CURRENT MISSION

I respect sentiments above conventions. Incline to like the "all allowed nothing obliged". In my "life of crimes", I seek for complices, not victims.

ABOUT ME

I can honestly say that I have true friends ranging in age between eight and eighty-something. Male, female, inbetweens, coming from several cultures, and having very different tastes. I expect people to respect. My only intolerance is with "zero-tolerance". I do not judge people quickly, nor do I like to be judged quickly...

PHILOSOPHY

I love blending in different tribes, as long as I do not have to belong to them. I do not like people to overly interfere with me, I don´t interfere with them either. Live and let´s live and appreciate the differences, that is what I say.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Couch surfing feels somehow as a revival of the seventies, when we hitch-hiked through Europe and laid down our sleeping bag in anyplace.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Apart from the seventies?... Well, I started hosting after my divorce ten years ago. I like to receive although I am not the best host in the "tourguide" sense. I like guests to feel at home and feel free. That´s what I also like when being a guest myself.

Interests

Arts in all forms, Culture, History, nature, arquitecture, technical stuff, well, the list goes on and on...

• arts
• culture
• surfing
• history
• tourism
• au-pair

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Almodovar, Woody Allen, the first that impressed me was "One flew over the coockooks nest" in 1974, and the list has never stopped growing.
Music: Sometimes stuff that rattles the bones, sometimes stuff that helps to relax - I have VERY different playlists for different occasions.
Books: Nearly the same. But I prefer biographies or history books, or short stories. Also art reviews, photography, and so on

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have been a sailorman, an Au Pair, a truck-mechanic, a tourist-guide. All of these "not so serious" jobs provided me with more learning than the so-called "serious" ones.

Teach, Learn, Share

Life is a learning process - bring it on!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom