Yoga and calisthenics (think gymnastics, but outdoors and without the leotard) enthusiast but also passionate about most forms of exercise (typically restricted to more conventional forms, but someday I plan to expand my interests to cheese rolling, chess boxing, and toe wrestling haha).

I love wine and cheese (but not frogs legs) so I guess it's no surprise I moved to France 4-5 years ago... not so subtle transition to French. Aujourd'hui, ça fait 28 ans que j'ai vécu sur cette terre, réparti sur plusieurs pays (cette question "tu viens d'ou?" me saoule toujours :'( Je suis une personne très curieuse et passionnée. Cette planète et ses "terriennes" me fascinent (surtout sa nourriture mais aussi d'autres trucs tellement bizarres comme le jeu Twister et les girafes) Ayant vécu en Afrique, j'apprécie beaucoup la nature, ses rythmes, ses insectes qui chantent pendant la nuit. J'aime expérimenter avec la cuisine, boire du thé et des tisanes, rire, faire du yoga (oui bon d'accord j'ai déjà dit ça) et des randonnées, voyager et beaucoup plus.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Genuinely love sharing and making connections with people and CouchSurfing is such an amazing facilator for this. I think at some point I realised that what I loved most about travelling was how it facilitates interactions with people from all different life paths.

J'espère partager les belles moments avec des personnes chaleureuses, intéressantes. Que ça soit des invités chez moi ou chez autrui.. le camping sous les étoiles, les randonnées loin de tout, les piqueniques sur le canal. Couchsurfing fait une partie de ma vie quotidienne et ma philosophie. Couchsurfing c'est plus qu'une façon de voyager: c'est une façon de vivre, de partager, de faire des rencontres et d'apprendre les nouvelles choses.

Interests

• cooking
• yoga
• medicine
• cinema
• exploring
• deep conversations
• calisthenics
• artificial intelligence
• transhumanism
• optimum health

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
- Everything disco + some techno music. Chic is gold, ABBA is so much fun (and the soundtrack to Cats the musical (please don't put on the 2020 film if I'm staying at your place). But also the Jackson 5 and so much more I can't even list everything my brain will explode.

Movies
- The Gentleman (such great dialogue. please make more films like this!!), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Uncut Gems, Le Daim, France, Life is Beautiful (and everything else with Roberto Benigni), Samsara (who knew silent films could be so great!?), Black Swan, Eyes wide shut, Les Intouchables (Omar Sy is a babe), Harry, un ami que vous veut du bien, La Guerre des Boutons..

Books
- Memoires of a Geisha, Martin Eden (and everything by Jack London), also everything Hemingway has every written, Dracula, Frankenstein, Bel-Ami, The Stranger, Brave New World, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, Sapiens... just to list a few.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I thought I saw the aurora borealis once, until it turned out that was just a festival nearby projecting on to the sky.. still that was pretty extraordinary. Not sure what else really, living in the womb for 9 months then being born must have been quite the adventure. Then again, I don't really remember any of that.

One summer I did work experience with a 'big-game vet' in the South African bush. The highlight of this experience was tracking a rhinoceros by helicopter which we had to dart to give it some medical treatment.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love meeting, hosting and staying with people and the cultural exchange that comes with it. I regularly take part in couchsurfing events in my city (this can be anything from weekly CSing meet-ups to cinema club events to hiking events to events on a particular theme like meeting, hosting and staying with people).

You could definitely come to me for recommendations on good things to do in Paris and ways to get to know people here.

What I Can Share with Hosts

The 5 Cs - Coffee, Conversation, Couch, ....,, karaoke (don't even tell me that this word doesn't begin with a C. look how weirdly spelt this word is... just look at it.. as if the C is really the problem here) oh and .... uhh.. ..., cake!! that's it.. cake.. I will share cake with all my hosts! .....Can you turn down cake?? ... what's that?? nope? ..... uh huhh.. didn't think so..

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Botswana, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Portugal, Réunion, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, Zimbabwe