CURRENT MISSION

Settling down in our new home - Boulder, CO

ABOUT ME

Janka (pronounced as Yaan-ka) and Andrew (hus-band) are our first given names. We love and enjoy our lives together.

PHILOSOPHY

Make things better than they were when we got here and share that betterness with others.
Many feelings and thoughts about how we should live our lives come any and every day and many more at night. I wonder which we are more aware of.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We are slowly fixing our new place to be able to welcome people to stay.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We had crossed paths with many couch surfers while living in Queenstown, NZ several years ago and it was always spoken of in the highest regard. Surfing ourselves has been more enlightening than that passed on to us by word of mouth or print. We understand what we had been missing. Now we love it.

Interests

(One or both of us holds these interests): Finding (creating) a home of our own, birthing a baby and raising a family, yoga, home and garden building and tending, landscape and home-building and design, architecture, being active and exercising, the outdoors (preferably combined with sun), plants and nature and their inspirational ways, sustainable living, the tragic comedy and hilarious drama that life provides, photography, preparing and eating delicious and/or nourishing meals, global awareness (are you aware of globes?), India and chai tea, permaculture, reading, chocolate, observing, doing, feeling, reflecting, laughing, learning, listening, loving, discovering, asking and and and.
This list feels like an iceberg's tipple and it should be noted that these are in no discernible order.

• architecture
• design
• photography
• acting
• breakfast
• chocolate
• cocktails
• exercise
• yoga
• gardening
• reading
• bouldering
• outdoor activities
• surfing
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Many of all media.
Most recently watched, listened to and read respectively:
-Blue Valentine; Dinner for Schmucks; The Wrestler; Vicki, Christina, Barcelona; Zombieland; Black Swan; Let Me In; Around the World in 80 Gardens; House se3, Mad Men se4; The Dark Crystal
-Panda Bear, Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Kings of Leon, Pantha du Prince, 500 Days of Summer Soundtrack, Regina Spektor, Zola Jesus, The Knife, Podcasts from WNYC Radiolab, This American Life, The Thomas Jefferson Hour and The Moth, Malcolm Gladwell's 'Blink' (audio)
-The Alienist; Earthships Vol.1; Steig Larsson (Girl w/Dragon Tattoo series), JK Rowling, Osho's published speeches, Cormac McCarthy, Ken Follett, Malcolm Gladwell; I often read the NY Times but it all seems so black and white; Currently reading a fascinating book by Christopher Alexander

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Jana: I watched the sun rise above the mountains in a hot air balloon soaring above Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown, NZ. And having champagne cocktails for breakfast.

Andrew: I fell in love with a girl as a boy and married a woman as a man.

We honeymooned in India for a story-worthy month. Beep and Go.

Teach, Learn, Share

Exercising restraint can be every bit as difficult as acting out. But that doesn't mean that either one is better or worse than the other.

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.

No control is permanent. So taking advantage of what you have control over and knowing when you possess it is crucial in following your dreams.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, India, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, New Zealand, United States

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