I was born and raised in Metz, an eastern town that most French people don't pronounce correctly (They say Metz, while you should say "Mess")

I had the luckiest childhood. My father spent 7 years building a sailing boat in the backyard of the engineering school where he was a teacher. He finished a few month after I was born, and we soon left to sail for a year in the Mediterranean sea. We used to go sailing around Corsica every summer holidays until 2001, when he sold the boat.
My mom used to work in Air France, and brought me to many different places, hence my will to keep discovering new countries and cultures.

I studied mechanical engineering because I had no clue what to do at the time, I just wanted to study something open enough so that I could do pretty much anything once I found out what my dream job would be. I wanted to learn how to learn anything.
I now know that my dream job is as much about what I do as how I do it: I work remotely, when and where I want. I'm independent from my geographic location, and can live anywhere. I even worked roaming from a van in Iceland not so long ago, while driving around.

I left in 2004 to Bristol (UK) for 6 months, then Mendoza (Argentina) for 4 years, back in Europe in Dublin for 7 years, and finally here in Barcelona since 2015. I never worked in France and pretty much spent my adult life in foreign countries. Although I grew up in France, I became an adult abroad and it shaped my life and mindset in a way words can't capture. I really feel like a world citizen, taking with me the stories and some bits of all the people I met along the way, I'm the sum of them.

I think I came in Barcelona to dry out, after spending 7 very wet years in Dublin, and I'm here so stay, it feels good to settle! I hadn't realized how much I missed the sun until I saw it rising every morning, day after day.

I'm working on creating my own company at the moment, and when I'm not, I'm meditating, cooking, playing guitar, building furniture, swimming, training my body or meeting friends.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

There's something very unique in welcoming another person into your world. Everyone has something to offer, in the end aren't we the result of all the interactions we had with other people throughout our life?
That's what "I love meeting new people" really means to me.

Interests

• meditation
• guitar
• snorkeling
• sailing
• skiing
• snowboarding
• sports
• entrepreneurship
• travelling
• spearfishing
• gym
• cooking and baking

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite artist is probably Sting. Otherwise I listen to everything, from classical to hip hop, rock, jazz and pop.
I have a hard time with raggaeton I have to admit... Like... really hard time!
Otherwise, Richard Bona, Queen, Dire Straits, Bruno Mars (live... he's much better live), M. Jackson, John Mayer, Arctic Monkeys, Hozier, Miles Davis, Stromae, Mozart, The Roots, Eminem, Alicia Keys, and many, many more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived in 5 countries.
Moved from Ireland to Barcelona without telling my employer (more funny than amazing I'd say)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:
- Cooking: mouthgasms on their way. Patented lemon pie. Mean Neapolitan pizza. Life changing chocolate fondant (can you feel the overstatement here? Coz I can't)
- Guitar: can teach you a chord or two

Learn:
- Always willing to learn a few words from your language
- Cooking: for sure you can teach me some awesome dishes
- Your culture!!!

Share:
- Good laughs, many travel stories to share. I'll tell you my most embarrassing stories and you'll feel better about yourself after hearing them. Some are priceless, for everything else, there's Mastercard.
- A good meal (yes I know, 3rd time I mention cooking here, but is there anything that tops a good meal to laugh and connect?!)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm a foodie. I can cook pretty much anything and I have more cooking books than your mother!
I bake a mean neapolitan pizza and yes... I do have a pizza oven at home. You bring the beers, I bake the pizza, and we can play foosball while listening to some good music!
Now when I say I'm a foodie, it's to the geek level. I mean... I can talk about % of dough hydration, molecular structure of a sponge cake, protein breakdown of a slow cooked meat... I do have the kitchen material to do sous-vide slow cooking.
I know Barcelona quite well, and many bars and restaurants to have a good time. I have been to more than 150 of them.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Martinique, Northern Ireland, Norway, Peru, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, France, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom