CURRENT MISSION

Travel, meet people, be inspired!

ABOUT ME

I am married with two grown sons. One son is in Santa Fe New Mexico and the other is a Johns Hopkins student in Baltimore Maryland. I am a retired teacher. I taught Special Education in Public Elementary schools for 30 years. My wife Bebe works with people who have blindness and are visually disabled. I'm easy going and relaxed and enjoy getting to know people.

PHILOSOPHY

Enjoy the moment! Find something exceptional in every situation!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We host frequently and are guests occasionally.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I have had awesome couch surfing experiences as a surfer in Berkeley California, Southern France, and Geneva Switzerland with my son Nico. I have been a solo guest a few times. We have been fortunate to be able to host many couchsurfers over the past few years. We were couch surfers without the internet!!! When I was in my early 20s my brother and I went to Europe. We stayed in London, Paris, and Belgium with friends' of friends'. It was a great experience. In Paris we called up a friend of a friend my brother had met at a party in Albuquerque New Mexico. She had said, "If you are ever in Paris....." The parts of that trip when we stayed with these people were the best! We also camped and stayed in hotels, but when hosted by the people we didn't know the trip became a much richer experience. Almost 30 years later, last month, I stayed a night in New York with our host from Belgium. It was like seeing a life long friend!

Interests

I love nature. I like to walk, garden, and be outside. I enjoy yoga! I enjoy good food of all kinds! I enjoy spending time around people who have a good sense of humor. I love architecture and old buildings. I enjoy restoring and working on old buildings. Folk music festivals are good fun. Bebe loves to walk and hike. We both like to travel and enjoy hosting travelers.

• architecture
• music festivals
• festivals
• dining
• cooking
• indian food
• vegan
• yoga
• walking
• partying
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• folk music
• hiking
• surfing
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Cross Creek. Grapes of Wrath. India Aire, James Taylor,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walking in the rainforest in Costa Rica. Seeing the vistas in New Mexico and the western part of the United States. Watching my sons be born and grow.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd like to learn to speak spanish. I would like to learn how to cook Indian food! I'm also interested in trying a vegan lifestyle.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I enjoy a good conversation. I have life experience to share as a teacher, parent, son, husband. I feel pretty good about how my life has gone. Some people seem interested in that. I do like to cook and I love to share a good meal (I love to try new interesting restaurants)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States