CURRENT MISSION

To get the best out of this life, and fill it with joy and happiness

ABOUT ME

I was born in Algeria (northern Africa) in the mid 70s, and grew up in France in the close suburb of Paris, east side.

I studied mathematics, physics and computer science, but I'm also interested in history and philosophy and foreign languages.

PHILOSOPHY

Quote from french explorator Alexandra David Neel :

"He who travels without meeting other people, is not travelling, he is just in movement"

This is the basic idea and the main philosophy of this website, and it's also mine, because there ain't no better way to discover a country than by sharing the daily life of its inhabitants and spend time with its people, it makes your travelling experience more authentic, it gives you a better insight. Otherwise you would see nothing but landscapes, buildings, historic monuments and museums.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

June 2012 : I hosted a young Czech couple (Dali & Lida) who happened to visit Paris one week before I had to stay in Prague, so I hosted them and they hosted me back

August 2014

11th-17th : I hosted a Spanish girl (Amanda) and a Polish couple (Marcin & Martyna) at the same time

27th-30th : Hosted Fabien and Yukiko from Japan

Interests

I enjoy the nature, bicycle rides in the forest, going out in music clubs, reading.

• clubbing
• reading
• traveling
• music
• computer science
• history
• languages
• mathematics
• physics
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Some movies I like :

Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Lock stock and 2 smokin barrels
Snatch
American Gangster
Hurricane Carter
The Goodfellas
Taxi Driver
Serpico
Carlito's Way (also by Brian de Palma)
Scarface
Midnight Run
Usual Suspects
Traffic (Steven Soderbergh)
Catch me if you can (Martin Scorsese)
Shawshank redemption
Get rich or die tryin'
Romanzo Criminale
Amores Perros
Babel

Music : mainly US black music from the 70's, early 80's, soul, funk & disco.

Temptations, Teddy Pendergrass, Billy Paul, Isaac Hayes, Gil Scott Heron, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Isley Brothers, BT Express, Roy Ayers, Gwen Mac Rae, Bill Withers, George Benson, Bobby Womack, Donna Summer, Taste of Honey, Candi Staton, Chic, The Whispers ..... I can't mention them all, that would take several pages !

I am fond of the legendary music TV show "Soul Train", (RIP Don Cornelius).

Books : french and german philosophers from the 17th and 18th century, Voltaire, Condorcet, Descartes, Schopenhauer. French writers Maupassant, Stendhal, Pierre de Laclos.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The giant five floors night club Karlovy Lazné in Prague
Ride on a limousine in the US (Cleveland OH)
Eating at the pizza shrine, the holiest of holies, the antique pizzeria Da Michele a Napoli.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy