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Overview

  • 23 references 16 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Computer engineer / Business Intelligence Consultant
  • École Polytechnique de Montréal
  • From Montréal
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Enjoying life and spending quality time with my family. After years of travelling and hosting, I now have two kids... which makes it complicated to host surfers. :)

ABOUT ME

I was born in Montreal, moved to Paris for work in 2006 and ended up coming back in 2009 after three memorable years. Although it was great staying in France for a while, a big part of me belongs in beautiful Quebec and I felt the need to come back! I was lucky enough to live wonderful experiences in Europe, meet new people and have a chance to travel throughout Europe during my stay there. But as of September 2009, I'm back in Montreal! But the world is still at reach and I plan on continuing travelling around and discovering new landscapes for years and years to come!

I don't want to say too much about me, it's better to find out more about other people when we meet and get to spend some time together.

PHILOSOPHY

I think we have to live to the fullest of our curiosity and ambition. Appreciate every moment of it and share with the people around us. I feel privileged to be able to travel this much around the world, meet wonderful people and discover new cities and new cultures.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had quite a few experiences since the beginning of my couchsurfing adventure... good ones, better ones and greater ones! :) I love meeting people from all over the world, and I always feel lucky when I have a chance to discover something new in Paris with surfers. I've also had the chance to be hosted by great people that showed me around in their own cities. Thanks to everyone for making CouchSurfing so amazing! So I can't wait to meet even more people to continue this CS adventure! :)

Interests

I love travelling, going to concerts, theater, meeting people, good food, good wine, etc! Simply enjoying life! :)

  • theater
  • concerts
  • dining
  • wine
  • traveling
  • cars
  • socializing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Surviving the tunnel between Pitve and Zavala in Croatia! It is 1400m long, about 3m wide, doesn't have ANY lights in it. I was driving a small scooter at 50km/h and the headlight was so weak I couldn't see much around me, so I didn't know if I was in the middle of the road or about to hit the wall. Had I hit that wall, the cars behind would've probably completed the damages! hehehe Oh, and at the time, I forgot I had sunglasses in my face!

Never was I so happy to get out of a tunnel! But then again... I immediately remembered I had to go back the same way since it was the only road...

I found a clip of that tunnel :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEE6gbvPDNI

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mauritius, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France

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