First of all, i want to say this: all my 68 references here were confirmed and positive! The system update in october 2015 made a huge mess and disconnected most of our references. I always gave a reference after my surfer left me one, and i always give a reference to my hosts!

ABOUT ME

I'm Olivier, friends call me "Taf", I was born and grew up in a small city, a 2 hour drive from the south of Paris.

Easy-going, funny (doing my best) and trying to be as tolerant as possible.

Like most people I enjoy travelling and meeting new people, I love speaking and improving my english and i'm curious about other languages.

More about me: Our world makes me feel like i'm an alien because I think i'm normal... good luck with that ;-)

PHILOSOPHY

Watch it, forget the commercial side and you got it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaWA2GbcnJU

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Do not hesitate to send me last minute or emergency requests, I'm not always available to host, but when I am, It's sometimes easier to say "yes" or "no" at the last moment.

But Please if you do that, check your messages fast, because if I accept a last minute request I need to know fast if you're coming over or not... why? Easy, you're not the only one looking for a place to crash, you're not the only who one could be in trouble right now... ;-)

I also somtimes send invitations to people who have posted open requests when I know I'm free, so don't be surprised if sometime you see me ;-)

SURFING EXPERIENCE

Canada: Toronto, Ottawa, Québec, Fredericton and Moncton NB, and Charlottetown PEI

Europe: London, Warsaw, Oslo, Bergen, Kristiansand, Göteborg, Malmö, Larissa

USA: New Orléans / Seattle / Portland OR and Vancouver WA / San Diego / Boston / Philadelphia and Erie PA / Watertown, Henderson, Syracuse, Ithaca, Rochester and Troy NY / Cleveland / Ann Arbor and Detroit MI / West Hartford, Wetherfield and Willimantic CT / Topsham ME / Concord NH / Montpelier and Burlington VT.

NON OFFICIAL CS EXP (Places where i stayed after I met people in the street, buses, hostels... i visited after):

Shanghai, San Fran, Denver, Phoenix, Lansing MI, Stavanger

Interests

Sports (Ultimate Frisbee and more), board and card games, funny tv shows, caring for the environment and anything people would try to show or teach me.

• environment
• tv
• traveling
• surfing
• sports
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Pretty different things:

Movies would be for example:
-How to train a dragon
-Leap year
-Yes man
-The Blues Brothers
-The adjustment Bureau
-Back to the future
-The secret life of bees

About music, actually I like to discover new bands everytime it's possible, even if I often listen to a lot of old songs... sometimes very old lol. But really I'm interested in all kinds of music... rock, rap, dance, classical.

And finally books... i don't really read and even if for many people it's a shame, that's how i am, and it doesn't make me feel that much more stupid than average. Anyway maybe i am, but i think we all need "stupid" friends, so if u are surrounded by smart people, i would be proud, honoured and happy to be your new silly friend!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Meeting couchsurfers again in their country or mine: 15

Teach, Learn, Share

Try to teach how to stay young, and learn how to grow up... :-p

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share me, the way i think, and explain why I both love and hate people :-D

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United States