Currently, I'm student in Lyon. I am from Provence, naturally joyful, curious, thoughtful, opend-minded. I enjoy for a long walk in the nature, reading a good book with a cup of tea, admire a painting of Turner, to take a nap in the sun in a deck-chair... I like spending time with my family and my friends. I love travelling and experiencing different cultures and lifestyles. I am crazy about treks in the mountains.

PHILOSOPHY:

"True generosity toward the future means giving our all to the present", Albert Camus, L'Homme Révolté

"To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour."

Willam Blake, Auguries of Innocence

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I would like to travel again and again and discover place with local people.
According to me, it is the best way to have a true travel experience.

Interests

Art / Museums and galleries/Theatre/ Opera / Cinema /Sailing / Mountain hiking / Skiing / Dancing / Cycling / Singing and playing viola / Cooking, in particular french and italian food. I would be delighted to cook a dish for you :)

• arts
• culture
• books
• literature
• poetry
• singing
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• flowers
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• opera
• cycling
• hiking
• sailing
• skiing
• history
• volunteering
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

- Classical music (Bach, Débussy, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Mozart, Schubert, Wagner, Verdi, Chostakovitch, Kreisler, Korngold, E.Elgar, etc) / Muse, Stromae, Björk, Coldplay, The Lumineers, Of Monsters and men, Cocoon, the Beatles / Jazz (Miles Davis, Chet Baker, etc)/ French classics like Aznavour, F. Hardy, Barbara, Jacques Brel

- A lot of books and writers! The work of Albert Camus, Dostoïevski (Crime and Punishment is my favourite), the novels of Zola, Flaubert, Ionesco, Shakespeare, Fitzgerald, "L'empreinte à Crusoé" (Chamoiseau) , Soljenitsyne, "The Night" (Elie Wiesel), "Nedjma" (Kateb Yacine), "Journey to the end of the night"(L.F Céline), Antoine de St Exupéry, "Tous les matins du monde" (Quignard), "L'usage de la parole" (N. Sarraute) and poetry: Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Jaccottet

- Movies: of Terrence Malick, Bergman, De Sica, Visconti, Hitchcock, Almodovar, Myazaki, Woody Allen (my favorite: "Match Point"), Ken Loach ("The Angel's share" is so good!) , "Into the wild" (Sean Penn),"Les Amants" (Louis Malle), "Mustang"(a Turkish film), "The Hunt"(Vintenberg), "Grand Torino" (C.Eastwood), "Dance with the Wolves" and, many more ...

-Series: Gran Hotel, Velvet, Downton Abbey, The Americans, Game of Thrones

- Painters: Turner, E. Hopper, Kandinsky, Monet, Dali, Raphaël, Canaletto, Jean Miotte (a superb contemporary painter)...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- My trip in Israël-Palestine
- My first night in the desert in Morocco

Teach, Learn, Share

I love talk about History, Art, Literature.
I can teach the French culture specificities:)
I would like to learn new cultures, the History of your country.

I can teach you card games / le "Time's up", my favorite game with my friends and my family, fits of laughter and enjoyable atmosphere guaranteed!:)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My travel mémories, my love of music and poetry, the pleasure of savouring a truly good wine, my enthusiasm for the beautiful things in life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, England, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France