CURRENT MISSION

to expand my horizons through travel and to see how other people live - to create rich memories and to make new friends

ABOUT ME

I am reserved, honest, can be funny if I feel comfortable, love to travel and experience new things and sample different food, meet new people and learn about the culture.
About Jeff - laid back, likes to cook, plays guitar, listens to music, loves to fish - down to earth - enjoys meeting all kinds of people.

PHILOSOPHY

Choose your travel companion wisely

Treat others the way you would like to be treated.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had no couch surfing experience until Sept 25, 2012
We surfed in five different cities and it was a fantastic experience. Couch surfing allowed us to meet wonderful people, learn about customs and cuisine and make new friends.
While in China in 2015 we stayed in hotels and hostels. However, we wanted to meet some local people and were fortunate that several couch surfers responded and arranged to meet us. Our China trip was enriched by this!! Yes we met seven members of the Chinese couchsurfing community and they were all helpful - Generous, kind hearted and interesting.
We met a wonderful couchsurfing host in Lisbon in December 2016. Antonio!! He met us at our hotel and walked with us to Commercio square, showed me the local cherry drink, quick shot on the sidewalk with locals!! and tried to teach me to say pasties de nata instead of Belem tarts - a lovely visit for a few hours with a local from Lisbon.

In the latter months of 2017 my son and I are once again going to Europe starting in Norway and I do hope to meet locals. Perhaps they will host us for one or two nights or maybe they will take a bit of time to share an hour or two with us.
We will also try to meet locals in Spain, Serbia, Croatia and Prague.

I host to learn about my guest's country and culture and to act as a tour guide in my own community.

Interests

Travel, culture, food, fishing, reading, flea markets, talking. Music and theatre, history and culture.

• culture
• dining
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• surfing
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

books, history, biographies, social commentary
Music - eclectic Do you like alternative music? I loved the music in New Orleans, jazz, blue grass, also Classical, pop, indie.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

At my age I've seen a lot and survived. Amazing - also traveling across China was pretty cool.

Teach, Learn, Share

teach English
We both teach ESL - have helped English learners from Spain, Japan, Korea, Venezuela etc. Learning about others, culture, customs,

What I Can Share with Hosts

Quiet, courteous and non-demanding, like to hear about you and how you spend your time, conversations about your local area - other travels you have had - I can chat about my travels - I like to learn new things, and very much appreciate the opportunity to spend one or two nights in your home, which I will treat with respect. Thank you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany

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