Jean-Christian de Mons was born in 1941 in Breslau, former Germany, now Wroclaw, Poland. After 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 a steward on cruise ships, followed by receptionist jobs in several renowned European hotels, before being called to Mozambique/Portuguese S/E Africa by his grand-uncle 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 learnt to fly. As a counsellor, he joined the production of two documentary movies in China. With his Korean wife, he is now living near Weilburg/Lahn in Germany.