CURRENT MISSION

Our mission is to be fabulous hosts and to meet other adventurous travelers like ourselves. We want to travel the world one couch at a time! Surfs up!

ABOUT ME

My friends have told me that I (Diane) am compassionate, friendly, have great sense of humor, adventuresome, energetic, and always willing to help those in need.

My husband (Jason) is friendly, bold, generous, brilliant (well in my humble opinion) and knows everything about every car every made (really), he is also a cabinet maker and overall handy guy!

We love mexican food, indian food and generally all food (including meat). We love to cook and grill outside and share big meals with friends and neighbors.

PHILOSOPHY

Learn to live loved.

Express generosity whenever possible!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Looking forward to meeting some great people and making new friends.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have traveled to three continents at the invitations of friends I have met during my many journeys over the years. An invitation to "sleep on the couch" has been met with the reply "Ok, I am flying over right away!" We love the adventure of being spontaneous.

Interests

One of my favorite pastimes is riding my Piaggio scooter! I am an artist, hospice volunteer, charity volunteer, henna tattoo artist, author of a Buddhist children's book, gardening, raising chickens. Best of all travelling and meeting new people!

• chickens
• writing
• books
• dining
• cooking
• indian food
• mexican food
• meditation
• flying
• motorcycles
• gardening
• traveling
• investing
• buddhist
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

We have a broad range of music we listen to...we mostly listen to hard rock music (Korn, Jimi Hendrix, Pearl Jam, Muse, etc.) and then some days you will hear Pan Flute Music from the Andes, Enya, or even Buddhist Chanting!

Some of our favorite Movies: Pee Wee's Big Adventure, 300, Good Will Hunting, Fifth Element, Legends of the Fall, Diva (French), Wings of Desire (German), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo )all of them!!!)

Books:

Einstein's Dreams, The Success Principles by Jack Canfield, Catch Me if You Can, I love you Phillip Morris

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The birth of my two children and being at the birth of my grandchildren!
Being ordained as a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Priest in Kyoto, Japan.

Teach, Learn, Share

What we can teach: real estate investing, Buddhism, meditation, backyard chickens, the joy of motorcycles/scooters.

What we want to learn: would like to learn about other people's lives and experiences.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, United States