Our First CouchSurfers

Our very first CouchSurfers arrived safely yesterday :)

Jason & Corina are a couple from Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada, who are on day 32 of a one year journey around the world. They hope to relax from their years of school and work while enjoying an experience of a lifetime. They are traveling throughout Europe, Asia and South America during their 365 day travel odyssey.

Before their arrival in Germany, Jason & Corina visited Vancouver - Canada, NYC - US, London, York, Edinburgh & Belfast - UK.

Their overall itinerary, to name but a few, includes the following locations: Canada, US, England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Netherlands, France, Spain, Morocco, Italy, Hungary, Greece, Egypt, Croatia, Turkey, UAE, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan, Brazil, Chile & Peru.

Corina & Jason
- What a great couple

Upon their arrival at their CouchSurfing host, Jason made a lovely meal - A 'pasta with tomato & spinach' creation - mmm very tasty! It's a shame that Jason & Corina are not around for a little longer - we could get used to their culinary delights.

Mark welcomed Jason & Corina with a surprise greeting from BOB FM 99.9, which is one of the local radio stations in their hometown of Winnipeg, Canada - 4295 miles away!

Listen to Mark's greeting below

On their last evening with us, we ventured out with Jason, Corina and their flat nephew & nieces (Petroffs/Penners) to a quaint Vegan eatery (yoyo) in Berlin and had a great night out - the food was very tasty - Andrea enjoyed a cheese & spinach burger with chips and salad while Mark was mesmerized by a seitan cheese burger with chips and salad.

Corina with flat Penner nieces, Hannah, Ellie & Sasha
Jason with flat Petroff nephew & niece, Owen & Jane
- enjoying a ride on Berlin's S-Bahn (Fast train)

After two days of hosting Jason & Corina we are very sorry to see them leave and hope that we will see them again in Germany, the UK or Canada - they were both great to get along with.

We wish Jason & Corina lots of happiness, wonderful experiences and all the best for their remaining 11 months round the world journey.

Jason & Corina
-leaving Berlin on 15th August 2009

Their next stop is Holland - we will fervently follow their adventures via their blog and Facebook.

Thanks for staying with us Guys - you spiced up our week!

Couchkartoffeln are busy in Berlin ...

We're getting a large amount of CouchSurf requests and seem to spend a lot of time trying to respond in a timely manner.

Berlin is a bustling place and obviously a popular place for Couch Surfers.. we've had requests from people arriving in Berlin within the next fews days but we've been forced to let these happy surfers down because our couch is booked for the next few days.

We've been approached by Couch Surers as far afield as Russia, Denmark, Greece, Canada & the US.

I wonder if we'll get this many requests once we've relocated to the UK?

Our First Guests - Only 3 days to go

Only 3 days to go - we're expecting our first couch surfing guests on the 13th of August 2009!

Corina & Jason from Canada will be staying with us for 3-4 days this week.

We hope they enjoy their stay with us and we're also hoping that we enjoy hosting them.