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| Intimate Profile |
Jeff |
Linda |
| Age: |
38 |
29 |
| Zodiac Sign: |
Capricorn (with a Bad Moon Arising) |
Capricorn |
| Education: |
BS, Accounting - Florida State University |
BS, Accounting - Florida State University |
| Profession: |
CPA/Consultant |
CPA, CNE, MCP - IT Consultant |
| Military: |
82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC 1983~86 |
Pi Phi Sorority Girl |
| Athletics: |
Distance running, Masters swimming, cycling, soccer |
Distance running, Masters swimming, cycling, weight lifting |
| Hobbies/Interests: |
Playing games of any kind |
Playing with my mini-home-LAN, learning to write crappy HTML, reading, and (soon) experiencing malaria-pill hallucinations |
| Ethnicity: |
1/4 Finnish, 1/4 Native American (Chippewa) with some Anglo/Saxon thrown in for good measure |
Heinz 57 (although Jeff likes to think of me as a "Welsh tart") |
| Previous Travel Experience: |
- Travelled through 48 of 50 states (missing New Hamshire and Vermont)
- 1992 - 5 months of backpacking in Western Europe
- 1996 - 4 month motorcyle trip from Portland, OR to Panama
- 1997 - 9 weeks of backpacking through Eastern Europe
- Numerous sojourns to British Columbia, Alberta, Alaska
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- Travelled through about 25 states
- 1990 - 1 month train tour of Western Europe
- 1993/1995/1996 - trips to Costa Rica to visit my brother and sister (and their families)
- 1997 - 9 week train tour through Eastern Europe
- Numerous sojourns to British Columbia, Alberta, Alaska |
| Favorite Travel Experience(s): |
Island hopping in Greece, running with the bulls in Pomplona; Saku Brewery birthday bash in Estonia; hiking/running the Alps in Garmisch; bicycling the West Coast of Ireland, riding the subway in Moscow, the lunar ecllipse on Temple IV in Tikal, Guatemala, Riding the Icefield Parkway in Alberta; running through a herd of buffalo in Yellowstone; scuba diving in Belize; folk festival in Istanbul; Expo '92 in Seville; wine tasting in Melnik, Bulgaria; Split, Croatia; Fringe Festival in Edinborough; river rafting in Costa Rica; doing the "tri-geek" thing in Boulder, Colorado; Riding in rush hour traffic in Mexico City
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Tapas bar hopping in San Sebastian; cycling the San Juan islands; Cycle Oregon - bike ride from the Idaho border to the Oregon Coast; rafting in Costa Rica and Canada; phenomenal hike in Glacier Park - Canada; Banff; touring Split, Croatia; backpacking around Europe with my sister and Lise (exchange student that lived with me in high school); summer time Luge in Austria
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| Infamous Travel Experience: |
Waking up to the muzzle of an M16 rifle in my face in Oaxaca, MX; getting turned back at the Russian border for only having copies of our visas; Baltic states' bathrooms; 72 hour train ride from Istanbul to Antibbes, FR; speed traps in Central America, free climbing the rock walls lining the 'donkey trail' in Santorini (Thira) Greece |
My first Russian "bathroom"; losing all of our important travel documents in Eastern Europe; missing our train and having to stay out all night in Copenhagen -then having to run from the local pub to catch the 6am |
| Motorcycle Riding Experience: |
Been riding motorcycles for 23 years. Nothing "competitive", mostly just street bikes. |
Got nearly 15 months under my belt now. I am a virtual Eviless Kaneevil. |
| Philosophy of Travel: |
"To forceably remove myself from the couch/remote to gain insight and inspiration and gather life experiences." |
To truly appreciate the small things in life (like flush toilets, toilet seats, toilet paper - I learned to appreciate these things in Eastern Europe), one has to venture out into the world and experience the realities of daily living in other countries. |
| Favorite Movie: |
Tie: Monty Python's Holy Grail and Life of Brian |
The Sound of Music |
| Favorite Book: |
Don't read much |
The Continuum Concept, Jean Liedloff |
| Favorite Magazine: |
Outside Magazine |
Runner's World, Reader's Digest |
| Favorite Beer: |
Weiss Beer from Bavaria, Northwest Microbrews |
Portland Brewing Company beers |
| Favorite Wine: |
Anything red from Spain |
I like to think of myself as a beer chick. |
| Favorite Songs: |
Romeo & Juliet - Dire Straights, Fast Car - Tracy Chapman, Crazy - Seal |
Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls |
| Favorite TV Shows: |
Nature (Discovery Channel), Northern Exposure |
Northern Exposure, Seinfeld, Ally McBeal (I know, it's so typical) |
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