CURRENT MISSION

Collect a cool set of practical abilities, such as origami, gardening, orienteering, pottery, jewellery, etc

ABOUT ME

- Green, ethical and fair-trade minded,
- Dry/dark sense of humour,
- Love everything about the Reduce-Reuse-Recycle concept,
- Hate wasting and big brands splashing millions on advertisement to make us "want" things we don't really need,
- Like taking the time to experience all the little pleasures in life (watching kids play, chilling out with a good book/paper and a good drink in a nice/comfy place...),
- Trying to get over an amazing loving relationship that ended in disaster.
- Not really a loud and heavy party animal. Tend to stay away from that sort of smokey/boozey/thumping environments. I much prefer staying in with a home-made dinner shared with some cool friends, DVD or game nights, midnight walks, etc, although I do enjoy very much the odd night out (gig, party...)

PHILOSOPHY

- Treat others as you would like to be treated.
- Life is short: make the most of it while you can (but respectfully)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meeting people from a wide range of backgrounds, getting a sense of community, helping out putting up cool travellers when I can (and help them save on accommodation, while providing some basic/good human interaction)

Interests

Cooking/nutrition, gardening, foraging, herbal remedies, recycling, handycrafts, playing (video games, board games, card games),

• animals
• books
• dining
• cooking
• partying
• drinking
• gardening
• video games
• board games
• socializing
• pottery
• origami

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Like sci-fi, horror, thrillers, comedies, animations, documentaries

Books: classic plays, fiction, arts & crafts/gardening/DYI, dictionaries (love them!!)

Music: mainly rock, pop, "indie" bands (Radiohead, Muse, Placebo, Bloc Party, Mew, Metronomy, Elbow, Clare and the Reason, Agnes Obel, Editors, Fisherspooners, Louise Attaque, Les Rita Mitsouko, Noir Désir... and loads of genre (apart from hip-hop, rap, heavy metal, and similar "violent/fast-paced" stuff)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Going for a casual drink at a guy's I'd only been chatting with online, and falling completely in love with him. A drink that lasted about 3 days, with a bubbly floating effect I can still feel today, even though things have gone awfully complicated.

- a video of a lioness adopting a baby antelope and protecting it against other predators. Such a powerful and myserious thing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZw-1BfHFKM)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, cooking equipment, company

Countries I’ve Visited

Cuba, Czech Republic, Germany, Morocco, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United Kingdom