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Overview

  • 10 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning German
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • Primary/elementary school teacher
  • Master's degree in Sports Management / Teaching English a...
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About Me

A few adjectives to describe myself: simple, slow (but fast from time to time), healthy (kind of), funny, rational, passionate (I know, this one doesn’t really match with the last one), romantic.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To share* with "interesting" people.

*Even if it's for a very short amount of time.

Interests

Spending time with people I appreciate, being curious, eating.

Music, Movies, and Books

Music (like everything but tend to prefer Folk/Indie style)
Oh Wonder, alt-J, The Secret Trio, Daughter, Ella Fitzgerald, Léo Ferré, Claude Nougaro, Ludovico Einaudi, Ben Howard, Obadiah Parker, Norah Jones, Xavier Rudd, Frank Sinatra, Angus and Julia Stone, Mumford and Sons, Radiohead, Coldplay, Kim Churchill, Passenger, The Staves, Two Door Cinema Club, Phillip Phillips, The Paper Kites, MattRach, Milos, Yves Montand, Quruli, Djmawi Africa, Alabina, Babylone, Petit Biscuit, Macklemore, Supertramp,...

Movies
Don’t watch a lot but here are ones I enjoyed: Good Will Hunting, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ratatouille, Definitely Maybe, The Holiday, The Ugly Truth, Management, Un bonheur n’arrive jamais seul, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, Mamma Mia!, Johnny English, J’aime regarder les filles, Into the Wild, 20 ans d’écart, Ocean’s Eleven, La vérité si je mens, Roman de gare, Tous les soleils, Pot Luck/The Spanish Apartment, Heartbreaker, 99 francs, Le nom des gens, The Intouchables, The Chef, Despicable me, Batman Begins, We’re the Millers, TED, My new partner (Les Ripoux!), Heat, Le Pianiste, Demain, A Separation.

2 Books I've really enjoyed:
- "En attendant Bojangles" (2016) de Olivier BOURDEAUT
- “Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists” by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus (2014).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Don't really like this question.

Teach, Learn, Share

Interesting short video about the Dutch cycle touring man Frank van Rijn : https://youtu.be/2U6krfxep-I

What I Can Share with Hosts

A talk, a meal, a walk,... (depends on the time I've got).

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, India, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Wales

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