Hi ! My name is William and I'm an English teacher, but that's a coincidence, my parents just liked William better than Guillaume...

So here I am, teaching English near Versailles, and at the back of my classroom, there's this HUGE map of the USA taunting me every single day. So I just need to travel and see what are the treasures in this map.

I've studied English for 5 years and have always been fascinated by the USA, so my first experience as a couchsurfer happened there, and gave me a lot of good memories !

I love writing, I write about a bunch of different stuff : some non fiction about my job on a French news website, but also fiction that should be published very soon, I'm so excited !

From July 9th to August 9th, I'll be travelling in the USA, mostly in California, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado, here's a map of the road I intend to follow : https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIXLuCoXAAAACMn.jpg

I love English, I love my job, I love the USA, and travelling, is, in a way, putting these 3 passions together, how great is that ?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I had my first couchsurfing experience in DC, which was absolutely great, and met with someone in Philadelphia who couldn't host me but nonetheless showed me around : that's how you truly discover a city ! After that, I've couchsurfed to Chicago and in Scotland too !

I also went to several CS events in New York and met awesome people there, it's great to meet locals when you're travelling : this way, you don't follow the path laid by a tourist map, you get a real feel of where you are.

I have a small flat with an available couch in Versailles, near the castle, and would be happy to host travellers !

Interests

Movies, Art, Reading, Music, English in itself, and writing.

• arts
• writing
• news
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• communications
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

I have studied English/American litterature for 5 years, and I fell in love with Paul Auster, Luke Rhinehart, Mark Z. Danielewski on whom I wrote a 60 pages dissertation pedantically entitled "Chance or the quest for meaning in Postmodern Litterature"

So far, there's only three people who have read it : me, my teacher and the teacher who had to give it a mark.

During my University years I have read quite a lot, from Asimov to Steinbeck, with a touch of John Irving, Shakespeare, John Kennedy TooleWilliam Blake...

I also love French Litterature ( Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Edouard Levé, Victor Hugo, Jacques Prévert, the list could go on and on ! )

Movies : Scorcese, Woody Allen, Sam Mendes, Kubrick, Truffaut, Godard, Danny Boyle...

Books : PAUL AUSTER. Mark Z. Danielewski, Luke Rhinehart, Albert Camus, Jean Paul Sartre, Georges Pérec, Jonathan Safran Froer, Don DeLillo...

I do love American and English music though, recently I discovered Regina Spektor and Edward Sharpe, just loving it ! I also love Radiohead, Múm, Grandaddy, Agnes Obel and classical music ( from Beethoven to Ludovico Einaudi or Philip Glass ).

By the way, I can't express my love for the soundtrack of The Tree of Life. Perfect.

Movies ? Outch, the list could be very long. I'll just tell you my favorite directors : Woody Allen, Martin Scorcese, Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam, Danny Boyle, David Fincher, Wes Anderson... etc. I'm a huge cinéphile.

But of course I also love French Cinéma : Truffaut, Godard, Jeunet, Audiard...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I climbed the Ben Nevis in Scotland, thinking it was just a hill... it happened to be the highest mountain of the United Kingdom !

J'ai grimpé jusqu'au sommet du Ben Nevis en Ecosse, en pensant que c'était juste une colline. Plus j'avance, plus ça grimpait dur, et plus je me disais "boah je dois pas être loin, j'vais continuer un peu !". C'était la montagne la plus haute du Royaume Uni (1400 mètres je crois), j'ai mis plus de 6h à la monter :p

Teach, Learn, Share

I guess, since it's my job, I could teach you some English... oh wait. Well, some French then !

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am a big fan of French music. I love artists such as Brassens, Brel, Reggiani, Le Forestier, etc. and sharing this love is always a pure joy to me :)

I have also lived in several parts of France (Pays Basque / Montpellier / Bretagne / Paris) and can be of help if you plan a trip to these places.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Scotland