CURRENT MISSION
To embrace adventure; to wake up

ABOUT US
We are a married couple who have been together since--to our amazement!--1978 and still love each other and celebrating the adventures of life. We are consultants, writers, hikers, backpackers, bicyclists, meditators, cross-cultural enthusiasts (between us, we have lived in 9 countries).

PHILOSOPHY
Very open-minded. We believe that personal communication between people can overcome any cultural or political differences.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW WE PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
We have very much enjoyed both hosting (in California and Mexico) and staying with fellow CSers (in France and Italy). We have also had some delightful interactions without staying--meeting CSers over coffee or a meal--in Turkey, France and Mexico, without actually staying with people.

Interests

Hiking, backpacking, bicycling, fitness, cooking, writing, meditation, reading memoirs, languages, Spanish, geopolitics, writing, business consulting, facilitation, leadership, international travel. Barry kayaks, Louisa is a stand-up paddler.

• writing
• cooking
• coffee
• fitness
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• backpacking
• business
• teaching
• geopolitics
• languages
• budget travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Louisa: Autobiographies of people who have gone through major changes across culture, geography, religion, spirituality
Barry: Meditation and consciousness. Astronomy. History.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

We have trekked in the Andes, Himalayas, Sierras
Completed the 840km Camino de Santiago in Spain.
Barry is a published author.

Teach, Learn, Share

Barry is a meditation teacher (although he believes there is nothing to learn!)
We jointly teach a class on budget travel.

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