CURRENT MISSION

New Places | New Experiences

ABOUT ME

Meeting new people and experiencing life as they live it fascinates us. We love to travel, meet new people, hear their stories and share their laughter. Interested in many things and always open to new people and new experiences.

I (Kimberley) work Monday to Friday as Head of Digital Communications in the charity sector and freelance as a travel and landscape photographer on the weekends, you can see my work here: www.kimberley-anderson.net

Tony works as an Architect, specialising in sustainable/environmental design.

PHILOSOPHY

You Only Live Once.

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

"When an adventure ends you can never go back, never relive it, never hope to feel the same emotion. The secret is to not try and go back, but to keep searching for new adventure..."

"I love what stimulates my creativity and inspiration. I love the taste of the air in a new place - perhaps all of these things can be summed up in a single word? Freedom".

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I (Kim) have been lucky enough to have stayed with many fabulous hosts during my travels. Now that I'm settled in London it's time to pay it forward and host or meet up with people in her new home town.

Tony is relatively new to couchsurfing and hasn't stayed with anyone yet but we are now hosting together in London.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I (Kim) left Australia in 2008 and for many months I travelled solo around Europe and South America and was lucky enough to couchsurf with some amazing people. I am now living in London... starting a brand new life and travelling as much as I can.

CS has greatly surpassed all my expectations and thanks to everyone I've met who have made it such an enjoyable experience!

Who I've stayed with:
Amsterdam: 15/05 - 17/05 with Brian
The Hague: 17/05 - 23/05 with Marco & Heintje
Paris: 23/05 - 28/05 with Matth
Coimbra: 02/06 - 04/06 with João
Porto: 04/06 - 09/06 with Jose
Lisbon: 09/06 - 14/06 with Ricardo
Seville: 14/06 - 17/06 with Diego
Barcelona: 18/06 - 19/06 with Victor & 19/06 - 22/06 with Laurent & 23/06 with Alvaro
El Puerto de Santa Maria: 26/06 - 01/07 with John
Madrid: 07/07 - 10/07 with Iván
Montpellier: 12/07 - 14/07 with Sylvain
Nice: 14/07 - 16/07 with Vincent
Dortmund: 18/07 - 22/07 with Timo
Albenga: 26/07 - 28/07 with Valeria & Marco
Milan: 30/07 - 02/08 with Marco
Prague: 02/08 - 05/08 with Danny
Olomouc: 05/08 - 07/08 with Lianne
Prague: 07/08 - 10/08 again with Danny
Berlin: 10/08 - 21/08 with family of friends
Venice: 30/08 - 04/09 with Daniele
Florence: 07/09 - 09/09 with Davide & 09/09 - 11/09 with Checco & Lucca
Siena: 11/09 - 14/09 with Angelo
Rome: 14/09 - 17/09 with Christian & 17/09 - 21/09 with Marco
Ischia: 26/09 - 28/09 with Tony
Berlin: 30/09 - 17/10 again with family of friends
Frankfurt: 17/10 - 20/10 with Oliver
Recife: 20/10 - 25/10 with Felipe
Rio de Janeiro: 25/10 - 29/10 with Chris, Stephane and Jente
Sao Paulo: 29/10 - 02/11 with Vanessa
Curitiba: 02/11 - 04/11 with friends of friends

Now I'm based in London I can just take shorter holidays:
Oxford: 24/07/09 - 26/07/09 with Cassandra
Koper/Isola/Piran: 06/09/09 - 08/09/09 with Matej
Štockjanske Jama (daytrip): 08/09/09 with Ivana and Tom
Ljubljana: 08/09/09 - 12/09/09 with Katarina
Lisbon: 19/06/10 - 21/06/10 a reunion with Ricardo
New York City: 10/09/2010 - 15/09/10 with Tony
Boston: 15/09/10 - 19/09/10 with Jesse
Philadelphia: 19/09/10 - 22/09/10 with Tucker
New York City: 22/09/10 - 25/09/10 again with Tony
Gothenberg: 22/07/12 - 24/07/12 with Armin

In addition to couchsurfing, I've attended some CS events...
- CS Meet for Friday Night Drinks in Amsterdam with Brian
- CS Dinner & Drinks in Milan with Marco
- 2x CS Meet-ups in Prague with Danny
- CS Event 'Nordgarden in the Garden' in Siena with Angelo
- The 2nd Busfrasketta and White Sunset Beach Party in Rome with Marco
- CS Meet in Recife with Felipe
- CS Halloween Party in Sao Paulo with Vanessa

Hosting Experience
- We've hosted many friends and family and in 2013 we had Timo stay with us for three nights. Timo was one of my hosts in Germany so it was great to see him again and return the favour!
- Hosted Enikő from Hungary for 4 nights in August 2014.

Interests

Travel, photography, health and fitness, weightlifting, vintage/retro (40's/50's), music, motorsport, fresh food and wine, architecture, design, art, farmers markets, bargain hunting at local markets and charity/thrift stores.

• arts
• architecture
• design
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• chocolate
• wine
• partying
• drinking
• gardening
• thrifting
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• hunting
• communications
• freelancing
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Jeff Buckley, Portishead, PJ Harvey, Goldfrapp, Muse, Moloko, Billie Holliday, Sam Cooke, Pati Yang, Tom Waits, Amy Winehouse, Nina Simone, Gotye, Roisin Murphy, Tori Amos, Massive Attack, Ella Fitzgerald, Otis Redding, Etta James.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking the Cinque Terre in Italy.
Exploring Plitvice National Park in Croatia.
Watching the sunset over NYC from the Empire State Building.
Making weaved baskets and hats in a Fijian village.
Hiking along the coastal cliffs of Cornwall.
Hot air ballooning over the Gold Coast in Australia.
Exploring caves and grottoes in Lisbon.
Motorcycle trips through the south of Spain and the foothills of Florence.
Island hopping in Greece.
Riding the Shinkansen in Japan.
Roadtripping in a campervan around Iceland.
Waking up in a city I adore every morning.

Where do you stop!?

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH
I work in marketing and have some skills in photography. I also love to cook and can show you how to make Australian Lamingtons (cubes of sponge cake with chocolate and coconut) and Aussie Pav (Pavlova... a merengue type dessert with fruit). Both simple and delicious!

LEARN
We'd love to learn more about you and where you're from!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fiji, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom

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