CURRENT MISSION

Visiting America for the first time ever

ABOUT ME

I'm a free lance translator from France, now living in Brussels after a few great years in Paris. I enjoy meeting every kind of people and going on adventures on an unexpected basis,

PHILOSOPHY

Life is: what happens while you were making other plans.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
CouchSurfing is this great and rare thing where you just come as you are and people gets kind to you for the only reason that they want to help and know more about you. I cannot think of many things that are that simple in this life! I try to be worth it when I'm lucky enough to be hosted, and to make people feel the most confortable when I welcome them at my place.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I've couched surfs in Jerusalem, in Iceland, in a small west-southern town of France and in Chicago. I've appreciated it every time and discovered all those places with this awesome local touch to it which makes all the difference. You cannot properly meet a city if you don't meet the people who makes it what it is on an everyday life basis!

Interests

Cinema, litterature, painting, photography, music, cheese, wine, beer, cajun food, cheese cakes, dancing, hiking, ocean, sea, etc!

• photography
• dancing
• dining
• wine
• cheese
• beer
• drinking
• movies
• painting
• music
• hiking
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I usually get very embarassed when people ask me to name my favorites.
I'll pick 7 in each fields for you!

Michael Cimino, Agnes Varda, Joseph Losey, Jean-Pierre Melville, David Lynch, Maurice Pialat, Satyajit Ray.
Virginia Woolf, John Fante, Henri Michaux, Jim Harrison, Fernando Pessoa, G. Garcia Marquez, Franny and Zooey.
Arcade Fire, The Smiths, The Kinks, Fanfarlo, Vampire Weekend, Barbara, The Violent Femmes.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Having this crazy traditional Chinese dinner, with a bunch of Chinese people I met in Tanzania. The rest is history.

Teach, Learn, Share

I actually learnt how to cut a potato in a diamond shape - one of those crazy gourmet French cuisine thing - at Zach's who is a chef in Chicago. I think I can do it now and teach it to you if you're interested,

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conviviality, stories from my trip in the US, good advice on films, drinks and my oh so French accent!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Portugal, Spain, Tanzania, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, France, Ireland