CURRENT MISSION

Pursue my dreams and make a career out of my current PhD research

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to meet new people and exchange thoughts, discussions on each other's lives. I find that too many people base their own judgement on a single pre-constructed idea and few dare to go out there and see with their own eyes.

Interests

When I was backpacking around Ireland in the summer 2006, I met an old Englishman who told me this "there are two types of persons in this world: the tourist who stays in a bus for a whole week and claims he knows this or that country. And then, there is the independent traveller, who uses his own feet and try to get a glimpse of the culture of the said country by meeting and staying with the locals.
I have made my choice ever since...On CS we're all Independent Travellers looking not only for shelter but for a mutual experience.

• arts
• culture
• cooking
• wine
• wine tasting
• drinking
• guitar
• backpacking
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

70s 80s rock/hard rock (ACDC, Led Zep, Iron Maiden, Dio, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Mike Oldfield, to name a few)
Movies: LOTR, Star Wars, Kill Bill, Intouchable, Gladiator, Taken, The Grey, The Italian Job.
Books: Anything stamped Dan Brown, Edgar Poe, Chretien de Troyes, Stephen Lawhead

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Translator for a day at the United Nations during a NGO debate on climate change.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you French, a bit of cooking (French and Italian), and the art of wine tasting.
I'd love to learn japanese and to play the guitar

What I Can Share with Hosts

Always down for a good chat around a few drinks or a good meal. I can help prepare.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France, Ireland, United States