grew up near quebec city, living in montreal after a 2-year period in europe and the usa to study biology

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

even though i spent two years living abroad and travelling, i never signed up for couchsurfing until almost a year after i was back. go figure. i hope it proves useful!

Interests

• writing
• literature
• politics
• board games
• astronomy
• history
• philosophy
• deep conversations
• ancient cultures
• evolution

Music, Movies, and Books

books by: kurt vonnegut, nicolas dickner, haruki murakami, gabriel garcía marquez, philip pullman, hp lovecraft, alessandro baricco, julio cortázar, yann martel, herman melville, georges perec, jrr tolkien, jonathan franzen, michel houellebecq, eliezer yudkowsky

music: classical (dvorak, bach, vivaldi, saint-saëns, respighi, shostakovich, grieg, glass, beethoven, adams); jazz (brubeck, davis, coltrane, rantala, guaraldi, snarky puppy, di meola); prog rock (harmonium, camel, ekseption, maneige, yes, oldfield); classic rock (supertramp, bowie, dire straits); french-language (leloup, p. lapointe, d. bélanger, brel, aznavour, r. desjardins)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Vatican City State, Åland Islands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Sweden, United States