CURRENT MISSION

I'm traveling around the world to discover new ways of living, and to learn traditional handicrafts

ABOUT ME

I'm a traveler with an interest in other cultures : non-western cultures, traditional or ancient knowledges, ways of living closer to nature...

PHILOSOPHY

I try to discover a way of living that would really be "my own",

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've started couchsurfing back in 2013, during a five month trip in the US. So far, it has been awesome experiences!

Interests

Travels, litterature, philosophy, arts, spirituality, handicrafts, bushcraft, native americans…

• cats
• arts
• literature
• photography
• chocolate
• comics
• traveling
• drawing
• outdoor activities
• cinema
• tv series
• primitive skills
• weaving
• braiding

Music, Movies, and Books

Writers : Henri Michaux, Rainer Maria Rilke, Pierre Reverdy, Ernesto Sabato, Haruki Murakami, D.H. Lawrence, Joseph Boyden and many, many others...
Movies : "The night of the hunter" by Charles Laughton, "The Passion of Joan of Arc" and "Ordet" by Dreyer, animation films by Norman Mac Laren, by Yuri Norstein,"The Gospel According to Matthew" by Pasolini, "Apocalypse now", "Aguirre, the wrath of God"… Among others !
Music : Rock (mostly 60's and 70's), blues, blues-rock, World music…
The Doors, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, Velvet Underground,, Hossein Alizadeh, Glen Gould, Jeff Buckley, John Lee Hooker, and many others that just don't pop into my mind right now

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived for almost a year in a transformed minivan, on the road, in the western US

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach litterature, philosphy, french, photography.
I can also teach some techniques such as japanese bookbinding, different kinds of braiding...
I want to learn more about handicrafts, bushcrafts, and outdoors sports such as canyoneering, kayaking...

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach French, English or Spanish - or help you with anything related to these languages.

I can also teach very cool and unusual braiding techniques. You could make an awesome bracelet or a key chain in no time!

I can cook french crepes for you! Or even a delicious chocolate cake without flour, if you want one (if we can find the proper ingredients and you have the tools of course ;-)).

I also have a whole virtual library (hundreds of ebooks about all kinds of skills and handicrafts) that I’d be happy to share with anyone who might be interested!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy, United States