He visited Galicia for the first time in 1989 while attending the 19th International Congress of Philology and Romance Linguistics, and since he discovered Galician language and Galician culture, and became its great supporter.
Coñeceu Galicia por vez primeira en 1989 para participar no XIX Congreso Internacional de Filoloxía e Lingüística Románica, e dende que coñeceu a lingua e a cultura galegas converteuse no seu gran defensor.