CURRENT MISSION

To understand the world by meeting people with different cultures as well with different views, interests and goals.

ABOUT ME

I am retired. I take time to live and even to do nothing if I wish. I am very curious on almost every subject. Open minded and easy to get on with. In my productive years, I worked as teacher in biology (physiology), pharmaceutical sales representative. I had some businesses (real estate and travel). In the last 15 years, I worked in accounting and financial departments in health organizations.

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live.
The cheapest lifting: to laugh
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give" (Churchill)
"I can resist anything except temptation" (Oscar Wilde)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

New since beginning of april 2010)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

First time in London June 2010

Interests

Travel, history, geography, architecture, music, philosophy, religion...
Every new technology.

• architecture
• dining
• technology
• tv
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• biology
• teaching
• geography
• history
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Films and tv:
-Documentaries by Michael Moore
-Documentaries by Estela Bravo
-Films made in Quebec and France
-Films by Martin Scorsese
-Luther (with Joseph Fiennes)
-Midnight in Paris (by Woodie Allen)
-Others to come......

Music:
-Almost everything in the sixteens and the seventies
-Selective in the last 30 years
-Jazz, blues (no hiphop, rap, etc..), folk, classical
soul, soft rock, latin, new flamenco, country
Some selections:
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDDOFXSgAs
Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind (The Orginal Song From The Albom)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRgWBN8yt_E
Zucchero & Miles Davis - Dune Mosse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib3hsv62onA
Ibrahim Ferrer & Omara Portuondo - Quizas Quizas Quizas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEQpp2xvWY0
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUSzL2leaFM
Mark Knopfler - Brothers in arms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbZRbBskloE
James Last - Orange Blossom Special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKmsMEBtrmU
Queen - 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ
The Mavericks - All you ever do is bring me down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGx7VTOoTaI
Orchesta Los Player's - Siboney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmV_RtUvt7A
Alejandro Fernandez - Si nos dejan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmKBd4TpSWI
Perez Prado - Patricia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UmWsOboKg4
Lou Bega Mambo No 5 A Little Bit Of Official Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aFW-vYyN3M
Samba Pa Ti - Santana (Live in Mexico)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACdwCIld3kE
Alain Barriere & Noelle Cordier - Tu T`en Vas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg6y4O-m7Zc
Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Berkin - Je T´aime moi non plus (Subtitulos Español) & Lyric
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ySlFxjxj6M
The Eagles - Tequila Sunrise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws-YqUcD0LY
Waldo de los Rios - Mozart Serenade No. 13 (Eine kleine Nachtmusik)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCLE5SzZpjQ
Waldo de los Rios - Mozart Symphonie No. 40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOXYlPpRLmM
Van Morrison (with The Band) - Comfortably numb - The wall (Live in Berlin 1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGOTJyE5JPM
Sinéad O'Connor (with Roger Water and The Band) - Mother - The wall (Live in Berlin 1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRA2eJUhwqU
David Gilmour - Coming back to life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCSFz_YycYA
Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLKiMbC6s2k&feature=related
Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman - Con te partiro (Timeless - Time to say goodbye)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl9WMIPzd6w&feature=related
Sarah Brightman Don't Cry For Me Argentina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZziK9yqgV5c
Procol Harum - A whiter shade of pale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8jJ1ORIOes
ANDRE RIEU & JSO - CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_hDl2M6MXk
Andre Rieu - My way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk3-cJCDQ0c
The Moody Blues - Nights in white Satin (Live at Montreux 1997)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WowW5ghynT8
Bon Jovi - Bed Of Roses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvR60Wg9R7Q
Zucchero and Pavarotti - Miserere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEyFacD-PMA
Paul Darai

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Northern lights in Chisasibi, James Bay area, Northern Quebec while living there in 1982-1984
-Dining at the restaurant on the second floor of La Tour Eiffel
-La Quebrada Cliff Divers of Acapulco
-Bullfighting in Acapulco
-Cockfighting in La Guadeloupe
-Formula 1 in Montreal
-Pink Floyd show in Montreal and again The Australian Pink Floyd show 2 months later in Quebec City.
-4 times in Cuba on a period of 4 months (2009-2010)
-Stopped smoking on Dec 23rd 2001
-Destruction of World Trade Center in New York (seen on tv)
-Murder of JFK (seen on tv)
-This.. done for one of my friend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w29yZ5EN1bc
-Landscape in Ronda (Andalusia Spain)April 2010 Breathtaking
-The Atomium in Brussels (june 2010)
-The London Eye (june 2010)
-Many more....!

Teach, Learn, Share

Sharing what I know

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Germany, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Senegal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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