Hello! We're Aussies living in Hamburg. Ben is doing his doctorate in electronic music and Liz is an ESL teacher.

We like to spend time talking about:

beer, wine, schnapps, languages and accents, music, good jokes and bad jokes, cooking, fantasy books, cider, sci-fi, crazy family members, board games, history, pianos, movies, delicious food, travel, mariokart...

When the sun is out, we go outside - BBQs, bike riding, sitting in the park...

When the sun is hiding (most of the time in Hamburg) we play board games & watch movies, go to pubs, restaurants, friend's houses, the cinema, the thermal baths and cafés.

IMPORTANT THINGS:

Please, no downloading.
We have coffee, tea, laundry and netflix that you can help yourself to.

When you request: We want to know about you, but we also want to know why you're requesting us. it's nice to know that you've taken the time to read our profile first.

We like to dance in supermarkets, even if the locals look at us a bit funny.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We have both hosted couchsurfers in different houses over the last few years. The best times we had were spent among friends, most of whom would still be flung over the arm of the sofa two months after they intended to leave.

Equally as fun were all the times spent with people who were only around for a short time.

Lots of people who stayed with us would buy a case of beer or cook a meal to say thanks- we think it's a nice way to live!

Interests

• books
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• movies
• traveling
• juggling
• music
• electronic music
• guitar
• piano
• teaching
• history
• languages
• sign language

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: bad action movies, movies about musicians, sci fi, German films and tarantino films. Ben likes apocalypse now and bladerunner. Liz likes finding nemo and inglorious basterds.
TV shows: we love British comedy in all forms. hangover days you will find us on the couch watching Black Books. We're currently watching: Weeds, House of Cards, Game of Thrones, Misfits, the Americans

Music: The Beatles. Gotye. Bob Marley. Aphex Twin. Boards of Canada. Bon Iver. Frank Sinatra. The Fleet Foxes. The Cowboy Junkies. Bill Callaghan. The Temptations. Simon and Garfunkel. Michael Jackson. Tim Buckley. The Cat Empire. The Divinyls. Easybeats. Billie Holiday. Johnny Cash. Chris Isaak. Conway Twitty. Rick Astley. Ella Fitzgerald. Low. The Dirty Three. Crowded House. Dire Straits. Broadcast. Elton John. Electric West. Franki Valli and the Four Seasons. Joan Baez. Miles Davis. John Coltrane. Manhatten Transfer. Vic Damone. Talking Heads.

Books: sci-fi, fantasy, and books where people explain awesome science things to us regular folks. Liz is currently reading The Name of the Wind in German, and Ben reads everything for his PhD.

We both have a crush on Brian Cox (the physicist).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Some mountains (fuji, etna, cook)
The Eden Project
in England
Chernobyl
Köln cathedral
Jervis Bay
French countryside
Tropical islands: Vanuatu and the Cook Islands.

Moving to another country with only our backpacks.

Teach, Learn, Share

We can share our knowledge of languages, food and booze, music and some other bits and bobs.

and we love to learn whatever the world can teach us :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

We both work during the week so we can't guarantee we can show you around. But we can give advice on what to do and where to go, and we will join in whenever we can!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Cook Islands, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, Germany

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