CURRENT MISSION

Crossing North America from Vancouver to Montreal, passing by Seattle, Portland, Idaho, Wyoming, Chicago, Detroit, etc...

ABOUT ME

Curious, generous, disorganized...or organized in my own way, I like traveling challenges (trekking, cycling, motor biking, etc...)

PHILOSOPHY

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

In Welcoming people at home or...staying at their place when I travel!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsuring in Slovenia (Ljubljana) & Italy (Venezia)...
10 people in a 3 rooms flat...a bit tight but the best way to get to know each other !
Pancake party in Ljubljana at our host place, Marko...
Couchsurfing in Moscow, Irkutsk and on Olkhon Island on the Baïkal
Hosted a couple of travellers a few years back from Australia and Germany

Interests

Classic stuffs : drinks and dinners with friends, visiting remoted places, travelling by train or motorbike (the way you go somewhere being part of the journey, isn't it ?), trekking, photography....

• photography
• partying
• drinking
• traveling
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies : The Shawshank Redemption, Fight Club, Le 1er jour du reste de ta vie, Bagdhad Café, Amelie, Good Morning England, Un prophète, Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds, La Haine, Last King of Scotland, Shooting Dogs, Million Dollar Baby, Hot Fuzz, Auf Der Anderen Seite and so on, Incendies, some Eastwood and Scorsese movies, the Cohens
Music : Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Noir Désir, Bashung, Antony and The Johnsons, Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, Bob Dylan, Calp Your Hands and Say Yeah, David Bowie, Do Make Say Think, Dire Straits, Eels, Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra, Gainsbourg, Brassens, Herman Düne, I AM, Iggy Popp & The Stooges, Israël Vibration, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Lou Reed, La Rue Kétanou, Les Ogres de Barback, M, Mogwaï, The Pixies, Sigur Ros, Smashing Pumkins, The Beatles, The Doors,The Strokes, The White Stripes, Toots and The Maytals, Yann Tiersen, General Elektriks....
Books/ Writes : Jack Kerouac, Grangé, Beigbeder, Benacquista, novels based on History, travelling books
I like to read books related to the country I'm travelling in.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

"Amazing" is a strong word but I loved my motorbike trip in Southern India (2 500kms in one month). I learned to ride a bike there.
Trekking in the Annapurnas, highest point : 5 416m
4 days in the Transsiberian from Moscow to Irkutsk

Teach, Learn, Share

Well I could talk about travelling for hours...

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Croatia, England, France, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Réunion, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, New Caledonia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States