Hey Everyone !
I'm Raph. I am french but I live in Montreal, Canada. I am a musician, songwriter, storyteller, and I currently work in music festival. I think that I am open-minded, and I respect places and people whoever you are. Maybe because I define myself more as an ''atlantic citizen'' than just european or north-american but don't worry I'am not talking always with poetry and I can talk simply too !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on Couchsurfing because of my really deep need to discover the world and meet people wherever they live. I'm a ''world and human lover'', means that I really respect cultures from different places all over the world. I'm interesting to talking with people, learning languages, cultures, and discover places by my own eyes.
But the idea of tourist is something that I don't feel confortable with, if it's necessary, I always try to walk off the traditional touristic way. Couchsurfing is it able to help me with that ? What do you think ?

Interests

I'm a musician and songwriter. So I take care about senses. If technology and Ipad capture landscapes and people in ''boxes'', I choose to see with my eyes, not necessarily photography everything, listen people with my ears, talk with my mouth, smell with my nose, and feel with my skin. Music is sometimes on a good way for that.

• poetry
• photography
• festivals
• dining
• wine
• technology
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• swimming
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Okay, I don't like clichés ! of course. and people who say that they like everything music etc. But I have to admit that this idea came in my mind first. Otherwise, I can tell you that music I use to listen in this time in my mp3 :

The Barr Brother, Patrick Watson, Bon Iver, Damien Rice, Donavon Frankenreiter, The Unsettlers, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Cat Empire, Nathaniel Rateliff, Tom Waits...

Movies : by directors :
Lynch, Van Sant, Kusturica, Tarantino. Jarmush, Cohen...

Books : by writers :
Camus, Fante, London, Kerouack, Beigbeder...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

wow ! I don't know everything ! I moved by myself, living in Canada. Played music in the streets, assumed to be myself, and be poor for 27 years ! ha !

Otherwise, swimming with jellyfishes in Panama and be hurt by one on the ''not right spot'' then trying to survive on an small island for 2 days... Is it enough ''amazing'' ? I don't know... Everyday is a good reason to don't remember all the stuff that I have done ! What is amazing ? what is normal ?

Teach, Learn, Share

great question ! This is exactly why I am on couchsurfing ! Maybe this is one of the goal of traveling ?

What I Can Share with Hosts

music, silence, laugh, conversation, cultures, learnings, good wine, good food, everyday life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Italy, Nicaragua, Panama, Portugal, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France