I spent some months in Iceland and Norway during Navy service and the classic women I met there changed my outlook on life and male/female relationships.

When I got out of the Navy in 1963, I returned to college and got a degree in Scandinavian Studies, minor business admin. I returned to Norway for graduate studies at the Univ of Oslo from 1973-1975. During the summers I traveled to Germany for an immersion language program at a Goethe Institute in the Bavarian Alps near Munich. I spent weekends traveling to Austria for the music festivals etc in Salzburg.

After returning I worked for a small machinery company in Minneapolis but returned to Europe every year on vacation and later on business as a sales manager.

I married at 40 to a 14 year younger woman and had three sons before we divorced after 15 years-that was 17 years ago. Now I'm starting a second life with my sons no longer dependent on me. I'm retired but save for trips to Europe.I spent 7 weeks 2011 with my 3 sons in Europe, 2013 11 weeks S Europe and 2014 6 weeks in Ireland, to Poland March 15 -May2 ,2015. I may move to a a Greek island or Turkey as it's very affordable to live in a culture I consider much superior to US retirement areas.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet international minded people

Interests

My favorite activities include listening to music of all types,gardening,cooking, genealogy, history, travel, hiking, hunting, fishing and doing whatever my 3 grown sons are interested in.

• chickens
• culture
• music festivals
• festivals
• cooking
• gardening
• clothing
• traveling
• music
• fishing
• hiking
• hunting
• anatomy
• business
• genealogy
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Classics in all genres

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Backpacked across the Jutenheimen glacial plateau of Norway for two weeks.

Teach, Learn, Share

Open to every kind of person.I grew up as the oldest son with 3 youngersisters ,learned to be self reliant by doing "woman's work" scrubbing floors with a rag and bucket, washing clothes,butchering, cooking, picking weeds, raising chickens for eggs and meat. Some of my favorite foods include sushi, beef tartar with a raw egg, aged cheeses and raw vegetables. I'm not afraid of or embarrassed by the female anatomy or fluids in close proximity!
I'm trying 3-4 different internet dating/sex services and without immediate results.I'm keeping an open mind

What I Can Share with Hosts

Fifty years of travel experiences , raising three sons with 15 year younger woman.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Norway, United States