We (my wife and one cat) live in a suburb of Graz. All our four children are grown up and we enjoy our 8 grandchildren. We have a nice house and a wonderful garden with a swimming pond.
So far we met a lot of wonderful people and enjoyed having them as guests in our house.
I only hate to write references - thus don't count on receiving one.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

After a quite stressful business life I am only working part time any more. We do a lot of travelling and accept guests in our house:

Interests

Playing with my grandchildren, hiking, biking, playing basketball , swimming, reading, playing piano and organ, sudoku, enjoying good food and red wine

• dining
• cooking
• red wine
• wine tasting
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• sudoku
• music
• piano
• cycling
• hiking
• skiing
• basketball
• tennis
• swimming
• business
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Easy Jazz, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Norah Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis......
I like many kinds of novels, e.g. from the Russians authors (Dostojewski etc.). One of my favourit authors is the Austrian Wolf Haas.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Raising four wonderful children

Teach, Learn, Share

Show the sights of Graz
Biking in hills south of Graz (called "Tuzscany of the North")
Hiking on the mountains
Skiing
Cook an Austrian meal
Play music together
Wine tasting

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany