ABOUT US

Teacher couple from Portsmouth, UK taking a year out to travel (US, South America, NZ, Aus, Japan).

Both fairly easy-going, and not at all fussy (except one of us being vegetarian) - looking to experience new places, things, foods, etc.

I've some experience of couchsurfing (hosting and surfing) from my time working abroad, but this trip will be Kerry's first time.

We've been house/pet sitting for a couple of years as well (see our housesitting profile and reviews here: https://www.trustedhousesitters.com/house-and-pet-sitters/united-kingdom/england/portsmouth/l/41925/).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We're here to meet like-minded people and to benefit from local people's knowledge of their home towns (and hopefully be able to repay the favour when we're back in England).

Interests

• animals
• education
• cooking
• reading
• hiking
• kayaking
• sports
• theatre
• vegetarianism
• outdoors
• dinosaurs
• environmentalism
• dachshunds

Music, Movies, and Books

Jon:
- The National, Johnny Cash, Otis Redding, Tallest Man on Earth
- Gladiator, Training Day, Point Break
- Slaughterhouse-Five, Grapes of Wrath, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Kerry:
- Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Phil Collins
- Jurassic Park, The Labyrinth, Pete's Dragon (original)
- Disgrace, Animal Farm, Jurassic Park

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Malaysia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, South Korea, Spain, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan