CURRENT MISSION

Remain Québécois while living in the US for a long time.

ABOUT ME

I'm a graduate student in archaeology from Québec who got the incredible opportunity to come live in New Orleans and study at Tulane.
I moved to NOLA in 2011 and live with my roommate Scott who is from Ontario, and is also a student (pharmaceutical chemistry; or something like that).
I have considerable experience hosting and travelling as a couchsurfer, and I simply love it.
I would be glad to host and show the city to cool visitors, although I warn you that given the high amount of requests I receive, I am picky on who I accept as surfers. Be sure to write a nice request and sound like you're an interesting, talkative, and friendly person if you want to couchsurf with us. If I can tell your request is a cut-and-paste / template, or if there's a mistake in the title such as "looking for a couch in Cleveland", it probably won't happen. Finally, please make a reference to jungle in your request, so I know you took the time to read my profile. This being said, I make sure to always reply quickly to requests, and I look forward to receiving yours.

PHILOSOPHY

Trying to become a better person, getting to know the maximum about life, meeting many interesting individuals and not buying a car so I save money for traveling some more.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting and cooking for nice hosts. Chatting with them while drinking a glass of wine. In other words: expanding the amazing reciprocity philosophy of CS.

Interests

Archaeology, Music, Latin America, Rugby, Hiking, Wine, Cuisine, Parties, Politics.

• writing
• cooking
• wine
• partying
• drinking
• politics
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• rugby
• swimming
• chemistry
• languages

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swim in the Pacific Ocean by night, challenging the nearby invisible waves while looking to the distant milky way.

Teach, Learn, Share

The Maya "alphabet" or repertory of glyphs is logosyllabic. This means it uses a combination of both sounds and visually meaningful concepts. Each scribe has its own way of writing, which makes it so difficult to understand. Maya texts will tell you exact facts, but only what the elites wanted to be engraved in stone or wood or painted on vessels. So field archaeology is crucial in really understanding the true nature of the ancient Maya.
About 30 Maya languages have existed, and many of them are still spoken today by millions of Maya.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Belize, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belize, Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Spain, United States

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