CURRENT MISSION

Now that I am retired and have all the free time I had always dreamed of ( and specially because I enjoy excelent health and fitness ) I want to make up for the time I spent building a career and raising a family : travel a lot and get to know new places and/or revisit some others in order to meet people and get to know the whole world.

ABOUT ME

I am a 70-year-old retired economist, sociologist and foreing trade manager. I have four grown up children and 4 grandchildren. I live on my own in a 3-bedron apartment.

PHILOSOPHY

The older I get the more I know about me and the world and the more commited I get to a better, safer and happier planet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am a member of CS aiming at hosting people from every corner of the world and also at being a guest at virtually every CS fellow's home.

Interests

Alread mentioned above.

• books
• movies
• teaching
• history
• sociology
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

European movies, specially french, Asian-directors movies, some good american directos. I listen to lots of jazz and classical music and I also enjoy discomusic and rock-n-roll. I read classical and modern literature ( right now I'am reading again Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse and "Thus Spoke Zaratustra" by Nietzsche ). I also enjoy reading biographies of world leaders and books about politics. One of them is Catherine the Great- Portrati of a Woman, by Robert Messy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived for some time in the Amazon Rain Forest in Brazil; I climbed up a snowy mountain in the Rochky Mountains in Canada; I rode a camel and spent the night stargazing in a Berber Camp , in the Sahara Desert; and something that had always been in my bucket list : The Transiberian. I did it, all the way from Beijing to Moscow, hopping on and hopping off along its nine thousand kilometers through China, Mongolia and Siberia, for 25 days.

Teach, Learn, Share

Everything I mentioned above interests me.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A deep knowledge of my country because I have lived in or travelled to virtually every place of interest, both big and small sites.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, England, France, United States