CURRENT MISSION
I am a happy retired publisher helping others to enjoy life.

ABOUT ME

During 20 years I worked as publisher in the WTO in Geneva and in a small publishing house. Before that I worked in marketing and advertising in Latin America and the United States. I studied agronomy, marketing and finally literature. I research and write about the Irish in Latin America, food and music relations and art history in the international organizations (some publications in my Wikipedia entry).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

One of the great things of Couchsurfing is that it's free. If you put a price to everything, you will see dollar signs everywhere.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
With my family, we lived one year in Cape Verde. The following nine months we travelled through eight countries in South America. We surfed with many hosts and got to know better the region thanks to CS and hitch-hiking. Since then, we learnt the good flavour of hosting unknown guests and making good friends staying at home in Switzerland and France.
Now I am writing about travel and I am on the way to Turkey with my bicycle. I hope to meet many interesting CS people.

Interests

Cooking and listening to good music, reading, bikepacking.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitch-hiking 3,000 km with Brazilian truck drivers. Sowing maize in the hills of Cape Verde's Santiago island. Crossing the Andes from El Bolsón (Argentina) to Cochamó (Chile). Trying the amazing Peruvian cuisine. Playing guitar with Cape Verdean musicians. Hiking in Bariloche. Visiting the Cerro Rico mines in Potosí. Walking in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Dancing with fellow couch surfers in Puyo, Ecuador. Building my own guitar with a Russian luthier in Granada. More? A rainy afternoon playing a sad ballad at home.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Cabo Verde, France, Spain, Switzerland, United States