Hello, I'm 62 years old, I'm German and have been living in France for more than 30 years now.
I'm interested in all kind of things, it would be too long to list them up here - just look at my occupations, there you can get an idea.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I haven't received a guest up to today, and haven't surfed on any couch neither ... but I want to try, in the future.
I'm working in the tourism and have a quite critical look at tourism-business: people tend to just rush through a town or a region, ... that's nothing for me after a tourist season.
I'd prefer to travel less but see more - and couch-surfing seems to be a good idea!

Interests

History, literature, art, cinema, ... almost everything!

• arts
• literature
• movies
• traveling
• cars
• surfing
• business
• history
• tourism
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Blues, Rock, ...
Movies and books, there are too many, ... Marx Brothers, the Coen Brothers, Woody Allen, ...
Moby Dick, Ismael Kadare, Peanuts, ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

That's for you to find out - I do not know what you might consider amazing! I have been part of a team that opened a restaurant in Berlin, I have been working on organical farms in France, I was librarian, printer, baker and now I organize and/or accompanie tours on bycicle, bus, cars in the Loire-Valley

What I Can Share with Hosts

Being an official guide, I can show you round, in the Loire Valley ... if I have the time.
What I like best, what still, after so many years fascinates me is the Apocalypse Tapestry in the château of Angers;

Countries I’ve Visited

England, Germany, Italy, Scotland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany