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Overview

  • 21 references 17 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French, Hebrew (modern), Italian, Japanese
  • 66, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Builder/developer of unique housing solutions
  • No education listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Success on 2 continents!

ABOUT ME

Currently hosting surfers in Medellin, Colombia.

Been traveling a lot since 1986. Have lived and worked in the local language in Italy, Israel, Japan, Cuba, and now Colombia.

I'm proud to have created three residences (two in old converted warehouses in SOMA, San Francisco, and one in a new building in Medellin), which house over 40 people from 12 different countries. I still love traveling and want to get back to the countries I've visited before.

PHILOSOPHY

Base career and life choices on your values, likes, and interests, and you will be happy and successful.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting and going to CS events, hosting CS events

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have hosted 25 times.

Interests

interior architecture and remodeling, therapeutic massage and chiropractic, traveling, learning foreign languages, hospitality, dogs, tropical beaches, tropical water, cooking and entertaining friends at home

  • dogs
  • architecture
  • cooking
  • traveling
  • scuba diving
  • languages
  • beaches

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

scuba diving in a lake (we hiked to it with all of our scuba gear) that used to be ocean and saw barracuda that adapted themselves over the years to the brackish water, learned italian, hebrew, japanese and spanish from scratch by living and working in those countries. now only fluent in Spanish. Built a hotel/hostal in medellin, colombia.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, France, French Polynesia, Guam, Guatemala, Indonesia, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Philippines, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Cuba, Israel, Italy, Japan

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