Hi! 🤙🏼
This is a shared profile for Erin and Brendan Peterson.
We believe:
— in spreading love and compassion
— in living life in the moment, fully and wholeheartedly
— in starting conversations with strangers
— in personal growth by living outside our comfort zones
— in living with intention and purpose
— love is love. Intolerance is intolerable
— suffering is inevitable; happiness comes from overcoming challenges and pain
— in living minimally and with a small ecological footprint

In July 2018, we quit our jobs, sold all our belongings, put Erin’s graduate program on pause and have been traveling the world since.
GOAL: run out of pages in the passports
GOAL: (at least) one good friend in every country
GOAL: explore religions of the world
GOAL: eat all the yummy local food we can get our hands on
GOAL: never say ‘no’ to a new experience or adventure

Erin’s Instagram: @erin.kathleen.peterson
Brendan’s Instagram: @brendan_d_peterson

We are both extremely open minded, outgoing, adventurous, and athletic. We are obsessed with animals and are passionate about protecting the environment.

Our TOP 3 passions in life are fitness, travel and animals (no specific order). We have two fur baby kitties (Mr. Kitty and Squirrel). They are living with their Grandma and Grandpa (Brendan’s parents) while we travel. Our beloved black lab just passed away 9 months ago, and we are still mourning his loss. We hope to adopt a new dog (or two) into our family when we return from our current travels in a few months.

I (Erin) am a 28-year-old fitness professional and full-time graduate student. I have been in the fitness industry for the past 12 years holding various positions such as a personal trainer, Zumba teacher, group exercise instructor and coach at OrangeTheory Fitness. Currently, I am a graduate student at Regis University working towards my Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a dual degree in Global Health. Previously, as an undergraduate, I went to the University of Iowa where I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. After getting my BFA, I moved to Denver, CO where I landed a job with a professional dance company. Over next four years I danced for many professional companies in Denver. I have since retired from my dance career due to health issues. I’m happy to talk about this if interested.

Brendan is 30-years-old and grew up in Colorado Springs, CO. He received his degree in Resort Management and Hospitality from Metro State University in downtown Denver. After being in the hospitality industry for nearly 10 years and doing things such as opening a restaurant in Larimer Square, managing a boutique hotel, and managing a catering company, he decided to step out of the hospitality industry in order to have more normal hours. He is currently in sales, working for Quench USA as the Colorado representative for point-of-use water filtration systems for commercial and personal use.

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet new people and learn from other travelers about their lives, their home countries, their travels.

Interests

• animals
• cats
• dogs
• arts
• writing
• performing arts
• photography
• cooking
• baking
• fitness
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• blogging
• fishing
• hiking
• camping
• scuba diving
• skydiving
• mountains
• health

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Love all music... pop, hip hop/rap, reggae, classical, house, edm, country... just depends on the mood. Some all time favorites include Macklemore, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eric Church, Collie Budz, Bob Marley and so, so much more.
Don't really love hard metal, however.

Books: Love Warrior, Educated, Becoming, Radical Acceptance, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***... so many others but that is current obsession.

TV Shows: New Girl, Park and Rec, Dexter, Breaking Bad

Movies: Documentaries. Quality movies, not dumb shit.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelled around the world for a year.
Got married on top of a mountain.
Saved a man’s life after he got hit by a car. (Brendan)
Bought a school bus and are renovating it to live in full time!
Scuba diving in Thailand and Indonesia — swam with a whale shark and giant manta rays!!
Recovered from an eating disorder (Erin)
Sky diving from 15,000ft in Wanaka, NZ

Teach, Learn, Share

Share everything! Stories of our lives. Real talk about mental health. Laughs. Can help you learn English. If you have a meal you like cooking, we would love if you could share it with us! We love learning how to make new, flavorful dishes. We make killer zucchini banana bread, healthy brownies (I will reveal my secret ingredient after you try them) and Thai curry. We especially LOVE Asian inspired dishes.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good, thoughtful conversation. Cook a good meal. Wine, cheese and olives. Respect.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, England, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States