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Overview

  • 3 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Spanish
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • IT Consultant
  • Master in computer sciences
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Working in Geneva (SharePoint consultant) for a consulting company called Blue-infinity, full-time on client site in a NGO called GAVI

ABOUT ME

I'm born in the north of france (A ch'ti). I lived in 5 countries for the last 10 years: Paris 2 years, New-York 1year and a half, Shanghai 6 months, Montreal 15 months, Australia 3 years and now Geneva.

PHILOSOPHY

Live your dreams ! I love to exchange cultures, to meet people from all around the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would like to host some people to meet knew people, share experiences and also it helps to travel with couch surfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I used couchsurfing when travelling in Montreal and in Rio, Brasil, and it was such a great experience that i want to do it again.
I want to start to host people at my place

Interests

Travelling for sure
All kind of sports (triathlon, marathons, surf, volley-ball, tennis, soccer, Cinema, Reading: Sport addict

  • dining
  • triathlon
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • surfing
  • sports
  • soccer
  • tennis

Music, Movies, and Books

Rock (The killers, U2, coldplay, RadioHead, Muse, sum 41, good charlotte, the killers), electro (daft punk, the do), old rock (beatles, rolling stones, queen) ,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

the cold in Moscow, deserted lands in Lapland, Tropical Forest in Costa-Rica, the craziness of New-York, the very nice girls of Sweden, the icebergs of Newfoundland, whales in Hawaii and Tadoussac, etc.
4 marathons (one on the Great Wall, New-York, etc.), one iron-man,
Life-saver in Australia

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach french language, IT
I like to learn from the other cultures (food, traditions, hobbies, language)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, New Zealand, North Korea, Russian Federation, Switzerland, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, China, France, United States

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