CURRENT MISSION

Découvrir l'Amérique du sud:Bolivie,Argentine ...sur les traces du Ché !

ABOUT ME

I love to travel ! Voyager est toujours une aventure, ma préférence est plutôt pour la liberté d'organiser moi-même les voyages...billet d'avion et circuit au jour le jour que je prépare avec l'aide de guides comme "Le Routard"ou"Lonely Planet"par exemple.J'aime cuisiner pour les amis,jardinage ,bricolage,cabriolet Lotus Seven pour le plaisir,j'ai piloté un Avion de tourisme pendant 20 ans , expérience de Cowboy dans le Montana USA pendant 2 mois 1/2, Le Vietnam du Nord au Sud ,plus les montagnes du Nord Vietnam à moto (Minsk) en passant par Dien Bien Phu...etc...
S'ouvrir aux autres , accueillir l'inconnu est un plaisir.L'Honnêteté ,le respect et la confiance sont nécessaires à mes yeux pour un accueil réussit.

PHILOSOPHY

Living in the present time is i think , a good principle. No warries, be happy ! I try !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hope to host in France .there are a lot of places of interest in my country ( the loire valley , many old castles , vineyard , landscape ..
I can drive the CS to visit around and buy in market to cook for them.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Aucune, une de mes filles m'a fait part de ses expériences.
I will be lucky enough to find people with whom it could be interesting to have exchange.

Interests

Bricolage, préparation de voyages, balades cabriolet sportive , cuisine et réception d'amis.
Beautiful cars, but not expansive cars, that i can repare and get better.
Sports, good television,reading,travel,music(blues,jazz,..but not too high !) surfing internet...

• horses
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• reading
• traveling
• cars
• music
• jazz
• blues
• surfing
• sports
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When , i was just retired , i had a child dream : to play cowboy in the west america ! but i'm sure that is not incredible ! so i asked to chamber of commerce in Montana. they help me to find a ranch to work.i want to work , to ride horses, but no paiement for me , my work is free.
so, i found 2 ranches, cattle ranches,one of them is in Mac-Leod , Montana,MT. But just to visit and meet the rancher,because they are too old and had no work for me. i came back 3 times to meet these friends .there is the ranch where the movie: "the horse whisperer " was filmed , Robert Redford.
the ranch where i worked , is between Virginia City and Sheridan, in Alder, MT.
Good time ,riding horses , moving 1500 cows and calves in the mountains ,that's the cattle drive experience with my friends now : Duke and Les , the real cowboys !
Duke , came 2 times in France , it was the first time he cames in the old Europe .
I pilot planes during 20 years , private ones , one propeller.i had cold sweat sometimes ! but is too difficult to explain.
Ah, yes ! another think i do before and after retired .
I have make wine.cultivate the vineyard,the ground, treatment,and all the things to keep vineyard in good health before harvesting grapes.Then i make wine:put the grapes in tank and begin the fermentation(to ferment),you must be careful during this time.at the end of alcohol fermentation in barrrels , you wait for malolactique fermentation , sometimes in march...and then you have to get juice...to explain shortly .
I worked in a nuclear power plan to make electricity during my activity time !
2013 : 2 months alone by bus in South America. : Bolivia ( La Ruta Del Ché !), Argentina from Iguazu Falls to Ushuaïa, then "Ruta 40". West Patagonia, ,Mendoza. Chile, then Cordoba, Rosario, Buenos Aires. 2 mois avec bus locaux.
2015: 5 weeks alone by Trans Siberian Railway from Moscow to Baïkal Lake , Ulan Ude , then Mongolia and the end at Beijing . Stops at Moscow, Nizhny-Novgorod, Perm, Ekaterinburg, Novossibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Olkhon island Baïkal, Litsvianka, Ulan Ude,Ulan Batar, Beijing...and many Couchsurfing use.

Teach, Learn, Share

I will be happy to share what i know , but i don't know all ! i just know that we never know !
sorry ! but during my stay in CS i can try to cook french meal, i can share a good glass of wine or beer.
During these good time , i can speak French slowly for you and teach , and learn more spanish than i know !

What I Can Share with Hosts

My free time to help my host,to drive them to visit the loire valley castles...and so on

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Martinique, Mauritius, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Russian Federation, Réunion, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France