Our names are Mark and Alexandra. We are adventurers! We live together in Chicago. We have traveled far and wide as individuals and together.

All of our experiences on couchsurfing have been awesome. We look forward to meeting with and staying with awesome people all over the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We have stayed with a bunch of people on this website and have absolutely loved the experience. We're always looking to meet new people and have really cool local experiences wherever we travel.

We just started hosting recently to pay back our fantastic CS Karma. Looking forward to meeting travelers in Chicago!

Interests

We LOVE to travel (that's why we're on CS). We also really like talking to and meeting new people.

Mark enjoys running, yoga, do-it-yourself projects, and fantasy football.

Alex likes photography, music, and pottery.

We have two of the cutest cats in the world (we don't mind dogs, but let's be real: cats are the best).

• cats
• photography
• diy
• festivals
• yoga
• running
• traveling
• pottery
• music
• backpacking
• soccer
• fantasy sports

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Hot Rod, American Psycho, Nightcrawler, Young Frankenstein, Moulin Rouge, Twister

Music: indie rock and rap (Arcade Fire, Florence + The Machine, Alt J, Eminem, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz)

Books: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates and Edgar Allen Poe

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

We went to a music festival together as strangers and fell in love.

What I Can Share with Hosts

We are extremely respectful, courteous, and clean. We have already had some great couchsurfing experiences and would love to meet new people.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S., Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belize, Germany, United States