Current mission: travel until this map: https://bit.ly/CS-hosting-cities is filled with blue dots...

[en] Age is just a number. You're young as long as you keep moving, open your eyes and your heart to the world ans its people. I became an addict to backpacking and couchsurfing in 2008, after realizing there were so many places left to visit and so many people to meet. I then started traveling a lot, having now visited about 95 countries. For a few years, I even worked part-time so I could travel more. Now retired, I have even more time to travel.
I can host you for one or two nights. Anyway, the city and its surroundings can be visited in two days, so it's a perfect match...

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Mission en cours : voyager jusqu'à ce que cette carte: https://bit.ly/CS-hosting-cities soit pleine de points bleus...

[fr] L'âge, ce n'est qu'un nombre. On est jeune tant qu'on continue à avancer, ouvrir ses yeux et son cœur au monde. Je suis devenu accro au couchsurfing en 2008, et j'ai beaucoup voyagé depuis, dans environ 95 pays au total. J'ai même travaillé à temps partiel pour pouvoir voyager plus. Aujourd'hui retraité, j'ai encore plus de temps pour voyager, ce qui fait que j'ai moins de temps pour recevoir des voyageurs, mais je le fais autant que possible.

Je oeux vous recevoir pour une ou deux nuits. De toutes façons, la ville et ses environs peuvent se visiter en deux jours, donc c'est juste le temps nécessaire.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

[en] In 16 years, Imet more interesting people than I did in the previous 30 years! Some visited me, and Itraveled to meet others. All experiences were really enlightening. Not only did CS change the way I travel (I'm traveling more to meet people than to visit places), but it also makes me grow thanks the many guest we host, who bring a lot to me through their life experience, no matter their age or the country they are from. As a matter of fact, CS changed my life. Really. How could weIlive without our couchsurfing shot every once in a while?

I've been hosted over 427 times in 73 different countries; here is the full list:
https://bit.ly/CS-Guests-list

And here is the map: https:/bit.ly/CS-hosting-cities

I hosted more than guests from 44 countries, here is the full list: https://bit.ly/Ourguests
Some guests even come back every once in a while, and it makes us happy.

Interests

I enjoy a lot of different activities, depending on the time/seasons: travel, archaeology, photography, do-it-yourself, architecture, old books, flea markets, and so much more. But, as the number of my positive CS experiences increases, travel and hosting become more and more important to me , and in ways I would not have even thought of a few years ago.
Besides, meeting new people on the way is becoming the main goal of mytrips, rather than just breezing through places. People are more interesting than places, aren't they?

• hiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Some favorite movies: "Alexander Nevsky", most of Woody Allen's ; among the latest: "Be Kind, Rewind" ; Terry Gilliam ; Hitchkock, etc.

British humor, including "Black Books" and all of Monty Python's works, the IT Crowd. A few US TV series, like The Big Bang Theory or The Office"

I mostly read essays an non-fiction about all kinds of themes., so no specific titles here, sorry. I'm also fascinated by biographies about outstanding traveling women: Alexandra David-Neel, Karen Blixen, Elsa Maillard and others, unknown to most people, whose life is really uncommon.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It's so hard to single out one experience among hundreds of them. I would not want to be unfair. I can say that the last trip is always the best because it is the one that leaves the most recent memories.

Teach, Learn, Share

• Rule #1 : share with guests.
• Rule #2 : share with hosts.
• Other rules: please refer to rules #1 and #2, whichever applies.

We happen to have a little longer life experience than most CS members. If someone is interested in picking up some of what we can share, he/she is welcome. But it is clear to us that we can learn much more from anyone. In fact, some of the most amazing people we met were young people of the same age as our kids.. How about checking this by surfing our couch?

What I Can Share with Hosts

A safe and quiet haven to rest and relax for a while. Anything else is optional, to be discussed according to our mutual wishes and abilities.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bahrain, France, Germany, United States

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