Hi! Olivier here from Paris, France. I'm a young musician (I play bass guitar and indian sitar) who decided to take time and travel around the world. I'm currently settled in Kolkata to learn playing the sitar

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to make new friends all around the world, discover new cultures and visit countries not just the touristic side of them

Interests

• photography
• music
• hiking
• travel
• cinema
• nature
• tv series
• friends
• litterature
• japan
• family
• gastronomy
• politic
• david bowie

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Wong Kar-wai; Šarūnas Bartas; Leos Carax; Hong Sang-soo; Béla Tarr, Wes Anderson, Apitchapong Weerasethakul...
Music: David Bowie; TheeOhSees; Ty Segall; Thelonious Monk; Alice Coltrane; Gabriel Fauré...
Books: Pierre Michon; Balzac; Proust; Rebatet; Thomas Wolfe; Tolstoi, Bolaño...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I crossed part of Mongolia in total autonomy with a packhorse, one month in the steppe, 400km!
I hitchhiked from Paris to Istanbul!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good mood, cooking, french culture, stories...

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Guadeloupe, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Laos, Lithuania, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, India, Turkey