CURRENT MISSION

I teach philosophy in high school and Bastien is an architect. I still want to read, meet People and visit the World.

ABOUT ME

Curious and reliable, we are a couple who like to meet different people, we are open to otherss and open-minded. Besides, we are simple and positive, we take the good part of life. We like to share and exchange, help people and give.

PHILOSOPHY

Enjoying life, take time to our friends and family, don't stop travelling.

/ ideal philosophical Ines' library :
Aristote, Montaigne, Rousseau, Hegel, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Freud, Bergson, Merleau-Ponty, Michel Foucault, Judith Butler

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

To be received in couchs and to receive people in our parisian appartment.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We had several experiences of couchsurfing : all were
great : a warm welcome and a beautiful view of the mountains around Athens.

Also in a Greek island, Syros, Achilles introduces us to his friends. We had a great evening.

Then Bangkok in a Thai family. Golf was super nice with us and welcomed us like royalty.

And also in India in Kochi by Boban , a fantastic musician.

The most amazing was in Iran: people there are really nice and warm. We had a great time xith them and really want to come back to this beautiful country.

They were all great experiences, so rich. We loved it!

Interests

I, Ines i'm a teacher of philosophy and. Bastien is an architect. Our passion: travelling. We have differents aims but they complete each other: we would like to discover the Middle East, central Europa and South America, Asia, Caucasia, north Europe. We also like, in disorder drawing, dancing, reeding, movies (as often as we can), cooking together, exhibitions, theater. We travelled in different countries: Iran, Peru, Bolivia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Irland, England, United States, Hong Kong, Morocco, Germany, Holland, en Belgium, Sueden, India, Portugal, Czech republic

• theater
• architecture
• dancing
• cooking
• running
• movies
• traveling
• drawing
• art history
• teaching
• art exhibitions
• dance (ballet)

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Dostoievski, Tolstoi, Albert Cohen, Kawabata, Stendhal, Céline, Kafka, Simone de Beauvoir, E. Bronte,
Movies: the italians (Pasolini, Fellini) and Kurosawa, Bergman, Ceylal

french song (Brel, Barbara, Brassens, Juliette, Brigitte, Benjamin Biolay, Fauve, Fakear), Oum Kalthoum, Warda. oriental music 50-60's, Lisa Ekhdal, Emilie Simon, Johnny Cash, Miles Davis, Paolo Conte, Fabrizio de Andre, M.I.A, Keith Karrett, Chinese Man, Moriarty, Nouvelle Vague, Ibrahim Maalouf, Feist, The Do, Air,Jazz...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The travels we have preferred: New York, Istanbul and our road trop in Asia: China-Cambodia, Vietnam and also the one in the amazing India.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach : things about countries where we have been, french and morrocan cuisine (tajines and couscous), vegan food.
Learn: about your way of life, other kind of culture
Share: good moments

What I Can Share with Hosts

Our taste for art, the places we visited, my time.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy, Morocco