I'm a retired software product manager. Now that I have more time, I'd love to travel more!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet local people and of course to save money....

Interests

I'm interested in architecture, especially Baroque, 19th century, and modern.
I'm a pretty good amateur photographer... but I need to organize my pictures!
I'm interested in linguistics, information architecture, and of course travel.
I like strange antiques with a history, like Chinese calligraphy from a monastery, like ex votos for churches, like a Turkish "jijim" camel saddle-bag. Also more conventional ones like maps, Arabic calligraphy, ...

• architecture
• cooking
• languages
• wine tourism
• food
• crete
• france
• italy
• paris
• greece
• new york
• rome

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Carla Bley, Hindemith sonatas, 1970's soul, Schubert, ...
Books: Proofs and Refutations/Lakatos
Movies: Chinatown, 2001
TV: Fringe (Walter is fantastic!), Sherlock

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to play Go (the Japanese game)... but I'm not very good!
I can teach you to cook various Greek, French, Italian, Chinese, Indian dishes.
I can show you how to edit Wikipedia.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, France, Greece, United States