| Lingua Franka has been vouched for |
| Couch available | Maybe |
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| CouchSurf requests replied to | 94% |
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| member since | July 18th, 2006 |
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| profile views | 1,991 |
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| age | 37 |
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| gender | Several people |
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| membername | LINGUAFRANKA |
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| occupation | journalist (him), english teacher (her) |
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| education | college degrees |
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| grew up in | tampa florida (her) & new york new york (him) |
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Languages- English (United States)Expert
- FrenchIntermediate
- SpanishIntermediate
Couch Information
Couch Available: Maybe
Preferred Gender: Any
Max Surfers Per Night: 2
Shared Sleeping Surface: No
Shared Room: NoFoldout futon, fits 2. Its in a living room, but not alot of people come into that room, so its not private, but relatively quiet. The couch is a futon on the floor in a living room. The room is not private, but theres not many people who go in that room, so its kind of private.
We live in a big compound-type place--hard to describe--but we have 14 roomates, so theres usually someone around to have a conversation or drink.
We live in North, North Oakland--2 blocks from the border with Berkeley. Its 6 minutes walk to the Ashby BART stop, and there are some good bus lines nearby. A few bars and restaurants very close by, and walking distance to downtown Berkeley. Overall, we live in a very good neighborhood for most things.
Jessica works 5 days a week until the early afternoon. Andrew works 2 or 3 days a week and then has an ever-changing schedule the rest of the time. If we arent busy, we can hang out or go do something for sure!
No pets allowed here.
In general, 3 days would be the maximum. We go to bed around midnight or 1am. Friends (42)
 Alayne Unterberger
46, Female
Tampa, Florida
United States
Friends since January 2000
"We met in Tampa many moons ago!!!!"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
I vouched for Lingua Franka
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 Jessica Vaughn
34, Female
Tampa, Florida
United States
Friends since January 2001
"pirate radio baby"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
2 |
 Alex Bidot
30, Male
Tampa, Florida
United States
Friends since June 2003
"buds"
Friendship Type: Friend
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 GALITA
34, Female
Jacksonville Beach, Florida
United States
Friends since January 2006
"Met them on Saturn"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for Lingua Franka
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 MMANGO
41, Female
Spring Hill, Florida
United States
Friends since June 2002
"we worked/volunteered at a great community radio station in Tampa FL"
Friendship Type: Friend
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 Michael Poulton
30, Male
Oakland, California
United States
Friends since February 2011
"We are roommates!"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 Adeleh Moghaddam
29, Female
Oakland, California
United States
Friends since April 2009
"we live in the same house."
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 Jamal Jawhar
28, Male
Omaha, Nebraska
United States
Friends since August 2007
"I hosted them for three days in my house."
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for Lingua Franka
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 Ljuba Rogulj
34, Female
Trogir, Split-Dalmatia
Croatia
Friends since October 2007
"couch surfing"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
3 |
 Mischa Fleishman
24, Male
Minneapolis, Minnesota
United States
Friends since August 2009
"Andrew stayed in my spare room while doing a report on the Postville Raid"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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Personal DescriptionWe are Jessica & Andrew, 2 Americans who love to see the world!
We just finished up a self-guided tour of the entire Mediterranean cost (2006-2007). Now we are back in the states and have moved to to Oakland, CA.
We speak OK Spanish, some French and of course English. You got some language skills to share???
