CURRENT MISSION

To learn Spanish so I can easily get around in Colombia when visiting my daughter.

ABOUT ME

We, my husband Thomas and I, are interested in different cultures and customs. I live in the States since 95 and Thomas since 81. We go to Europe every year once or twice to visit family and now also to South America where our daughter lives.

PHILOSOPHY

Don't judge before you listen and learn. My lifestyle is not the only right one.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have a couch for visitors of any kind/color/gender...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Slept on many couches, twice through CS!
Had a few people stay with us through Couchsurfing and enjoyed it a lot.

Interests

Movies (belong to movie group)/reading tons of books/food(cooking & eating out). Fair Trade & organic food. Wine. Music/animals/walking/traveling/dancing/meeting people. Thomas plays bridge. Joanna does yoga, Zumba, Traditional Japanese Massage

• animals
• books
• coloring
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• organic food
• yoga
• zumba
• walking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• eating out
• socializing
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:The Sea Inside,Talk to Her, Amores Perros, Il Postino,Once,The Man Without a Past, Gran Torino and numerous more
Books:Unbearable Lightness of Being,Lyudmila Ulitskaya's books, Kati Marton's books, Kurt Vonnegut, Swedish and Finnish Detective stories, Sarah Paretsky and many more.
Music:Classical,Cream,Beatles,Manu Chau,Bluegrass, Jazz, you name it!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Thomas: seeing a live volcano in Guatemala.
Joanna: same volcano, the outer Hebrides, the islands between Finland and Sweden.

Teach, Learn, Share

Share: cooking,books,movies,ideas.
Teach: basic Japanese Massage
Learn: new words in any language

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Russian Federation, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Hungary, Sweden, United States

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