ABOUT ME

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I've always loved to travel realizing it's the most intense experience I've ever felt. In another country, everything is different even if it can be small variation, the food, architecture, people, customs, specific activity etc.. and etc... Not only it is exotic and a full adventure, but I think it's a brilliant way to discover other great things in life which every single country of ours haven't all got and sharing it just make things better for everyone and brings more harmony and connection between differences. I've always admired people being very productive for a fulfilling life by doing many things helping you to gain more knowledge leading to wisdom. As for my personality, I'm always aiming to be more international even if I did have a good opportunity in international London, I aim to be open minded, creative, quite patient, fair play, have gratitude and always up to improve others and myself so that we don't miss or get stuck.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Sharing good times with others! and still trying to avoid hostel and tourist places to focus on the local lifestyle of the countries I visit, just the real experience.
I would even use couchsurfing even if I had all the money needed to travel freely, because sleeping on a couch in someone's house is much funnier than booking a hotel room!

Interests

- Charity (helping the homeless with food and beverage with those organisations : restos du coeur, ssvp, secours catholique, gaf, tous solidaires31)
-Music (from Pink Floyd to Arkona, cumbia, to Celt Islam, Lost Buddha, Vincente Amigo, Fields of the Nephilim, Hocico, Dargaard to Summoning etc...)
-Festivals (specifically something unique, ethnic and/or alternative), irish pubs
-Computer engineering (unleash all the possibilities of this complex machine)
-Playing guitar (somehow mostly obsessed by flamenco, oh not having atm an electric guitar helps too)
-Books (Fathers and sons- Turgenev, The castle- Kafka, Lovecraft, Leonid Andreyiev, Nietzsche- beyond good and evil, Camus- The myth of Sisyphus, The phantom of the opera, The philosophy in the bedroom- Sade, The castle of Otranto- Horace Walpole. David Hume- On the nature of taste)
-Movies (The negociator, Ip Man, Horrible bosses, Fiddler on the roof, Mongol, Lord of the rings, Hellraiser I & II, etc... SHOWS: Omid Djalili, Borat, Ali G, Little Britain
-Meditation
-Indian, Chinese, Turkish, Egyptian cuisine.
-Art Galleries (weak spot in Surrealism, Expressionism and Romanticism)
-Ancient History (from Celts to Japaneses, Assyrians, Mongols, Vikings etc..)
-A certain dose of rpg, str and fps.

Oh and traveling of course

• arts
• books
• architecture
• festivals
• flamenco
• dining
• meditation
• pub crawls
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• opera
• hunting
• surfing
• engineering
• history
• road trips

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Dancing to indian music surrounded by indians for the holi celebration.
- Being hosted by a local in porto and tried advised Porto Wine and local wine from his father in the Lisbonne region.
-Road trips all over England for one year, treasure hunting of hidden jewels!
-Being responsible of getting unsold food from a bakery and giving it to the homeless, nice to feel useful and have a responsability.
-One week in Paris with a brilliant old friend (my pre-couch surfing experience)
- Tasting the best pizza in naples advised by a napolitean and approved by all other napoliteans I spoke about it.
- Attending an orthodox easter meal with lovely kulich and Paskha ect...
-That Mayan pyramid when I was young (can't remember the name yes I know shame on me even my relatives can't remember)
-georgian sefardi ashkenaze pessar with georgian wine among all the wines
- Dancing non stop for 8 hours and a half
- Being informed of many vernissages and enjoy so much art

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Seychelles, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United Kingdom