CURRENT MISSION

Love me, love my dog(s, and cat)!

ABOUT ME

I've been living in Albania since 1993, in a small village. I'm retired, so my time is my own, more or less.
At the moment I'm having about a fifth attempt to learn Arabic! And trying to emerge from a lifetime of chaos...
I have 2 large Albanian sheepdogs, whose education has been challenging for all 3 of us, and a cat who has at last seen the necessity to ward off loneliness by accepting the dogs' overtures of friendship...

PHILOSOPHY

I'm a Christian and try to live like it and keep growing.
I'm enjoying the challenge of seeking to help people, particularly women, who are not much respected in my neck of the woods, discover their potential and develop it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

have begun to host. Hope to surf when travelling where I don't have friends who can put me up.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have hosted my first surfers, 20 this summer,2 families and groups and single travellers. I was sorry to say goodby to all of them.
Have not been hosting for last 2 years. Hope to start again this summer.

Interests

Christianity.
Islam.
Reading.
Travel
Languages
Albania!
Turkey

• cats
• dogs
• education
• news
• reading
• traveling
• christian
• muslim
• teaching
• emergency services
• languages

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In Prague during the Velvet Revolution we heard on the news that the secret police had been disbanded. For old times sake next morning I walked down the street where they had their headquarters, where several of my friends had been interrogated, and where I had to go to register as a visiting foreigner. To my surprise I saw I was being followed, by a man wearing the typical "uniform" of a black leather jacket. I thought: "Doesn't he know he's been disbanded?" and turned round and started following him - he disappeared pretty quickly!

Teach, Learn, Share

learning Kurmanji, still beginner!
Learn about country I visit and life of my hosts

What I Can Share with Hosts

Experience.
Want to learn from them

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Albania, England, Germany, Israel

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