been saving turtles in Turkey helping and caring with 3 old and disabled women in Denmark been traveling through France in a 4W Bike been in the very unknown Guizhou province in China, to see rice paddocks and meet locals hitch hiking and being hosted and taken into a tiny plane up Coromandel peninsula by a wonderful man found 2 guys having an old sailing boat and needing a hand to move it to Napier (NZ)... 3 days sailing :-))

try smiling to people and you'll experience that people are then more open and likely to be friendly with you !

all sort of cultural hobbies, such as museums, exhibits, books, art, traditions.. some physical activities as tramping, biking, swimming,. love to ask people about their lifes, experiences, feelings, ...to expand my own little world, add some new ideas to my thinking brain