CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy life and and be nice to others.

ABOUT ME

I come from a lovely place in the centre of France called Auvergne. This region is a hidden jewel that is rarely talked about, but each time I get home I am overwhelmed at the view of these beautiful volcanoes!

I love to do all the simple things that make life so good : to cook, play and listen to music, meet unusual people and learn useful or useless things!

After starting life in a "normal way", studying at university, I quickly switched to spending a lot of time traveling around and visiting places while playing music in bars and restaurants. I soon realised that what makes a journey special to me is not so much buildings or landscapes that I get to see, but rather all the unique and surprising people I meet along the way.

PHILOSOPHY

Hakuna Matata!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am the best couchsurfer ever, nobody can sleep on a couch/floor/bed/... as well as I do!
Seriously, I always do my best to make sure hosting me or staying at my place is simple, easy and pleasant experience. I am respectful, clean and tidy, and I love to help out.
I travel to meet people, not to cross touristic places off of some bucket-list, and I see couchsurfing as a way to meet, share, and have fun.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Awesome experiences all over! I had loads of fun surfing around and I hope it was also a pleasure for those who kindly hosted me.

I also did a lot of "offline" couchsurfing, meeting people while playing music on the streets/in bars and ending up cooking and staying at their place!

I did not host that many time yet as I have been living quite a nomadic life in the past few years. Hopefully I build my own Cob house in a couple a years and get surfers to come and enjoy the warmth of a nice meal in a cosy place!

Interests

I'm really interested in all kinds of musics, I play the guitar, the accordion, the Irish flute, the tin wistle, the ukulele, the mandolin, the 5-strings banjo, some meditteranean percussions, and a tiny bit of piano and harmonica.

Would love to learn some more drums, and double bass... or to have a taste of any other instrument !

I also like all kinds of creative activities, and particularly enjoy sports that can be practiced outside (hiking, rock climbing, kayaking...)

I absolutely LOVE to dance! I am into folk and traditionnal dances, but I'd love to get back to rock'n'roll, swing and salsa. Learning my way into Tango is something I definitely want to do as well.

I'm always ready to share about cooking, cultures, movies, readings...

Oh... And I recently got the idea that I wanted to learn and improve in Acro yoga and Massage (probably Shiatsu, but I am pretty much interested in everything !), so if you feel like you want to join in that learning process, I'm all up for it!

• arts
• culture
• dancing
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• drums
• hiking
• kayaking
• sports
• rock climbing
• massage
• wild camping
• moutains
• acro yoga

Music, Movies, and Books

Music :
So many things... But if I had to restrain myself to a few styles it would be mostly old stuff: blues, New Orleans and Swing Jazz, traditional folk musics from anywhere! But life would not taste the same without Pink Floyd, Bach, Dire Strait, Vivaldi or Santana either.

Movies :
Schindler's list, The Wall, La Vita e Bella

Books :
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera), Bel-ami (Maupassant), Jacques le Fataliste (Diderot)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I realised my credit card had expired while I was in Romania, ten years ago, with 10euros in my wallet and no return ticket of any kind.
So I started to play music in the streets and bars to earn a bit of money, slept in the places of friends I made along the way (sometimes in the shade of some friendly tree as well, I must say) and hitch-hiked to keep going. I think the trip couldn't have been nicer, and I have mostly been traveling this way ever since.

A great friend once told me: there are no problems, only opportunities for change. I believe he's right!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can happily teach how to play the basics of any of the instruments that I play. I've also had great fun teaching french folk dances to fellow couchsurfers.
I'm very fond of making creps, so if you've never made these delicious flat things I will be delighted to show you how. If you already know how, then let's invent a new and creative recipe!

I'm interested in learning anything about your culture, music, sports, arts, cooking, gardening or dance!
I would absolutely love to have a cooking party and learn some cooking from your area.

I just started out learning a bit of massage, and would be happy to share that as well.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Any story, experience, skill, taste or knowledge that makes us different, and therefore interesting.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, England, Finland, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Ireland, Scotland

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