Easy going and friendly person. I like reading, looking at maps (yes! and for hours!...), going to the theater, walking, running, playing beach-volley, dancing salsa and, VERY important: hanging out and drinking a beer or wine with friends and interesting people who like to talk things over about the world...
And travelling of course, as long as I can interact with local people.
I am totally into everything which has to do with Spain or spanish-talking places.

PHILOSOPHY

Conserva tus sueños, nunca sabes cuando te harán falta.
Aunque a veces, no me cunde la vida :-)
"L'aventure, c'est se confronter avec ce qu'on dcidé de faire et se débrouiller comme on peut dans cet univers-là" (Sébastien Devrient)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

A house can never be too full. And it's good for you to meet new people, to learn that they tell me about themselves in terms of homecountry environnement or mentality...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted people from Switzerland, obviously (hotels simply are not affordable here!) and if you come from elsewhere and have time... I encourage you to visit Neuchâtel for one or two days, it's small but very pretty!!
All my own surfings were very good eCSperiences (Madrid, New-York, Bilbao, Paris, London... I probably forget some)
Especially when you travel alone, the one-to-one contact is absolutely essential to get the most of what you're visiting. I hate hotels. And sometimes hostels are not much better, when you start the same conversation one evening after the other ...

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Como agua para chocolate (Laura Esquivel) ; El corazón helado (Almudena Grandes); Yo Confieso (Jaume Cabré), Tigres de Cristal (Toni Hill) ; La sombra del Viento
all Katherine Pancol's books;

La couleur des sentiments,
les Falsificateurs,
11/22/63 (by Stephen King, a total MUST)
Millenium,
Harry Potter,
La croisée des Mondes, Tobie Loleness

Scolaire: Les secrets de Faith Green, Le dernier loup d'Irlande, #bleue, Maestro (Xavier-Laurent Petit), Un sac de billes

And soooooo many more! The electronic book never worked for me :'-)

Movies:
L'ordre Divin, Match point, Forrest gump, A straight Story, Into the wild, OUTLANDER <3
It feels always harder to make a proper selection, actually!

Music:
Of Monsters and Men, Mumford and Sons, Angus and Julia Stone, Imany, James Blunt, Eric Clapton, Arcade Fire, Temples, Cloud Control (dont' know them? just try!), La Oreja de Van Gogh, Amy Macdonald and Amaral...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My analytical mind is unable to make rankings of the cool and coolest and most cool things I've seen/done.

Teach, Learn, Share

Laaaanguages!
Conversations that allow us to understand a little bit more about the complexity of our world
A couple of years ago I wrote "I can learn much more than teach" and although it's obviously still true, I feel like life has taught me some interesting things so far...

What I Can Share with Hosts

A decent home cooked (usually vegetarian) meal, sharing a glass of wine (or a bottle, actually!) and swiss chocolate (even if you can find it almost everywhere, let's say it doesn't taste the same ;-)
interesting conversation and offering hosting back, obviously!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Italy, Peru, Portugal, Scotland, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Guatemala, Spain, Switzerland