CURRENT MISSION

To live and let live.. and live everyday like it would be the last one

ABOUT ME

Soon after my schooling finished in Switzerland, I had my first taste of traveling the whole world. A few years later, I settled in South Africa. I got married there and had four daughters... after twenty happy years there, I moved my family back to Switzerland for a few short years. From there we moved to Canada where I am still living now. I am now divorced. I am very close with my four daughters, and we see each other often. After I retired I took some liking to restoring older mercedez cars. When I have friends and family over, we enjoy spending our time outside having big barbecues and sitting by the campfire until late at night.

PHILOSOPHY

I have had a very interesting life. Worked and traveled to over thirty countries in five continents. I am very interested to meet more people and listen to their stories and adventures. I am a good listener and am fascinated by what makes other people tick. These days I am still dreaming about traveling some more.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have had a few couch surfing experience.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am more willing to host others on their journey.

Interests

I like listening to my collection of old time records. I enjoy working outside and always like to keep myself busy and physically active. My daughters always say I can't sit still for too long. My TV watching is limited to a few hours a week. I have done lots of improvement on the house, both inside and outside. I am quite a good handyman! And have even learned how to restore cars on my own.
I make my own Bio-Diesel from used cooking oil for my 2 Mercedes

• cooking
• working out
• tv
• traveling
• cars
• surfing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

At a very young age, I joined the merchant navy and traveled around the world for two years. It was such an amazing experience, maybe because the world was a different place in the 60's.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Swaziland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, India, South Africa, Switzerland