CURRENT MISSION

Kiss kiss, bang bang

ABOUT ME

Nicole and Jeff met in February of 2004 while working together at a famous pizzeria in Schererville, IN and began dating the day before Valentine's. After the first 6 months, Nicole moved down to Bloomington, IN to begin her studies at Indiana University. It was anything but easy but they somehow maintained a long-distance relationship for her first three years in Bloomington while Jeff worked as a free-lance photographer in the Chicago area. For her senior year, Jeff decided to move down there so they could be near one another year-round and see if the relationship still worked. It did; and, now that Nicole has finished her undergrad studies, they have relocated to Fort Myers, Florida to begin a new life together by the ocean in the sun. They are planning on heading to San Francisco once they have saved up enough $$$ and are able to find good jobs--by spring 2009?
But Lord only knows what the future holds...

PHILOSOPHY

Why save up on life when you can spend it all?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

It is the best thing that we have ever done!!! We will never sleep in hostels again!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Paris for 3 nights with super-host "Superyami".
Rome for 3 nights with awesome juggler Guido T.
Naples for 1 night (but hung out with him and friends some part of all five days there) with Mariano Martusciello. Awesome guy and great friends.

Interests

Travelling, music (collecting, listening, and composing), photography & video documentary, painting, watching films, playing Nintendo, literature, historical research, psychology and dreams, occult studies/ religion/philososphy, visiting galleries and museums, wine tasting, fine dining, being outdoors in the sun, walking the beach, hiking in the woods, fashion, skydiving and meeting new people.

• literature
• fashion
• photography
• documentaries
• coloring
• dining
• wine
• wine tasting
• fine dining
• walking
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• jet skiing
• snorkeling
• skydiving
• swimming
• psychology
• religion
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Stanley Kubrick, Wes Andersen, and P.T. Anderson (Jeff)
Amelie; Little Miss Sunshine; Garden State; Over the Hedge (Nicole)

Radiohead; White Stripes; John Lennon; Iggy Pop/Stooges; David Bowie, Modest Mouse (pre-2006); Pixies; Flaming Lips; Velvet Underground; Black Keys; Elliott Smith; Nirvana; Beck; A Tribe Called Quest;Wu-Tang Clan; Pearl Jam, etc.

Catcher In the Rye; The Perks of Being a Wallflower; The Jolly Old Postman (Nicole)
Narziss & Goldmund; Player Piano; anything by Joseph Heller or Jerzy Kosinki (Jeff)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hawaii in February - whales, sea turtles coming inland for courtship. Also, snorkeling over the corral reefs of Maui--unbelievable color (Jeff)
Skydiving on my 18th birthday with my dad. (Nicole)
Following, on jet skis, a family of dolphins for nearly 30 minutes in Ft. Myers, FL. (Jeff & Nicole)
Paris--the Tour d'Eiffel on Bastille Day. Can't beat it. (Jeff & Nicole)
Naples--swimming on a private beach of the island of Capri. Also seeing the ruins of Pompeii as well as its artifacts at the museum.

Teach, Learn, Share

We could teach a lot about patience and trust b/c of our four & 1/2 year relationship (three of those years were long-distance).
We would like to learn as much as possible about different cultures.
We have nothing but good things to say about our couchsurfing experience--except for that one guy in Naples that bailed on us two days before we were due to arrive from Rome.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Mexico, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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