CURRENT MISSION

To travel the world learning more about people, history, nature, art, organizing, sustainability and reality outside of the United States bubble

ABOUT ME

Laura is a high school art teacher in a Chicago Public Schools curently on sabbatical to develop curriculum based on art practices from around the world. Cory has worked as an organizer with community and labor groups for the past 12 years and is on sabbatical to connect with base building organizations through the world. We love to travel, spend time outdoors and hang out with friends. We are currently in the middle of a 14 month trip around the world. We feel incredibly lucky/blessed/privileged to have this opportunity and making the most of it by connecting with as many people and experiences as we can.
You can see more about our trip at www.travelswithcoryandlaura.wordpress.com

PHILOSOPHY

Challenge yourself to grow and life gets better. Also we are strong supporters of Joy and Justice.

Что привело меня на Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We enjoy hosting people in our home when we have one and are very excited to meet people through couch surfing. To us, traveling loses its luster pretty quickly when you get stuck in tourist attractions. The real joy of traveling comes from meeting people and understanding your surroundings from local people who are part of community. We like to have a chance to hang out with hosts and surfers but understand when people are busy and need to focus their time on their immediate priorities. in other words we can be both engaging and/or low maintenance guests or hosts depending on the situation.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We are just getting started in couch surfing. But our limited experience hosting and surfing has been great so far.

Интересы

art, biking, kayaking, cooking with/for friends, reading, the lake, camping, hiking, backpacking

• arts
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• kayaking
• camping
• surfing
• track and field
• teaching
• history

Музыка, кино и книги

Movies: Right now we really want to see Beasts of the Southern Wild. Recently we quite enjoyed Lincoln and Searching for Sugar Man.

Music: Diplo, Major Lazer, Daisy May Earlewine, Gillian Welch, the Roots, Tito Puente, and Woody Guthrie.

Books: we have been reading so many on this trip. Midnight's Children might be Cory's favorite and Laura recent favorite are The Inheritance of Loss and Eva Luna

Классная вещь, которую я сделал(-а)

Hiking to Annapurna Sanctuary through avalanches to beautiful sunny skies.

Учу, учусь, делюсь опытом и информацией

We love to share what we know. Laura is a National Board Certified Teacher. Cory has a solid track record organizing communities for tangible victories like preserving affordable housing, passing state laws to reform criminal justice system, and winning resources for underserved communities. We also like to bike, hike, play futbol, cook and other social activities.

Где я побывал(-а)

Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Poland, Swaziland, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Где я жил(-а)

United States