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Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
@andrew-janisz
Member since 2017
i have sofa space until Jan 7th 2019 as already have some guests. I was born in Warsaw Poland, educated in England , and now live in rural Manukau New Zealand just 5k from Manukau City, 15 k from AKL airport and 25k from downtown Auckland. Have guest suite downstairs and spare bedroom with bunk beds upstairs You will need your own transport. I studied Mathematics at St John's College Cambridge and Operations Research at Brunel University. I worked for British Gas from 1968 to 1994 with a 3 year gap 1972 -1974 working for a British computer company ICL. In 1994 I went in a consulting capacity to New Zealand and have since retired but still do some consulting and try to look after my investment portfolio online.
Interested in Billiards
Interested in Board games
Fluent in English
Fluent in French
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I have already hosted several families and couples through friends , one of whom told me about Couchsurfing.
Music, Movies, and Books
Music : classical ( Bach to Rachmaninov) , jazz Movies : adventure ; science fiction ; drama Books: Bridge and modern history
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Lots including: Looping the loop in a bi plane over the South Downs in England petting a giant codfish on my first scuba dive off the Great Barrier Reef Australia skiing from 13000 feet on the Jungfrau down to Wengen in Switzerland seeing Nefertari's tomb in the Valley of the Queen's in Egypt watching sunrise over Ankor Wat walking the Milford track in New Zealand Also: playing bridge for New Zealand in the World championships losing a fortune trying to develop the Ostrich industry in New Zealand.
What I Can Share With Hosts
Lots of entertaining stories of some successes and many failures.