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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, German; learning Italian, Spanish
  • 31, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • student, radio show host
  • Simon Fraser University
  • From Paris, France
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

try to get a grasp of how the European mosaic fits together so well

ABOUT ME

I'm a franco-swiss, passionate about languages, good music and food! I also love outdoors, which brought me to Vancouver a few years ago, where I started hosting couchsurfers before doing a bit of it myself. I moved three years ago back to Europe and had no space for hosting wherever I was, until now. I'm sure we'll get along really well.
I'm bilingual, working very hard on my German and love a good chat. I used to do radio and have a really good radio voice! Work brought me in Germany but I really am keen on getting to grips with what makes it what it is. But I am also very open to other cultures and understanding what somebody can find different, odd, pleasant or unpleasant in another culture.

PHILOSOPHY

I am a very open-minded person. I think that there is a human bond, which is not limited to people you know, or people that look like you. I like the idea of hosting people and being hosted back, whether it be by someone you know or not - in this community I believe you probably know someone that knows someone that knows someone that knows someone etc. etc. that knows a host with a free couch or a couchsurfer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have a little couchsurfing experience in Canada, both hosting and being hosted, as well as some couchsurfing in Poland. Loved all of it, would redo things exactly the same way when given a choice.

Interests

food, music, bikes, radio, languages, triathlon, travelling, hanging out, learning

  • culture
  • dining
  • chocolate
  • triathlon
  • politics
  • traveling
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • communications
  • languages
  • political science
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Jazz, rock, a bit of eclectism there. As for books I want to understand people's lives, essentially. The last book I read was "Je suis a l'est", a book about living with Asperger syndrome. Very very interesting

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you about politics if you'd like. Or french culture/swiss culture/linguistic differences. I can also teach you how to do media, conduct an interview, do recordings, stuff like that.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France

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