Hi ! My name is Matthieu. I'm French and have been living in Paris for the past 8 years, mostly studying and currently pursuing a doctoral thesis in International Law at the Sorbonne University. Nonetheless I've been able to travel a lot (South America, South-East Asia, India-Nepal, Africa...) and have always enjoying meeting new people. Also, I love cinema and literature !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm really looking forward to meet new people as I've always done during my trips. I'm planning a trip in Japan over the summer and looking for nice people to kindly receive me. I'm of course open to any help I could provide during my stay (cooking, helping with shopping, housework assistance etc.). For now, I'm living in apartment-sharing so unfortunately I can't accept any person but I will be happy to in the near future when I'll have my own place.

Interests

• arts
• literature
• law
• philosophy
• travel
• cinema
• chilling
• paintings

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite directors : Andreï Tarkovsky, Fritz Lang, Mamoru Oshii, Billy Wilder, Marcel Carné, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jean Eustache, Satoshi Kon, Hamorny Korine, Jean Renoir, Kenji Mizoguchi, David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, Jean-Luc Godard and so much more !

Favorite authors : Goethe, Proust, Stendhal, Tolkien, Scott, Flaubert, Balzac, Buzzati, Camus etc.

Favorite bands : the Velvet Underground, the Strokes, PC Music, Kanye West, the Knife, Weyes Blood, Anamanaguchi and so much more !

Favorite painters : Giotto, Raphael, Vermeer, Van Gogh, Monet, Lucian Freud etc.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm completely open to teach french or english. I also did 10 years of clarinet so I can help with solfeggio. Furthermore I'm an assistant teacher in International Relations so if that can be of any help... In addition, I would really love to learn Japanese, being a huge japan movie fan.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would like to enter the local culture in the best way, learning about its different aspects as history, religion, food, rituals, ways of thinking etc. I guess that is what couchsurfing is for.

Countries I’ve Visited

Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Egypt, Germany, India, Italy, Laos, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France