CURRENT MISSION

See places and people, share experiences, live!

ABOUT ME

Kris and I met working at a cafe a couple years ago in Calgary and immediately realized that we shared a ton of common interests - the most important being living - REALLY living. Only natural that we decided we wanted to travel together. I spent some time in Mexico and painted my days away. We are both very open and accepting, artistic and super excited to use this resource in our adventures! In case it matters, we are not a couple, just good friends.

About Dre: I'm pretty easy going and artistic in every aspect of my life. (I take tooth brushing to a whole new level!). My father was a professional artist and I took up painting a few years ago. I love to make old things new and am obsessed with music. I love good conversation, good food, good company, dancing, jokes, hugs, and red wine. I've also been vlogging for a couple years on youtube (check the website link for all the dirt!) and have made some profound and unexpected connections though my video diary. I plan on keeping a video log of all my travels (and hopefully any CS'ers that let me add them to my story).

HI! This is Kristin now, adding on. What to say about myself? I am a holistic nutritionist, with intense interest in growing food. I took the master gardener course at the Calgary Zoo, and spent some time volunteering on Everdale Organic Farm and Environmental Learning Center down in southern Ontario this fall. I am into all things (parden the term) environmental. However, am not into the recent "trend" of being green, and, for example, think recycling is a band-aid. Hope that doesn't offend anyone, and if you get that, right on!!! I have three younger sisters, love cats, love love love dancing, and walking barefoot in the mud. For more about me: www.edibleprecessions.com

PHILOSOPHY

live the dream! (A Canada post worker once responded when I asked how he was doing: "Living the dream!". Sarcastic? Yeah, but it stuck.)

Dlaczego jestem na Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We're new to CS, but hope to learn, share and contribute everything we can. As "newbies" we've been checking out all the advice and suggestions on the site to prepare for adventure part uno. The chat has been especially helpful!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far so good! I received a very warm welcome to the site and am impressed the the number of like minded individuals kickin' around here! We're so excited to meet some of you!

Zainteresowania

Art, music, people, travel, dancing, coffee, laughing, singing (badly), walking, working, sharing, being, soil, trees, and more...

• cats
• arts
• singing
• dancing
• dining
• wine
• red wine
• coffee
• walking
• trivia
• traveling
• painting
• music
• skydiving
• volunteering

Muzyka, filmy i książki

Anything Tim Burton or Cohen Brothers! Dre loves rock (indie, classic, oldies, you name it), motown, folk, classical, grunge, industrial, world music anything with a good beat, beautiful melody or fetching lyrics.
As for books, I've read allot of "spirituality" based writing in recent years, David Foster Wallace and Christopher Moore are my faves when it comes to fiction. I've decided to pick up "Ishmael" for my travel book.

Kristin here, I love anything nutrition or soil related. In my non-learning moments, I really enjoy fantasy types. Cecilia Dart-Thornton, JRR Tolkien, etc.
For music, I like anything really that makes my hips move, and that depends on the day, the environment, etc. So, pretty much anything. I don't however listen to country or screaming type heavy metal. My hips don't really follow these, but there are of course exceptions to everything.

Jedna niesamowita rzecz, którą zrobiłem(-am)

Seeing a storm roll in on the east coast of Mexico is pretty epic if you ever get the chance. Also, couch surfin (without the use of this site, many years ago) in small town British Columbia was an experience that opened my eyes to real kindness... amazing and beautiful.
Kristinz amazing things done: Skydiving. Feeling the peace that is real love. Watching dew glisten off kale early in the morning. Taken in the prairies skies. I do not think I could ever do this category justice actually, amazing things are seen and done everyday!

Ucz innych, ucz się sam, udostępniaj

Well, the divit below your nose but above your lip is called the philtrum. Perhaps not all that useful, but a piece of trivia most people don't know.
Kristin's little-did-you-know: the unpleasant physical effects felt by a bad sunburn is actually a vit D toxicity and can be greatly helped by straight cal/mag supplements. (with no added vit D) So if your prone to this, keep some of these supplements around!

Kraje, w których byłem(-am)

Canada, Mexico, United States

Kraje, w których mieszkałem(-am)

Canada