CURRENT MISSION

Finding creative solutions for other people's problems (including those of my daughter and son)

ABOUT ME

Read the comments that my CS friends left. I enjoy meeting people who share their knowledge and experiences.

PHILOSOPHY

Remain sane in a world of insanity

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

From time to time my wife and I host Couchsurfers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I first came across CouchSurfing in 2011 when I was desperately trying to find accommodation for my son in Cairo. I was rewarded by meeting young people from Egypt who offered all kinds of help (including an apartment which my son could rent for the duration of his internship in Cairo). A fantastic experience!

Interests

My profession.
My family (I am married and have two children - and now they are grown up and are doing their own things).
Sailing.
Languages.
Meeting people when travelling.
Trying to understand other people's views of the World.

• dining
• flying
• traveling
• socializing
• sailing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
"The Lives of Others" (starring Ulrich Mühe)
"The King's Speech"
"The Iron Lady" (starring Meryl Streep)
"Casablanca" (starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergmann) - an American view of WWII (in 1942)
"Ladykillers" starring Alex Guinness - where five diverse oddball criminal types planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
"Cry Freedom" about Steven Biko and life in South Africa in the 1970's

Books:
"Wartime Lies" (Louis Begley)
"Animal Farm" and "1984" (George Orwell)
"Enigma" (Robert Harris)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visiting Leningrad the day after German unification (4 October 1990)

Flying from Berlin-Tempelhof to Helsinki in the jump seat of a SAAB 340 on a beautiful spring Sunday in 1991

Delivering an armoured vintage Mercedes 600 to the then crown prince (who later became king of Saudi Arabia) at his summer "Cottage" at Ain Diab, Casablanca (2 January 1993)

Spending a week on French aircraft carrier "FOCH" as a member of a film crew (November 1997)

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn from you: About you, where you come from, and where you are heading.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, thoughts - and food for thought

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France, Netherlands

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