On the Run

Childhood memories from 1944 to 1955

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Jean-Christian de Mons was born 1941 in Breslau now Wroclaw former Germany. 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 on cruise ships followed by receptionist jobs in several renowned European hotels before being called to Mocambique/Portuguese S/E Africa by his granduncle to become a citrus farmer. The agitated situation that ended in the civil war intruduced him to return to Europe.
For over three decades he served as Chiefsteward for Lufthansa German Airlines. He invested much time to learn some additional exotic languages besides English and French, completed a management course and learned flying.
As councellor he joined the production of two documentary movies in China. With his South Korean wife he is living now near Weilburg/Lahn in Germany.