CURRENT MISSION

Pacing up and down Paris on my short legs

ABOUT ME

Ultimate Fighting Compote Champion, UFC WorldCup 1976
European Hedge-trimming Champion, 1984
World Cup-and-ball Champion, 2003
Currently in training for the Cadavre-Exquis Contest, Moucron, Swaziland, 2009.

It sounds a bit boastful, doesn't it ?

Currently studying in the Ecole du Louvre, Art History.
I used to be a painter in a stained-glass workshop.
And finally I'm a unrepentant loiterer!

PHILOSOPHY

Curiosity ! Except those mornigs I don't drink enough coffee. Well, lets be honest. In that case, I'm a grumper.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'll make sure to show you my Paris, not the Champs-Elysees/Tour Eiffel/Montmartre cliché. Well, I will, but not only that! We'll just try to find the smartest little places where you can drink cheap but good wine, in the shade of trees, in a café...
Don't have any couch/bed yet but maybe later.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Yeah, I spent a few days at Bologna, then in that amazing Ospitale delle Rifiorenze Gherardi, where guys make an incredible job to offer a proper bed and roof to homeless during winter and travelers during summer. A friend and I spent a amazing night there, everyone was pretty cool. Then, you know, CS meetings, CS members met trough other members...
I actually never host anyone, but I'm renting a tiny tiny room and my hostress is a bit sour about travelers :-/

Interests

Learning, discussing, reading, travelling, drinking, cup-and-balling, laughing, listening...
My idea about a great evening ? My friends, a large Guinness, roars of laughter and cheerfulness.

• arts
• cooking
• wine
• coffee
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• world cup
• art history
• emergency services
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

I did tell you ! Curiosity ! Shall I say it to you once more ?
Lets surprise me.
Wekk I' m a big fan of Colin Dexter's books, english literature... Joyce's Ulysse changed my life, Stevenson gave me the urge of travelling, so did Kerouac. And let's talk about Pierre Michon, uh ! Do you know him, best french writer of this generation. True story!
Music ? Well, I'm pretty eclectic, from Haendel to Motorhead, through RunDMC and Nat King Cole... Music rocks my life, through thick and thin.
Movies and shows : I'm currently trying to fill the lack of culture in french movies, and I'm very open minded. I mean, I can watch to Back from Future as well as Shinler's list, or American Pie, The Darjeeling Limited... I'm very curious. Also found of drama tv shows.
Classical tastes in shows : Friends, How I Met Your Mother, Skins, A bit of Fry and Laurie, Sex and the City, Rome...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Had been caught by a police speed trap..... on my bicycle.

Teach, Learn, Share

Ladies and Gentlemen................
I will teach you any/everything about cup-and-ball, hedge trimmer, compotes, cooking (what an amazing cook!), art, Marcel Duchamp's fountain...
But feel free to correct my mistakes about those subjects.
I will show you the nicest places in Paris, museums (with loads of explanations as a gift), the best terraces to eye French females (or males).
Jump into the bus !

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France