Recently we had some couchsurfers from Austria. They were here for a wedding-- like 90% of people who couchsurf in Phoenix. Nobody just comes to "see the sights." But we had some fun times with them. The outdoor petroglyph museum we were headed to had closed an hour earlier than we expected because it submitted to Summer hours as of THAT DAY! So we convinced them to trespass. Jake was mad that I took incriminating photos, but I thought it was super funny. 
Sebastian & Veronika were also excited to visit a Barnes & Noble. I like going to book stores but the old B&N wasn't the same kind of adventure for me and Jake as it was for the Austrians, so we found other ways to entertain ourselves. Jake doesn't just take the escalator... he flies down the escalator! The Austrians probably don't even need an escalator to fly because they drink so much espresso. Seriously, like three or four times a day. Maybe that's why they are so thin. Oh, and maybe because they eat way healthier than most Americans.
One night they cooked us schnitzel and made cucumber salad. It was awesome. Veronika's english isn't as perfected as Sebastian's but we had no trouble understanding them. She is incredibly kind, she writes and draws and was ecstatic to see a humming bird. Sebastian is one of those creative film maker types who has an educated opinion about everything. It was pretty fun having these guys here for a week. We told them we had been thinking about taking a Europe trip and they started looking up flights for us. So nice... Maybe we'll see them again sometime in the future, and on the other side of the Atlantic.
