CURRENT MISSION

To have a happy and varied life, filled with fun.

ABOUT ME

Alison spent a lifetime teaching primary children and has two adult children. Bob had a career in administration.

PHILOSOPHY

Smile, for things could be worse.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

travel the world, meet interesting people and spread cultural understanding. The best way to visit another place is to stay with a local resident.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We enjoy hosting and surfing, and have met some wonderful people who we now class as friends. We have hosted couch-surfers from Germany, Madrid, Dublin, California, Canada, Poland, France ...and been hosted in France,Madrid, Fez, Paris, Vancouver Island and Seattle.

Interessen

Badminton club, swim in community pool, cycling club, kayaking, scuba diving instructor, experiencing different cultures and meeting interesting people. Also red wine and tapas of course. Alison is also a great cook. We both enjoy ‘trying’ to learn Salsa and Bachata.

• wine
• yoga
• zumba
• walking
• gardening
• traveling
• painting
• cycling
• surfing
• scuba diving
• swimming
• languages
• sightseeing
• ukulele
• balet

Musik, Filme und Bücher

Alison enjoys reading and is a boff on gardening and classical music and paints. Favourite film - "4 Weddings and a Funeral". Bob is a "Trekkie", favourite films are "Wizard of Oz", "Oliver" and "Titanic". He likes 60s to 80s pop and learning French and Spanish.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

We worked as volunteers with baboons on an animal sanctuary near Cape Town, staying in a colonial house. Later we stayed on a Herero farmstead with no water or electricity following a car accident.

Lehren, lernen, teilen

Languages - we are learning French and Spanish and trained in Madrid to teach English. We involve ourselves with intercambio sessions in our local area, exchanging English and Spanish.

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

Experiences and stories.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Luxembourg, Morocco, Namibia, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, United States, Viet Nam

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

England, Spain

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