Couchsurfers: Meet Pete and Meg

Pete and Meg flew in on Sunday night from Tel Aviv for their first-ever visit to Europe, and their first ever couchsurfing experience.  Originally from Philadelphia, this couple has been on the road for two months - first in Africa, and then in the Middle East.  The stories of their adventures in Africa were amazing.  Six-inch slugs and being pursued by an angry hippo while in a tiny rickety boat, anyone?  It was particularly wonderful to hear about how they had visited their Compassion sponsored child, James, while in Kenya - see their very touching blog post all about it.  Matt and I sponsor children too, in Thailand and Bolivia respectively, and would love to visit them one day.  After Kenya, Pete and Meg continued on to Uganda and Rwanda, where they spent a chunk of time building a school with a project called Sanejo.

We hit it off immediately and found that we had a lot in common - Christian faith, Sandra McCracken's music, love of traveling, love of good wine and food, and Matt and Meg even share a birthday!  Monday being their only full day in Zurich, they spent the morning on a walking tour around all the classic downtown sights, and then I met up with them later for a box of Luxembürgerli and a relaxing rest of the afternoon at a grassy beach down by the lake.  Tuesday morning we sent them on their way with a breakfast of pancakes and best wishes for their continuing travels to Germany, Spain, France, Scotland and England.    If we are ever passing through Philadelphia you'll be sure to find us visiting Pete and Meg!