Debra and Peter Martyn
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| Industry | Education |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Educators |
| Introduction | Peter has been a high school English and history teacher. Debra has many years experience working with special needs children. We have taught ESL to primary students in South Korea and university students in China. We are Canadians who love to travel with just our backpacks, planning as we go. Our travels have taken us through Europe, India, Nepal, China and South East Asia, Morocco and Egypt. We met while students at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. We have two adult children, one cat and a variety of tropical fish. |
| Interests | Reading, gardening, walking on the beach, fighting with technology, camping, films, travelling, cooking, getting together with friends over dinner. |
| Favorite movies | British television comedies and dramas, Madmen, The Wire, Cracker, Hotel Babylon, Lost in Translation, Dexter, NYPD Blue, |
| Favorite music | Cool jazz, Chet Baker, Stanley Turrentine, Lou Donaldson, Bill Evans, jazz vocalists, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Susie Arioli, Antonio Jobim, Diana Krall Johnny Hartman, Leonard Cohen, Michael Buble, Joni Mitchell, |
| Favorite books | Factotum, Three Day Road, White Tiger, Shantaram, Into Thin Air, Cutting for Stone, The White Masai, The Kite Runner, Bonfire if the Vanities |