CURRENT MISSION

To keep traveling through others when we have to stay home!

ABOUT ME

Laura and Ben got married about three years ago. We've traveled all around Latin America together. Laura's a high school English teacher at an Atlanta public school, while Ben is working on a Ph.D. in Religion.

Laura speaks a little Spanish. Ben speaks Spanish fairly fluently - but that's it as far as languages go. We're pretty low key, but like to go out for beers, coffee, and generally show people around. Oh, Ben is also a huge Battlestar Galactic fan, but is hopefully not quite as geeky as that makes him sound. Laura is much cooler.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I/we just like to meet people. We met up with a couchsurfer in China and have hosted some folks at our place in Atlanta.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Had a nice dinner of bullfrogs with a courchsurfing contact in Beijing.

Interests

Hiking, backpacking, travel, literature, occasionally Latin dancing, religions of all sorts, theology.

• writing
• literature
• dancing
• beer
• coffee
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• backpacking
• skiing
• divinity
• teaching
• freelancing
• history
• languages
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors Ben likes: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Dave Eggers, Jonathan Safran Foer, Nick Hornby. Music: Now listening to Arctic Monkeys, but big on old Texas singer songrwriters, too. Authors Laura likes: John Steinbeck, Barbara Kingsolver, Flannery O'Connor

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ben has climbed Cotopaxi volcano in Ecuador. Laura learned to ski in South America. Ben taught her, and it didn't ruin the relationship like everyone said it would.

Teach, Learn, Share

Ben studies American religious history and American religious cultures - or will in Sept. 2007, when he starts he Ph.D. at Emory, in Atlanta. He has also worked as a freelance writer, publishing mainly in major American newspapers.

Laura has read lots of American Literature. She's also an avid reader of the Atlanta paper, so she's got local knowledge.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Ecuador, United States

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