CURRENT MISSION

Australia to Canada, the long way

ABOUT ME

We are a Canadian couple, recently returned from almost two years of work and travel overseas. It was fantastic! We're now looking for our own place in Toronto, and when we find it we'll be hosting. :) We are generally low key people who enjoy chill bars and pubs over clubs - calm "no drama" people. Nick likes to "go with the flow" while Brooke prefers to make plans, but luckily we both believe in compromise.Our travel blog: http://blog.travelpod.com/members/brookeandnickvisited 19 states (8.44%)Create your own visited map of The World or Like this? try: Google PositionFree counters

PHILOSOPHY

Do not complain because roses have thorns, but rejoice that thorns have roses (aka look on the bright side of life). And> Everything happens for a reason. And> If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours. (from the back of an Adelaide metro ticket!!!)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We surfed in Australia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland, and the Czech Republic - all amazing experiences! We have a lot of 'paying it forward' to do, and look forward to hosting when we have our own place in Toronto. Hopefully soon!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

See above! Very positive, hope to have many more.

Interests

Brooke: cats, baking, chocolate, snowboarding, flash mobs, fireworks, outdoors, camping, yoga, board games (especially word games like Boggle, Scrabble, Scattergories - kind of nerdy I know).
Nick: hockey, baseball and other sports in general (interested in learning about other countries' sports too!) I also like music, movies and the outdoors. I dislike snakes.

• cats
• culture
• books
• chocolate
• baking
• yoga
• clubbing
• pub crawls
• movies
• board games
• tv
• traveling
• blogging
• music
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• camping
• snowboarding
• sports
• baseball
• hockey
• tourism
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Foo Fighters, Metric, Chili Peppers, Little Dragon, TV On the Radio, Radiohead, Tragically Hip, Queens of the Stone Age, Gorillaz... so many more

The Departed, Wall-E, Collateral, Forgetting Sarah Marshall... lots more. We just saw Midnight in Paris and definitely recommend it!

We will read pretty much whatever we can find in hostels.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Most recently - the Trans-Mongolian train from Beijing to Moscow :)

Swam with whale sharks on the Ningaloo Reef, climbed the Great Wall, hand fed a monarch butterfly. Adventured and skied the mountains of Banff, Alberta, traveled all over Scotland... didn't see Nessy.

Teach, Learn, Share

We can teach you about Canada and Canadians, hockey, curling, simple guitar chords, how to roof a house.

We want to learn about your culture and city, the things you can't read in a guide book.

We'd like to share good conversation and a laugh. We've also accumulated a pretty solid collection of movies and tv shows on our hard drive that we like to pass on!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Samoa, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, China

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