CURRENT MISSION

About a year ago we finished a 16 month trip around the world where we had many amazing couchsurfing experiences! We're now back in the States and have settled down in Fresno (for now at least!) We're a bit busy with our happy, smily son (born in 2016), but may be able to host or meet up. Send us a note!

See our blog at http://carylandania.blogspot.com!

ABOUT ME

Caryl says: i'm creative. i'm adventurous. i think the best ways to get around are bicycling and walking. i'm searching. i'm cheap. i thirst for knowledge. i'm pretty smart, maybe even nerdy.
i'm a good, honest, hard-working hedonist. i like cats over dogs. i'll kick your ass at super mario kart and maybe street fighter ii. I mean what i say. i am what i am. i do what i want.

Ania says: I've spent a lot of time in life learning about people and how to help, most recently through my work as a prison psychologist. I enjoy what I do very much, and feel fortunate to be able to do the work I do. Caryl helps me see that, sometimes,there's much more to life than books and responsibilities!

PHILOSOPHY

i live my life according to platinum rule (which trumps the golden rule): treat others as *they* wish to be treated. it causes you to look inside a person and empathise with them. instead of just imposing your ideals on them, you have to understand them.

i have no religion, i'm an apatheist (i don't really care about religion) maybe aliens created us? morals i do have. While traveling in fiji and new zealand, i've settled into a very nice vibe: warm, friendly, honest, true, complimentative, talkitive, inquisitive person. i put my faith in karma - if you're a good person good things will happen and vice versa - life has been a dream.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Well, i met 'the rachel' in invercargill, nz and she convinced me to give this community a try. i'm a computer geek, perhaps i'll be able to assist the web masters. i've taken a personal creed: to only use my powers for good. and i'd say this is it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Caryl: My first official couch surfing experience was in Frankfurt with Susanne and in Brussels with Loïc In 2006. Tons of off-site couchsurfing: hitching through new zealand for a month and a half, i lucked into a couple of free nights in rotorua and hokitika, 'saved' from a wet tent on a cold night by some nice australians, 9 nights with François in Paris after randomly running into the guy 4 times in the world (fiji, twice in thailand, and kashmir).

After that trip i resettled in Washington DC and hosted when i could. there i met Ania and convinced her (was very easy) to travel again and even try couch surfing. we need to be more social - traveling so long without good friend is taking its toll on us!

Interests

Caryl: engineering, art, and combinations of the two. photography, travel, and combinations of the two.

Ania: cats, animals, photography, scrapbooking, painting. Now, all things baby! :)

• cats
• dogs
• arts
• books
• photography
• causes
• cooking
• cheese
• beer
• baking
• running
• walking
• traveling
• pottery
• homebrewing
• blogging
• surfing
• swimming
• engineering
• psychology
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

nin, radiohead, goldfrapp, ray charles, kmfdm, ween, lords of acid, rage against the machine, tool, black moth super rainbow, muddy waters, prince, most things electronic - especially house and trance

pulp fiction, fear and loathing in las vegas, return of the living dead, clerks, Big Leboski, Interview with a Vampire

breaking bad, sons of anarchy, dexter, tosh.0, star trek, daily show, colbert report, south park, simpsons, cops, walking dead

1984, robinson crusoe, call of the wild, candide, siddhartha, the hobbit, the stand, the eyes of a dragon

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

we both agree lemurs are amazing! Holding wallabies is also high on the list...

Teach, Learn, Share

i would love to share my wealth of knowledge; fixing computers, brewing beer, making cheese and yogurt, all types of baking and cooking. throwing pottery, metal smithing (jewelery making), welding. i used to teach age-group children to swim at the local ymca. Now, i feel confidant that i could teach you the best ways and places to hitch in new zealand.

What I Can Share with Hosts

courteous guests with good conversation about anything from mowing the lawn to recidivism rates in the US.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belize, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Poland, United States

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