{"id":237,"date":"2018-12-23T04:53:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T12:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelbauche.com\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2025-10-29T22:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:14:00","slug":"about-michael-bauche","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michaelbauche.com\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1014\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelbauche.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1030962-1014x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242\" style=\"width:374px;height:377px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelbauche.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1030962-1014x1024.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/michaelbauche.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1030962-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/michaelbauche.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1030962-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/michaelbauche.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P1030962-768x776.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Co-Author<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>of:<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilbookstore.com\/housesitting\">The Ultimate Guide to Free Stays in Luxury Accommodation\u2026All Over the World.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Co-Creator:<\/strong>&nbsp;of the blogs <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nomadicretirementliving.com\">Nomadic Retirement Living<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yourescapeblueprint.com\/\">YourEscapeBluePrint<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Photographer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/michaelbauche.com\/?page_id=252\">on 6 Continents<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Global House Sitting Specialist: <\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/thebauches.com\/\">The Bauches<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explorer of:  <\/strong>84 countries and counting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Michael Bauche<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi there, I&#8217;m Michael Bauche. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All evidence suggests I was born under a wanderin\u2019 star. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am Engineer who became an explorer.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2012, I retired from professional\nengineering at the age of 44. Since that time I have been traveling and house sitting\naround the globe with my wife Yvonne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My life philosophy is simple (but not necessarily easy):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cDiscover what you really love to do <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&#8211; then- <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>figure out a way to do more of it\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Thus far I have discovered a love for:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Travel (Applied Geography)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Cooking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The Internal Martial Arts &#8211;\nTai Chi <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Investing &amp; Financial\nIndependence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photography <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Life Long Learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I seek opportunity \u2026 not security,  I take calculated risks, I\nendeavour to think and act for myself, and enjoy the\nbenefit of my actions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nother words I take complete and full responsibility for every\naspect of my life &#8211; marching to the beat of my own drum:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cSo you&#8217;re a little weird?\nWork it! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>A little different? OWN it! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Better to be a nerd than one\nof the herd!\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em>&#8211;<strong><em>Mandy Hale<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Links Co-Author&nbsp;of:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Co-Creator:&nbsp;of the blogs Photographer:&nbsp;on 6 Continents Global House Sitting Specialist: &nbsp;The Bauches Explorer of: 84 countries and counting About Michael Bauche Hi there, I&#8217;m Michael Bauche. All evidence suggests I was born under a wanderin\u2019 star. I am Engineer who became an explorer. 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