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Overview

  • 1 reference
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese
  • 54, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • Teacher
  • Physics, Philosophy, Cinema
  • From Liège, Walloon Region, Belgium
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

I'm a teacher in a secundary school in Brussels, but I live in my hometown, Liège.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I had good experiences using Airbnb but i wanted to try a more alternative way to travel and meet people.

Interests

Music of all kinds (Joy Division, Miles Davis, Stravinsky, Massive Attack, David Bowie, Baden Powell, Ryuichi Sakamoto, ...). I try to play guitar and synths.

Cinema (Pasolini, Bertolucci, Kubrick, Ozu, Kurosawa, Wenders, ...).

Photography (Daido Moriyama, William Klein, ...).

Philosophy (Foucault, Deleuze, Nietzsche, ...).

Literature (Klossowski, Kundera, Haruki Murakami, Mori Ogai, ...).

Dancing, visiting exhibitions, wandering, meeting people...

  • literature
  • photography
  • concerts
  • dancing
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • guitar
  • teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Some relatively recent movies i appreciated :
- The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum)
- A Dangerous Method (Cronenberg)
- Reality (Matteo Garrone)
- Lady Chatterley (Pascale Ferran)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I attended to this concert in London : "One of the most bizarre investigations conducted by BGS using its seismic network, was in connection with an earthquake reported to be felt strongly in North London in August 1992 when three blocks of flats (8-9-storeys) were evacuated following minor damage that included cracked windows and a cracked balcony. Our seismic network showed that there had not been an earthquake or an explosion, and we were able to deduce that the cause was resonance set up by dancers at a Madness rock concert in nearby Finsbury Park. The resonance frequency of such dancing, in harmony, is tuned to the natural frequency of apartment blocks of this height, so that the movement is amplified."

Teach, Learn, Share

This is a passion for me to learn, to teach and to share experiences.

What I Can Share with Hosts

All of the above and maybe my home if this is convenient.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Scotland

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