You can see pics and stories from our Mediterranean trip at our travel blog— www.betweenthelands.comHow I Participate in CSfor a while we were surfin..now weve moved into a new place and are slowly opening it up to surfers--IN OAKLAND, CA.CouchSurfing Experiencewe have stayed with maybe 20 people, absolutely LOVE couchsurfing. it is so superior to staying in hotels or hostels, where you may not have a single friend in town. you learn much more from couchsurfers, and we will keep doing it for sure now that we KNOW...Interestsforeign languages, flora & fauna, seeing cool stuff, music, exotic foods, learning about new places, talking with folks, playing basketball, cute animalsPhilosophyain't nuthin' to it but to do it!
be nice.Music, Movies, Booksforeign language & linguistics textbooks.
autobiografies.
accordions.
everything from flamenco to hip hop.Types of People I enjoypeople who know how to pack light...got any tips for us??????
folks who COOK
folks who like to hang out and talk
Everyone except liars.Teach, Learn, Shareaudio production in general, production of radio stories, tips on accounting software & filing procedures...
english as second language
bunny-handlingOne Amazing Thing I've Seen or Donejust one??
Arches National Park, Utah, USA
amazing natural rock formations!
we'll tell you more when we're face to face...
Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org Projectcouchsurfıng ıs workıng out very nıcely for us. all good people so far, new frıends thru couchsurfıng. great experiencesLocations TraveledTRAVELED: Albania, Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Egypt, England, France, Greece, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Lebanon, Macedonia-FYROM, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Vatican, Vietnam
LIVED: Australia, Spain, United States
WANTS TO GO: Iran, Libya, South Korea, Yemen
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From Michael Poulton Oakland, United States
May 15, 2011  Positive Andrew and Jessica are a couple of awesome and solid humans.
From Adeleh Moghaddam Oakland, United States
Mar 27, 2011 Positive knowledgeable, great sense of organization, good sense of humor, enthusiastic about learning other cultures! friendly, well read and traveled.
 From MULLE OG JULLE Copenhagen, Denmark
Aug 6, 2010   Positive We had a lovely time with Andrew and Jessica in their home i Oakland. They live in a really nice house with a bunch of other nice people and we thoroughly enjoyed staying there.
They took us for dinner and a theatre/rap battle show, we had a few dinners together and all was good.
Hope to see you again guys :)
 From Mario Orlando Rodriguez Monforte Valence, France
Mar 6, 2010 Positive They are a really nice couple!!! very easy-going, relaxed, openminded, respectful....charismatic as well.....my english is not enought to describe them hehehe. we spent good time in my city, talked about many interestings things, went out. i recommend them a lot!!!hope to see you again!!!
 From Galip Akay Artvin, Turkey
Sep 14, 2009 Positive very cute person...i wish to see her again
 From Bicycle Betty Minneapolis, United States
Aug 27, 2009 Positive Andrew is a friendly and very considerate surfer. He was up for anything and he brought me some delicious fresh vegetables. We talked a bunch about life, love, and politics. All the basics to make it a very enriching CS experience :) I wouldn't hesitate to host him again whenever.
 From Tristan Koepke Minneapolis, United States
Aug 23, 2009 Positive Andrew and Jessica were wonderful surfers. Friendly and adventurous and full of life. I'm sorry I was so busy for those couple days, but it was great to hang out when we got the chance. I hope we'll pass each others way once more!
 From Alicia Stockard Duluth, United States
Aug 20, 2009 Positive Before I head out on my next adventure, I found it impossible not to leave a note of gratitude and a kick butt thanks to Andrew and Jessica. Beautiful people who love life, travel, and the art of banter. Thank you for staying and being lovely guests. Last but not least, my children thought it was so neat to have guests that interacted with them and they thought Andrew was really funny. Hope to see you in the future, happpy trails to you both. Oh, and now I know I can survive a 3 hour run after staying up late, you guys are great, yippppeeee!
From Mischa Fleishman Minneapolis, United States
Aug 10, 2009 Positive Andrew is one hell of a guy - he's a pretty wicked frisbee player as well.
 From Josh Casper Portland, United States
Nov 28, 2008  Positive Andrew walked in with a box of tasty pastries and a loaf of cuban bread, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
He makes ya feel pretty comfortable, though I'd never met nor talked to him beforehand. He brings some good conversation and stories and bought us some beer the night before he left. Cool guy. Good times.
Peace
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