies: Weird movies, old movies, and weird old movies. Also some great recent ones we saw were Moonlight,
& The Babadook. Matt just loves Amelie.
Books: Invisible Man, The People in the Trees, all Toni Morrison

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Left our jobs to take a half year trip : )
Matt used to teach ESL in East Austin and Arianna spent a summer doing public health volunteer work in rural Uganda

Teach, Learn, Share

What? I'm confused by this section. We all teach, learn and share with one another from our everyday interactions.

What I Can Share with Hosts

We can cook for you, talk about bike touring and wilderness backpacking, we can clean, and I've heard we are pleasant company too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Cambodia, India, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Uganda

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States