I'm currently working at the University of Bamberg (Bavaria): I teach French to future French teachers, but I also have many other jobs on the side, mostly translations and corrections, in fact, anything related to languages especially German and French, sometimes English. I grew up in France (Normandy), but I've been living in Bavaria since 2006, with a few gaps though (one year in France , 2008, one year in Cambridge UK and Moscow, 2011).

I have 4 siblings who all still live in France, two sisters and two brothers, they're all younger than me. We all have a very good connection and even if I don't see them as often as I would want to, we always know that we have each other's back.

I guess people think of me as a kind and empathetic person, which I try to be everyday. One of my flaws is maybe that I can tend to be overly ambitious, not exactly in my profession, but in other things such as sports or games. But I never hold any grudges because of a game, if at all I'm only angry at myself during the game for not giving 100%. ;-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm totally new to couchsurfing, but I always wanted to try it. Due to recent changes in my life, I'm now able to travel a little more and I want to give it a go! :-)
Right now I can't really offer more than a couch, but it's quite comfy.

Interests

All kinds of sports : football, rugby, tennis, squash, running...
Poker, live or online
Cooking, especially for other people, I often can't be bothered to cook something really nice just for me
Watching movies or series with people I like
Playing video games or karaoke (Singstar! :-) )
Going out, have nice drinks (beer, whisky...)
Discuss pretty much everything related to languages or culture in general

• culture
• cooking
• beer
• running
• drinking
• movies
• video games
• traveling
• poker
• karaoke
• sports
• soccer
• tennis
• rugby
• racquetball
• languages
• tours
• squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Indie rock (Mando Diao, The Hives, The Kooks...), French and German music, but also hip-hop, classical music or raggamuffin.

I'm a big fan of Star Wars, but my favorite directors are Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick.

I love austrian author Wolf Haas, I wrote my Master thesis on two of his books and I'm currently translating one. I also like John Irving and many more american or british novelists.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I couldn't be bothered to wash my socks, so I ordered new ones on amazon.

Teach, Learn, Share

Besides teaching languages, I can also give tours of my beautiful "second home city", Bamberg, with its breweries and its Old Town (World Heritage Site).

What I Can Share with Hosts

Anything about languages (especially translations ), sports , computers, video games... I'm interested in a lot of things and I'm always open to new suggestions. :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France, Germany, Russian Federation