Fiscal conservative and social liberal. Outgoing and a bit of a joker.
I enjoy meeting new people from all over the world. Glad to question any belief in good spirited conversations . I am a big fan of rational thinking: argumentation over other forms of persuasion.
I am not a party animal but if you enjoy sitting outside with a glass of wine and talking, I am your guy.
I work on vessels at sea and I'm usually free on a monthly basis, so when I'm not at work, I'm home or on vacation.

PHILOSOPHY

Being on the road quite a lot, I'd have to say that home is not where you live but where they understand you

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've had many folk crash on my couch, shown people the city of or just met for drinks. Every person has been a pleasure to spend time with.When I'm home, I'm happy to host and usually in the same holiday spirit of my guest travelers.
When travelling I enjoy meeting up with other CSfers and explore around.

Interests

In no particular order : Chess, swimming , kite-surf, diving, snorkeling , cross-fit, jogging outdoor.
cooking, experimenting with food, wine tasting. Financial markets, geopolitics.
General discovery of the world around me I guess, be it music, cultures or otherwise.
Enjoy dialogues and good-spirited debates with other interesting, creative, open-minded people.

• dining
• cooking
• wine
• drinking
• music
• surfing
• sports

Music, Movies, and Books

books - biographies and treatises: Sapiens, Guns, Germs, and Steel; Fooled by randomness ; Flow, Darwin's blind spot ; the Red Notice, One up on Wall Street - are my ideal reads.
movies - anything by Kubrick, Lynch, Allen, Scorsese and Tarantino. then in no particular order: scarface, interstellar, goodfellas, vanilla sky, american psycho, a clockwork orange, full metal jacket..the list would be too long..
Music : David Bowie, anything 80s, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Ramones, The Clash, Pulp, The Chemical Brothers, Coldplay, Richard Ashcroft, Radiohead, Daft Punks, Orbital, The Smiths, Oakenfold, The Cure , The Killers, Buddy Guy, Blur, Guns'n'Roses, Massive Attack, Santana, Billy Idol, Gorillaz , Pink Floyd, John Coltrane, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC.
Nothing memorable from the last few years...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

March 2020 - deep seafloor exploration in clarion clipperton zone
https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/18ccz/background/mining/mining.html

November 2018, I was part of the team that found the lost sbumarine San Juan
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46245686 we used remote operated subsea drones. Location - Patagonian Sea

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach, Learn, Share

From economics to nutrition, wine tasting, to food pairing, trading, investing, subsea texploration and life on boats, flying small airplanes. These are some of the things related to my profession and personal interests that I can talk about with some confidence but by no means it means that my interests end up there. I'm super eager to learn more about so many things and, most of all, to have good conversations with people that have a unique point of view on whatever subject.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My truest self, great conversation, humour, amazing travel stories and life adventures :) I can also share my time and my ear to listen. I happy to help others, so just let me know how I can.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Finland, France, Italy, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United Kingdom, United States