CURRENT MISSION

chasing freedom, and its euphoria

ABOUT ME

I like loneliness as much a social activities. I love meeting new people, new cultures. That's whay I have lived abroad for some years, and learned foreign languages. I am hoping to go further n this way of sharing experiences with other people. Even if I like to speak about anything, music, art, absurd fun, photography are some of my favourite topics. I like to discover off the beaten track places in cyties a visit, with original people when possible. I might look shy in the first minutes but I enjoy a manly pub crawl once in while...and endless talks about anything. I am usually very attentive to other's people desires. Having met very different culures taught me to be careful not to hurt other people's feelings, traditions or personal habits. Tolerance is one of my motos.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Living currently in a very small place I can't offer yet very long and luxurious hosting, but hopefully I'll be able to do that in the future. i am trying at the moment to have a broad panorama of europe main cyties.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had many (surfing and hosting) but not through this website.
I used to welcome random travelers and friends of friends of friends when iI lived abroad (Mexico, England, Sudan, and Sultanat of Oman).
And was generously offered the hospitality of very different people : single, familiy, occidental, oriental, young, old, etc. and it has alway been a thrilling and rewarding experience.

Interests

photography,
expresso coffee,
playing music,
haribo sweets,
taking long strolls into the wild or around a city,
ehiopian coffee,
visiting (contemporary) art exhbitions,
long coffee at the 7/11,
endless talks, resolution by coltrane, friends,
lonnie's lament by coltrane,

• arts
• writing
• photography
• coffee
• pub crawls
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• surfing
• track and field
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Musicians :
John Coltrane, Charlie Parker,
Khaled Abdel Rahman, Anouar Brahem, Naseer Shamma
Schubert, Beethoven, Terry Riley, Tartini
Gary Bartz, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Mile Davis
Movie Directors :
Auki Kaurismaki, Kubrick, Coppola, Altman, Polanski, Godard
Writers :
Wilfried Thesiger, Rory Stewart, Blaise Cendrars, Rimbaud, Carlos Castaneda, Herman Hesse, Robert Walser
Photographers
Man ray, Kertesz, Alain Fleischer, Raoul Ubac, Martin Parr
Artists :
Basquiat
Chen Zhen
Rodin
Mondrian

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Going to a kind of lost Island in the south of Oman
Travelling to Eritrea in a Dhow probably containing smuggled goods
Being hosted by a public writer in Djibouti in his own office, when I was really broke
Sleeping amidst the pyramids of Merowe, in Sudan
Ascending the Huichol sacred mountain in Real de Catorce, Mexico
Sharing coconut juice with friends in Guadalajara or Salalah

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a french teacher so I can teach french
But I can also teach basics of photography and guitar playing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Lebanon, New Zealand, Poland, Qatar, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, United States, Yemen

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Mexico, Oman, Sudan, United Kingdom