A blog about our couchsurfing hosting experience and meeting people from all over the world in our living room. It's a little like traveling without moving and you're invited.
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- Blast from the Past: 5 Swedish Hitson Jul 20, 2010 in UncategorizedThe summer madness is catching up with us. Our couchsurfing schedule has been more than hectic and here we are, behind on documenting our experiences. I didn't get the chance to finish reading and writing about Sweden and Malmo and we already welcome...
- Of Swedish Tables and Three Weird Letterson Jul 13, 2010 in UncategorizedAs I am writing this, Thess is probably on a train to Malmö from Copenhagen, where she arrived on a plane from Skopje via Zagreb. We had the pleasure to host her twice over the past week - her first two days in Skopje and then (after a weekend i...
- Pippi, Midsummer and a Whole Lot of Iceon Jul 10, 2010 in UncategorizedSome twenty years ago, one of my third grade (or second, can't be too sure) mandatory reading was Pippi Longstocking [...]...
- Cake + Beer + Lemonon Jul 8, 2010 in UncategorizedDuring her afternoon in Shutka, Abi wandered into a local sweets shop and saw a big pitcher of icy cold chocolate-colored liquid, that she initially thought was Ice Coffee. When she asked the person that worked there if it is indeed coffee, he said "...
- A Gypsy Lover in Heavenon Jul 5, 2010 in Uncategorized9:15 am on a Sunday morning. I am staring at the sleepy and hostile face of the guy working at the information desk at the Skopje train station, who, for the 3rd time tells me "5 more minutes, it is coming, I told you." I overdo it really; the...
- The non-Holland Netherlandson Jul 1, 2010 in UncategorizedI may owe some people an apology. There's probably not many of them, but still. The thing is, I distinctly remember using the word Holland for the country with Amsterdam as its capital. But in reading stuff after Stephanie and Sarah left, I ran into...
- Snails, Islands and Timber-Frame Houseson Jun 28, 2010 in UncategorizedGuess what? Our couch finally did move a little:) Well not our couch per se, but we did. These past 5 days we've been at our 100yr old house in the mountains just up from Bitola, in the village called Magarevo which is just at the edge of one of Mace...
- French/Syrian + Dutch/Brazilian = (Football+ Beer ) ^ 4on Jun 21, 2010 in UncategorizedRight in the middle of last week, a very refreshing multicultural wind blew through our house, temporarily alleviating the heat horror that was Skopje. While we were melting at temperatures dangerously approaching 40C and tried limiting our need to s...
- Buskerfest, Beers and Bocceon Jun 13, 2010 in UncategorizedOn their second day in Skopje, Elena and Maja successfully navigated the complicated public transport system towards Matka alone (which makes me go into another nail-biting frenzy when I think about the possibility that they get lost somewhere along...
- First Ex-Yugoslav Guestson Jun 11, 2010 in UncategorizedYes, in almost a year of hosting couchsurfers, and close to 30 guests from over 12 countries, this week and for the first time ever we hosted guests from another ex Yugoslav republic. You'd think we'd get more of them - after all, we're all in the ne...
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