CURRENT MISSION

To create our own happiness, every day.

ABOUT ME

Right now figuring out how, and if, we will survive a Dutch winter. This preoccupies every waking moment. Distractions welcome!

More info under the couch description (I jumped the gun!).

All right I'll have another go.
Andrew: unusually laid-back. Seriously, it takes a lot to get to him. A dreamer and practical thinker. Kind and funny and positive, and endlessly accommodating.
Me: eccentric, frenetic, curious, creative, always looking for a new challenge, always working on a project, a do-er (which is why I'm writing this and not Andrew!). I'd like to think I'm kind too, and I like making people laugh.

We are both firm believers that you make your own luck. We're not fans of doing things because that's what other people do, unless you've thought about it and it actually, truly does make you happy.

PHILOSOPHY

Dream and do in abundance! Though not necessarily the same things - or at the same time...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far? Offer a cosy couch and good times.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far only with friends, us on their couches and them on ours. Happy days!

Interests

Laughing. Music (making and listening), concerts, sport (kayaking/surf-ski racing, athletics, Aussie football), traveling, great conversation, making things happen, new and unusual situations, change, enlightened culinary experiences, getting dressed up (that's just Mandy!) and hitting the town, boutique and exotic beer and wine. Andrew has a disturbing interest in beards, particularly his own, in its many manifestations. Cities. Nature. Animals. People watching. Me time.

• animals
• writing
• concerts
• wine
• beer
• gardening
• traveling
• music
• kayaking
• skiing
• sports
• soccer

Music, Movies, and Books

Shantaram, Millenium Trilogy, Thrive Diet/Fitness, Papillon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night...just a sample...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveled around Australia in a caravan for two years. Skinny-dipped in the garden of Eden (Northern Territory, Australia)! Swam in a 1km deep disused mine full of ground water in the middle of the desert in the middle of the night, just to get cool. Taught and lived in the outback, the tropics and Sydney Harbour.
Experienced - 52 degrees (Celsius) while snowmobiling and husky-sledding in Lapland, Sweden.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Netherlands