I live in Moscow // Москва since March 2014.

I'm a journalist, but also a writer. You can find my book Les Mains lâchées (in French) here: http://livre.fnac.com/a9630143/Anais-Llobet-Les-mains-lachees

And learn more about my work and travels here: http://whereisanais.wordpress.com

I'm an easy-going person who likes to travel a lot and meet new people. I speak fluently French and English, good Russian, intermediate Spanish and Italian. I also speak some Portuguese and Tagalog

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I love discovering new places and meeting new people. Even better when it's discovering new places with new people! I grew up around the world, in 7 different countries. My parents (father grew up in Chad, mother between Germany & France) are now living in Oran, Algeria. My brother lives in Australia, my sister speaks fluently Japanese and studies in Paris, and I live now in Moscow.

I LOVE travelling.

In 2011-2012, I've been in Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Palestinian territories, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, India, United-States, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Georgia, Hong-Kong and Philippines...

2014-2016: New York, Italy, Oran, Philippines again, London, Copenhague, Uzbekistan, Kirghizstan, Ukraine, Miami, New Orleans, Sweden... and so many places in Russia! (Astrakhan, Kalmykia, St-Petersburg, Yaroslavl, Oufa, Kazan, Suzdal, Volgograd, Rostov, Yekaterinburg...)

Plans for the end of 2016: Bruxelles, Transylvania, La Réunion!

Philippines is my BIG love. I loved this country so much that I decided to move there, as a press correspondant in 2013.

For four months, I've been covering news in the Philippines. Amazing experience. Hard, also, when Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda destroyed Tacloban, where I stayed almost a month reporting.

In January, I've learned I've got my dream job in Moscow. So here I am. Bring on the snow!

Some quotes I really believe in, especially when travelling:

Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry. - Jack Kerouac

Avec le temps, la passion des grands voyages s'éteint, à moins qu'on n'ait voyagé assez longtemps pour devenir étranger à sa patrie. - Nerval

Il n'y a d'homme plus complet que celui qui a beaucoup voyagé, qui a changé vingt fois la forme de sa pensée et de sa vie. - Lamartine // There is no man more complete than the one who travelled a lot, who changed the shape of his thoughts and his life twenty times.

My mantra: Quand on veut, on peut.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now, I can't host you and I don't have a lot of free time, but I'll be happy to meet you and share a coffee in one of the many nice restaurants and coffee shop of Moscow! It's a plus if we can speak in Russian: I need to improve my Russian!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I love couchsurfing!
I tried it in the USA, in Slovakia, in Italy, in Portugal, in Israel, in the Palestinian territories, in Malaysia, in Cambodia, in Russia and in India.

Interests

Journalism, Russia, Caucasus, Philippines, and the refugees issue all around the world.

• coffee
• shopping
• news
• traveling
• journalism
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Vassili Axionov, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Léon Tolstoï, Emile Zola, A. Yehoshua, David Grossman, Raymond Quenau, Graham Greene, Moravia, Pasolini, Jonathan Littell, Joseph Kessel, John Irving, Doris Lessing, Svetlana Alexievitch, Vassili Grossman, Sorj Chalandon

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Surviving Typhoon Haiyan (Nov, 8th 2013) in Maripipi island and then being almost a month as a press correspondent in devastated Tacloban...

- My book on it (#Proud) http://livre.fnac.com/a9630143/Anais-Llobet-Les-mains-lachees

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to say bad words in +7 languages :)
And I would love to hear all your crazy stories.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Algeria, Argentina, England, France, Italy, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation

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