Joy of Life ... a modern Odyssey

Jean-Christian de Mons

Jean-Christian de Mons was born 1941 in Breslau, former Germany, now Wroclaw, Poland. After the escape from the Russians he spent his early period in Lower Saxony/West Germany. The military service at the Air Force followed the attendance of the Hotel Academy and then the practical formation in the hotel business.
He joined the merchant navy working as steward on cruise ships followed by receptionist jobs in several renowned European hotels before being called to Mozambique/Portuguese S/E Africa by his granduncle to become a citrus farmer. The agitated situation that ended in the civil war induced him to return to Europe.
For over three decades he served as chief steward for Lufthansa German Airlines. He invested much time to learn some additional exotic languages besides English and French and completed a management course and learned flying. As counsellor he joined the production of two documentary movies in China. With his Korean wife he is living now near Weilburg/Lahn in Germany.