Is it for me?
We love Couch Surfing!
Why? Because we love people. We love meeting people, learning about new cultures, connecting in an authentic, meaningful way…
We love having friends in every country and from around the world.
Group of couch surfers from around the world hanging out on the beach in Taganga, Colombia
But if you’ve never tried it, the idea of staying with strangers in their homes can be daunting to some.
All I can do is share our experiences with you and let you decide what’s right for you.
Miro and I …

Love – The new global citizen
I just watched this short video and was deeply moved. What rang true for me with the idea that on a mass scale, consciousness is expanding through love. How does this begin? First, one’s sense of self expands as we engage in the act of love. Love in the moment and loving every single interaction that happens during your day. Love for humanity, love for the man who cut you off in your car. Love for your family, love for the stranger who crossed your …

The American Dream
 
Once upon a time I woke up and realized the American Dream was our catalyst to knowing exactly what we DIDN’T want in order to focus on exactly what we DID want.
Not exactly what you expected to read, was it? But let’s back up just a bit….
 
The subject of the ‘American Dream’ has been a recent been a hot topic among many of our fellow family travel bloggers, we have decided to share our collective thoughts, with our own unique perspectives on the dream, so many base …

What if you were globally minded?
What if you felt like you belong to the world, rather than one country. What if you didn’t feel alliances with a particular nation, even your country of origin?

Should a person have a choice to declare themselves a global citizen? Could they self proclaim alliances to humanity instead of a one country? If so, then wouldn’t the world be their home?
“As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable. There is no salvation for civilization, or even the human race, other than the …

Exploring Global Citizenship
Does it matter that from a legal standpoint there is no such thing as a global citizen?
Not to us.
But this is something we wish we had the power to declare.
We wish we had the power to declare ourselves citizens of the world and carry a world passport.
Yes, it is true, we do identify with our cultural identity, as something that we were born into, no better nor worse than anyone else’s. Our skin color is our skin color, our language is our language, our family backgrounds are our family …

10 Uncommon Family Travel Tips
We have been traveling for nearly 2 years, non-stop since 2009. We’ve been to 9 countries so far, including all of Central America and now find ourselves in  South America. We wanted to share with you some travel tips and travel advice from everything from pooping to learning while on the road.

1. Pooping & Other Stuff You Do in Bathrooms
First and foremost, carry you own toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Traveling through Central America and South America you will likely encounter a wide range of ‘bathroom’ options. …