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  • 49 references 31 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Danish, English; learning French, German, Latin, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
  • 41, Other
  • Member since 2008
  • Studying, teaching, coaching volleyball, smiling
  • Mona: Cand. Mag. in French, Spanish, Sports and Health. J...
  • From Lysabild (Mona) and Ramme (Jacob), Jutland, Denmark
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To enjoy life and explore the world

ABOUT ME

We are a family living in Odense with our cat. The family includes Mona, Jacob, Sofia (12 yrs), Kathrine (9 yrs), Emil (5 yrs) and Anna (2 yrs) as well as one cat and one dog :)

We met studying sports and health in 2004. The past 19 yrs we have spent couch surfing Europe, USA and South America before we created a family.
We love to hang out with friends and have fun, meet all the great people in the world, play boardgames, read, discuss everything, party and do sports. But most of all to do stuff with our children and show them our wonderful world.
Our passion for traveling has taken us so many amazing places in all kinds of ways. We have been kayaking, camping, skiing, on interrail, roadtripping, backpacking, canoing, mountain biking, hiking and riding scooters in the mountains. And we can't wait to do more.

PHILOSOPHY

Everyone smiles in the same language:-)
There are no strangers - only friends you haven't met yet!
Say yes to life and what comes with it!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We believe this is an awesome project and opportunity for us to meet the great people around the world. After exploring couches and spreading the word around USA and South America for 8 months, we are now back in Odense and hope to see a lot of our friends and new CS'ers on our couch.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

On our travel through USA and South America CS has given us memories for our life! It has been fantastic meeting different people from different cultures who like telling their story. We never imagined that we would meet so great and funny people.
Now we have also hosted several great surfers and we are really enjoying hosting as well:)

Hosted:
Amber and John - Rochester, Mn. USA
James - Auckland, New Zealand
Anna and Kjell, Mineapolis, Mn. USA
Christien and Yasen - Nijmegen, Holland and Sofia, Bulgaria
Renee - Melbourne, Australia
Crystal - Hong Kong
Klaas and Co. - Belgium

Surfed:
Dave and Leo - Miami, Fl. USA
Richey (+Paari and Julio) - Birmingham, Al. USA
Nathan and Jennifer - Chattanooga, Tn. USA
Alexa and John - Chesapeake, Va. USA
Andrè - Hackensack, Nj. USA
Lauren and Rob - Staten Island USA
Paul - Boston, Ma. USA
Tomasz - Chicago, Il. USA
Stephen - Chicago, Il. USA
Ted - Berkeley, Ca. USA
The Mando - Laguna Beach, Ca. USA
Carlos - Quito, Ecuador
Fausto - Riobamba, Ecuador
Rodrigo - Lima, Peru
Tati - Viña Del Mar, Chile
Analia - El Calafate, Argentina
Chris - Buenos Aires, Argentina

Interests

Different cultures
Party
Optimistic people
Skiing
Sports, Volleyball, Soccer, Kayaking, swimming
Nature
Learning Languages

  • cats
  • dining
  • cooking
  • beer
  • walking
  • partying
  • drinking
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • kayaking
  • camping
  • snorkeling
  • skiing
  • sports
  • rock climbing
  • soccer
  • volleyball
  • swimming
  • languages
  • beaches
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
U2, Best band in the world according to Jacob:)
Coldplay, Snow Patrol, The verve, Radiohead, plus most pop, rock and oldies

Movies:
Comedy is the big favorite for both of us, but we watch a lot of different things.
A couple of favorites: Remember the Titans, Good will hunting, Happy Gilmore, Gladiator, Dead Poet's Society, Cool Runnings, The Mask, Lion King, Terkel i Knibe, Blinkende lygter

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Both:
Celebrating the birthday and blessing of a Volvo truck from 1984 in Copacabana, Bolivia, drinking beers with an entire bolivian family (15-20 people).
Snorkeling with giant seaturtles and playing with sealions and penguins on Galapagos.
Couchsurfing through USA and South America. - We just can't get enough of great people.
CS New Years party in Valparaiso, Chile

Jacob:
U2 koncert in Copenhagen, Chicago and Horsens. Those guys are so amazing! Can't wait to go again:)
Turning around a corner in the woods and suddenly be exposed to the glory of the Fitz Roy mountain range - Took my breath away..
Scooter trip in the mountains around Lago di Garda, Italy. The mountains there are so beautiful, and people in the small vilages are very friendly and nice.

Mona: Being a skiguide in Avoriaz, France for 5 months . Fantastic positive pepole , wonderful views and great skiing.
Climbing the mountains in Aosta - Italy with great friends.
Walking/swimming at the best beach in the world (Kaerneland in Southern Denmark)with my family.

Teach, Learn, Share

We have throughout the world had big succes cooking danish food for our CS frinds and would love to teach you a little about that.
If thats not your style Jacob can for sure teach you a thing or two about volleyball.

What I Can Share with Hosts

We love to cook classic danish food for our hosts

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Faroe Islands, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark

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