CURRENT MISSION

Learn more, judge less. Enjoy more, work less.

ABOUT ME

I love dance, music, gardening, sailing, snorkeling and holy places. I love a glass of wine on a sunny terrace, Spring anywhere in Québec, walking in snow blizzards.
I hate rush hour, downtown offices, politics and religion. I hate snobism and greed.

PHILOSOPHY

Treat others as well as you treat yourself, try to be as kind to yourself as you would be to others. All that remains in the end is those that you carry in your heart.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can take you for a visit around. I make the greatest coffee in town!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I used to live in a huge house where lots of travelers stayed, long before couch surfing existed. Got people from all over, from UK to New Zealand. Musicians, doctors, fools and businessmen alike. Then got 2 kids, hosted an extra teenager for 2 years, then kids grew up and flew away. So here I am, free-lancing while hosting some and traveling some.

Interests

Cultures, dance, design. Languages, music, dance and design. Beauty in all its surprising forms. Human nature and design.

• design
• beauty
• dancing
• wine
• coffee
• walking
• gardening
• traveling
• music
• sailing
• languages
• religion
• study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: From Balkan to Blues to African Funk to Brasilian pop, to Dubstep to Mambo to Jazz crooners, Eric Satie, Tom Waits, Miles Davis, Kovacs, Leonard Cohen, The Animals, Jean Leloup, whatever...
Films: Jarmush, Tarantino, Cohen Brothers, Egoyan, Kusturica...
Books: Maalouf, Bukowski, Lao Tseu, Rumi...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Northern lights. Spring and Fall in Québec. Sunset in Pamukkale. Hot seaweed bath in Dublin. Erasmus bridge in Roterdam. Snorkeling in the Philippines
Raised 2 multi-talented kids, who as adults now travel and speak 4 language each.
Completely redesigned the ugliest house on the street and sold it in 3 days.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: see occupation
Learn: different realities from different parts of the world
Share: laughter and good ideas (and laughing at bad ideas.)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Cuba, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Sweden, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Philippines

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