ABOUT US

We Care. We Care About Everything and Everyone. We are explorers and students of life. We love to learn.
We sincerely respect the environment and are cautious of the 'foot prints' we leave behind. Shawn is a retired rock star and Joie is diverse. We live in a cottage on the Bay of Fundy - The Highest Tides in the World are a stone throw from our door.

If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.
- Lao-Tse 6th Century BCE

From Mother Teresa :
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We would love to visit Uruguay. Make friends in Uruguay. Ideally retire in Uruguay.

Interests

We are living the best existence possible.

• singing
• dancing
• belly dancing
• environment
• yoga
• meditation
• politics
• traveling
• guitar
• kayaking
• scuba diving
• skiing
• boxing
• swimming
• golf
• rowing
• archery
• astronomy
• divinity
• teaching
• history
• philosophy
• science
• playing guitar
• playing piano
• theology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Earthlings, Food Inc., BBC Planet Earth, Life, Blue Planet, Forks Over Knives, the National Treasure series, the Librarian Series, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, City of Angels, Indiana Jones, Transporter trilogy, Idiocracy, Wall-E, August Rush, James Bond, Bourne, North by Nothwest, Shawshank Redemption, Angels and Demons, the Divinci Code, Its a Wonderful Life .. and many more

Books: non-fiction, anything and everything. For fiction Joie & Shawn both really enjoyed the Clan of the Cave Bear series.

Music: Rolling Stones, Zepplend, Leonard Skinnard, The Beatles, Rock and Roll

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Joie: White Water Rafting in Austria, I toured all of Europe
Shawn: Sang with Michael Douglas, at Michael's restaurant in Bermuda when I lived there.

Teach, Learn, Share

We live for deeply intellectually stimulating conversation (Philosophy, Theology, Science, History, Politics, Earth, Current Events).

If you love to talk, we love to listen and ask questions. If you love to listen, we love to talk and answer questions.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Anything. Everything.

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bermuda, Canada, Germany