CURRENT MISSION

Succeed my PhD

ABOUT ME

Hi! My name is Anthony. I had the chance travel in Europe when I was younger and to live a few months in Northern America (Austin, TX, US and Hamilton, Ontario, CA) for studies or work. That gave me an unfailing thirst of curiosity for other cultures. I think meeting new people is one of the most wonderful experiences life can give us.

I just come back from a 7 months trip in Asia (http://maisouestcequonva.tumblr.com/) where I heard first about couchsurfing. Since then, I met lots of interesting people in travelling or events.

To say more about me, I am a calm person, smily, curious and willing to discover the world through the eyes of other people. Hope to meet you soon :)

PHILOSOPHY

"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." - Groucho Marx.

> I don't have a lot of principles, I am an open-minded guy, thought I do have values :) And well, I put this quote also because it's from a Marx Brother which means I love to laugh.

Also, I am a guy who thinks life is short, so I like to appreciate every moment of it. So to summarize my philosophy in 3 points, we could say: open mindness, laugh and poetry!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I sleep on other's couch when travelling and offers mine :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Once in Germany and once in Sweden so far.

Interests

I'm interested in discussions, I am really a lover of cooking from all over the world. I like to feel different atmospheres, different cultures surrounding me. I like to read books that'll make me think about my life. I love trains and boat trips. I love to watch good (old) movies, especially comedies (I am a huge Marx Brothers' or Family Guy's fan). I love hanging out in bars, or discovering small lost but good restaurants. I like to walk randomly in cities that I don't know, to see what's going to happen, I am really curious of all sort of underground cultures.... and oh yes.... I love love love food! Hum... did I say that already? ;)

I am also interested in the Asian culture since my last trip, and especially in yoga, meditation and more broadly buddhism.

I do play a little bit of music (piano), event if I don't have the time anymore to play seriously.

To be more academic, I can say I am also interested in languages, sociology and anthropoly, politics, economics, philosophy, communication...

Finally, I can say I am interested in others... because they make me what I am by enriching me of new ideas, new ways of thinking or being, they make me discover new landscapes, new food, new drinks, new possibilities :)

• culture
• books
• poetry
• beauty
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• drinking
• boating
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• piano
• buddhist
• economics
• languages
• religion
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

So randomly a few among my favourites... Kusturica, Scorsese, Coppola, Fellini, Pasolini, Hight Tone, The Doors, Psychedelic music, Gainsbourg, Brassens, Brel, Masaladosa, Céline, Dan Simmons, Proust, Red Army Choir, Bukoswki, Balkan Music, Klezmer, Shantel, Wax Taylor, Foucault, Norbert Elias, Italian movies (40-70), The Marx Brothers, Peter Sellers, Family Guy...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The golden temple in Amritsar in Northern India. I am not religious at all, even if I respect that a lot, but I can say I discovered the beauty of religion there...

Otherweise, here are the countries I had a chance to take a look at:

visited 21 states (9.33%)Create your own visited map of The World or Like this? try: Abracadabra

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach english, learn italian, swedish, spanish.... and share cooking.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Italy, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Spain, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, United States