CURRENT MISSION

Cobblestones, gothic cathedrals, fish & chips..

PHILOSOPHY

Always take advantage of an obvious pun.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hoping to surf, and once we have a more permanent address, host!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couch surfed through Europe for two months or so (Paris, Rome, Munich, Berlin, Salzburg, Vienna, Budapest, Krakow and Warsaw).
Jake has also surfed in Grimsby and Cleethorpes in the UK while he looked for a place for us to live while you teach there for two years.

Interests

Between the two of us, a variety of things... theatre, cooking, travel, reading, history, psychology, discussion, photography, writing, teaching, running..

• fish
• writing
• literature
• photography
• cooking
• running
• movies
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• fishing
• history
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

We rarely agree on movies. Sophia has recently become jaded by the movie industry, and therefore is unfamiliar with anything after approximately 1997. Jake is much more up-to-date.
All music is good, but we both lean towards older stuff.
Our combined list of favourite books would take up too much room, but some favourites are: Harriet the Spy, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Beowulf, The Jungle Books, Frankenstein, Les Miserables, Of Mice and Men, Gilgamesh, The Shining, Good Omens, Fifth Business, The War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, Gone With The Wind.. You can guess who likes which books..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Great Wall of China at Simatai.
Pad Thai in Phuket.
Dad's shrimp curry in South Carolina.
Eating live squid in South Korea (Sophia opted out of this particular adventure).
Row boats in Vietnam.
Cathedrals in Europe.
Steak and Ale Pies in the UK.
Surfer's Paradise on the Sunshine Coast in Australia.
Uluru (Ayers Rock) in Australia.

Teach, Learn, Share

Jake can cook and knows seemingly pointless details about Medieval warfare. Wants to learn more about both.

Sophia can provide a rash psychoanalysis of most characters in tv/movies/literature and enjoys a good cheesy tune. Curious about unboring histories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, Germany, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States

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