I am French and American living in Paris at the moment. I will soon be moving to Munich for my studies. I have studied Architecture as well as general humanities (Philosophy, literature, geography, history, classics, sociology). I will be finishing my History degree this year but would like to do an apprenticeship in carpentry and cabinet making. My passions include traveling, discovering new worlds and ways of seeing things. I love art, which in my mind encompasses all forms of human creation from handcraft to printing to design, writing and film. For me, human creativity through and by the respect of the natural world is the most valuable thing there is today.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

When traveling I believe that sharing and learning to adapt to other's lifestyles is more valuable than being catered to in a hotel. I prefer the warmth of a home to the impersonal hotel service environment.

Interests

• poetry
• architecture
• photography
• painting
• hiking
• history
• philosophy
• ecotourism
• printmaking
• tiny houses
• trains
• wild camping
• carpentry

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Billie Holiday, Tame Impala, Papooz, Billy Bragg and Wilco, Van Morrison..

Books: J.D. Salinger, Mogens by Jens Peter Jacobsen, Michel Foucault, Jurgen Habermas, Howard's End by E.M. Forster, Marcel Proust, To Kill a Mockingbird, Kafka, Milan Kundera, Fernand Braudel, Dostoevsky..

Movies: The Coen Brothers, Jodorowksy, Jean Luc Godard, Jean Pierre Melville, Wes Anderson, Antonioni, Fellini, Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola, Yorgos Lanthimos, Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman, Roman Polanski (his movies not him), Bong Joon- Ho, Eisenstein, Tarkovsky

What I Can Share with Hosts

Respect of personal space, cleanliness and help around the house. A good chat, a good laugh and shared cooking if the occasion arises!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Scotland, United Kingdom, United States