CURRENT MISSION

I'm on a bike trip from Brussels to Paris (via Maubeuge, St-Quentin and Noyon)

ABOUT ME

Pour changer un peu de mes recherches aux archives à Bruxelles, je vais aller à Paris pour une fête chez des copains. L'itinéraire sera Bruxelles-Binche-Jeumont-Maubeuge-Landrecies-St Quintin-Ham-Noyon-Compiègne-Paris.

PHILOSOPHY

"When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking."

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like meeting new people, above all those who do long bike trips or who are interested in meeting oder hosting those travellers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great experiences in Moscow and St-Petersburg. I already hosted people in my appartment in Berlin and when living in Paris.

Interests

cycling, traveling, languages..... and yes: watching trains :-) I love traveling by nighttrain

• singing
• traveling
• cycling
• emergency services
• languages

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In a big orthodox church in Sankt Petersburg a small and very old woman suddenly started singing with a voice that totally filled the whole building. Impressive!

On a study excursion to Italy our group made a bike trip through Rome. As a group of about 20 people we were visible to everyone. Suprisingly, this trip did not end up in a total traffic desaster, on the contrary: Local people seemed so impressed by us that everybody justed stopped to let us pass by, even police, ambulance and lorries...

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Canada, Greece, Italy, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, France, Germany