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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
To have the freedom to travel the world, see new places, make new friends and live a long happy life.
ABOUT ME
We're a married couple from Germany & England, and are travelling long-term while working as freelancers. We have a passion for travel and adventure and love getting to know the world through its people. By travelling more slowly, we can gain a much deeper sense of a place and how day to day life is lived there.
We love music, good food, good wine & beer and of course good company too. Silke has a passion for languages and cooking and Mike enjoys the arts, playing guitar and football.
In May 2012, we sold all of our belongings and left the UK with the ambition of travelling the world until we feel like stopping.
PHILOSOPHY
Life's too short.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
At the moment we are long term travellers, however we're sure that once we settle down, we'll be able to host many couch surfers.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Just had our first experience in Brunei which has left us wondering why we haven't done this before, and why on earth we don't do it much more often - it's such a great way to meet new friends and really discover the real destination.
Interests
We love travelling, cooking, good food, good wine, good beer, reading travel books and novels, playing guitar, talking about travel, taking photographs, watching (and sometimes playing) football, listening to good music, watching live bands, watching travel documentaries, hiking, camping, and nature.
- arts
- books
- documentaries
- dining
- cooking
- wine
- beer
- reading
- traveling
- music
- guitar
- hiking
- camping
- soccer
- paragliding
- languages
Music, Movies, and Books
Books: David Lodge, Steven Fry, Paulo Coelho, Mark Hadden
Music: Too many to mention although we love the Beatles, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Super Furry Animals, REM, Damien Jurado, Pixies, Nirvana etc etc etc..... we could go on all day.
Movies: We're not that much into movies but anything that isn't too action adventure is usually fine with us. A good comedy is always nice.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
From August 2009 to August 2010 we spent the entire year travelling around the world - mostly overland. This took us through 23 countries and countless Kilometers from jungles to volcanos, to the depths of the ocean to paragliding. We met so many interesting people, saw the wonders of the world and experienced many different cultures.
This journey changed our lives.
Teach, Learn, Share
We have lots of ideas and tips for travelling, can teach guitar and can cook pretty well too. Silke is also great with languages and as we are both qualified language teachers we can help with the German and English language.
We'd love to learn about different styles of cooking and have personal insight into the places that we visit.
Countries I’ve Visited
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam
Countries I’ve Lived In
Germany, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States