ABOUT ME

Does and has done many things in life. Sport (badminton), reads a lot in different languages, translation,loves music, all kinds except operettes. Worked 40 years in senior high school teaching french, latin and philosophy. Now retired. Likes family life too, four sons.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people...

Interests

Nature, art, thinking, doing something for the peace in the world.

• arts
• socializing
• music
• violin
• sports
• badminton
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Sibelius, Zappa, Ravel, Battisti, Brassens, Renaud...
Ladri di biciclette, La Mère et la Putain, Paris Texas, Mies vailla menneisyyttä, Solaris, Il Capotto...
Kalevala, Chekov, Poe, Ovidius, Kivi, Coetzee, Camus, Sartre, Pessoa, Moravia, Deledda, Svevo...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

As a young man I biked from Finland to Mediterranean. Seven national championships in badminton. I say this to let you know that although I am an old man, I'm still, thanks to something, healthy and in good condition. But more important is that it is simply great to be alive (I've got almost killed about twelve times in my live due to bad luck or to the fact that I do so many different things. Now I try to take it easy). Great moments? Listening to the first violin concerto of Sibelius in the year of 1963 in Leningrad/St. Petersburg. And the greatest of all moments, to be present when my wife gave birth for the first time.