PLEASE DONT TREAT CS AS A FREE VERSION OF AIRBNB. I DO NOT LIKE ‘MAIL-SHOTS’ - REQUESTS SENT TO EVERYONE IN GENERAL AND NO-
ONE IN PARTICULAR. PLEASE TAKE TIME TO TELL ME WHY TOU WANT TO STAY WITH ME. I LIVE IN A VERY BEAUTIFUL AREA AND RECEIVE MANY REQUESTS.

I am energetic and enthusiastic and believe you get out of life what you put in. I see awe and wonder everywhere but what leaves me the most lasting impressions are the people I meet along the way. I've made many new friends as a world traveller and feel enriched by their experiences and wisdom

I'm newly single and young at heart with an appetite for adventure. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. Life is too short to regret what you haven't done - just get out there and do SOMETHING!

I used my US visa to the max exploring the lower 48 as well as Hawaii and Alaska. I lived in Alaska for 2.5 months and made road trips using every mile of paved road in the state including going inside the Arctic Circle. I stayed in the USA for almost 9 months in total seeing all four corners and a lot in the middle too!!

I have made many friends and now have families and homes in every continent including Mongolia, Russia, France, Sweden, Texas, Boston and San Francisco

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It seems an authentic way to experience new places and new cultures and meet local people. As a sociable and friendly guy I want to find out about you. I love talking and meeting new people and exchanging stories. I'll show you mine if you show me yours!! We have so much to learn from each other and every day creates new opportunities to discover life's riches. Couchsurfing is cool but I've definitely not a couch potato.

Interests

Reading, travelling, meeting new people, cooking, photography, running, swimming, cycling, chatting, exchanging stories, watching beautiful sunsets and skies on cloudless nights, finding good wine, drinking good wine, talking about good wine, looking for new good wines.
I'm a fair weather naturist and can certainly help you find the best naturist beaches around La Ciotat. If it's a lifestyle choice you're familiar with or would like to try it you're very welcome to do so with me

Music, Movies, and Books

Cabaret
Pretty Woman
The Third Man
The shape of water
No country for old men
3 Billboards outside Ebbing.....
Anything with Clint Eastwood or Audrey Hepburn (a luminous person. The most beautiful woman I've ever seen) or Julia Roberts or Tom Hanks
‘Joker’ - Joaquin Phoenix’ performance was fully worthy of the Oscar
Nomadland will stay with you a long time afterwards. It deserved it’s 3 Oscars but ‘real’ nomads with improvised dialogue give the film its heart
Kings of Leon
Linkin Park
Beatles
Maccabees
'Cloud Atlas' by David Mitchell
‘The Sisters Brothers’ (novel and film)
Novels by John le Carrè
Novels by Gerald Seymour
30 Rock - Tina Fey is a genius
The Larry Sanders Show - all of them
The Trip to Italy (Steve Coogan)
Pete versus Life
Toast of London
'Engrenages'
‘Braquo’
‘Narcos (Mexico)’
‘Fargo’ - dark and violent but very funny
‘Breaking’ Bad’ (groundbreaking) and its spin-off ‘Better call Saul’

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

learnt to ski at the age of 60
I've done the Inka Trail in Peru and visited Machu Pichu. Unforgettable - the image of this wonderful site on first viewing at dawn will stay with me forever.
Last year I skydived and bungied for the first time
Amazingly I visited Tibet and saw the Potala Palace. A dream come true
Travelling across Russia on the 'Transsibérien Express' takes a lot of beating

Teach, Learn, Share

Every day is a school day. I have so much to learn from everyone I meet and be enriched through their experiences and wisdom.
I have stories and experiences from my travels to share as well as 25 years in the most rewarding profession in the world

What I Can Share with Hosts

my boundless energy and enthusiasm for life
I'm not a bad cook either
I will listen and be enthralled by your stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France, United States