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Overview

  • 4 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, German
  • 37, Other
  • Member since 2009
  • Karl - advertising, Mel - Graphic designer
  • Karl - Film studies course in Canada, Mel - Studied Theol...
  • From Karl - Toronto, Canada, Mel - Guildford, UK
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To cost-effectively explore the world!

ABOUT ME

Karl and Mel met in Toronto, Canada while Mel was over there as an Au Pair during her gap year. We both love playing frisbee, traveling and meeting new people.

We've done a couple of road trips together - one around the east coast of Canada, and one around Europe. Both were amazing.

Right now we're living and working in the South of England. We run a creative business together, doing things like designing and building websites, animation and business consulting.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We've had some great experiences in the past with couch surfing, and made some good friends through it. We're hoping to do more of the same for now (participate in meetups, go for coffees etc) and maybe think about another trip at some point in the future.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We visited Heidelberg, Germany and couch surfed with a great guy called Andreas. He had another couch surfer visiting him at that point too, so we all had really interesting discussions well into the night. Couch surfing with Andreas greatly improved our trip, and we've subsequently been back a couple of times to visit him again - we'd love to have more experiences like that.

We've also really enjoyed being part of various couch surfing board game groups. We've had a lot of fun going into London to play games on a Sunday afternoon.

Interests

Board Games, (Ultimate) Frisbee, basketball, Interesting food, Traveling, Reading, Graphic Design, Art, Film and the occasional video game!

  • arts
  • literature
  • design
  • graphic design
  • dining
  • running
  • board games
  • reading
  • traveling
  • surfing
  • basketball
  • rock climbing
  • animation
  • business
  • road trips
  • au-pair

Music, Movies, and Books

Mel - I love reading (novels, short stories and poetry). Recently, I read The Thread by Victoria Hislop, which I liked. I've also been reading the Peter Rothfuss books (The Name of the Wind etc). I do secretly enjoy reading comic books and graphic novels, too!

Karl - I love Science Fiction and Fantasy mostly in the form of film or TV. My favourites are Firefly, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings. I also haven't grown out of my love for video games despite being in my 30s.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Mel - seeing the amazing Canadian countryside during Autumn (or fall if you're in North America!) The colours are completely unbelievable!

Karl - Seeing the Grand Canyon

Recently - going to Thailand on our honeymoon and climbing up to the top of a waterfall on Ko Samui island.

Teach, Learn, Share

Mel - English Literature, Graphic Design, Web Usability

Karl - Computer studies, Advertising

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Greece, Spain, Thailand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United Kingdom

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