Right now I am finally accomplishing a very old dream : living in New Zealand

ABOUT ME

I went off to England for the summer as soon as I turned 18 and had finished my A'levels. That's when I got hooked... Since then it's been a dilemma between beautiful France and the rest of the world. So wherever I am, I want to see the world, whether it's by travelling physically or by meeting new people, doing new things...

PHILOSOPHY

Make Every Day Count !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I discovered Couchsurfing in Helsinki and loved the community there, since then I've been on and off depending on my situation, I hosted a few people in Lyon, got hosted in Italy and Poland and met some great people there.
I would love to host more but living in house shares often makes it tricky, but I am very willing to take people out to discover my current location instead :-)

Interests

Cinema, theater, meals out in good company, music gigs,...
I like sports in general : running, trekking, swimming, yoga...
But more than anything : trips here there and everywhere, whether its local or far away !

• animals
• theater
• education
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• running
• partying
• drinking
• boating
• movies
• traveling
• music
• sports
• swimming
• anthropology
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Slumdog millionaire / Shawshank redemption / Amelie
Stereophonics / Sigur Ros / Tunng / Black Keys / Radiohead / Patrick Watson, etc, etc, etc
Jonathan Coe's books / Mike Gayle's / A year in the merde / Albert Camus, La Peste / ...............

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My beautiful city of Lyon, at night in the summer on the river banks...
Was in South India, 1km from the sea during the Tsunami 2004, this whole trip changed a lot of things in my life.
The views from the boat between Finland and Sweden, the Finnish countryside in winter...
Getting traumatised by the pigeons in Venice.
Picking fruit with people from 20 different nationalities in South England.
A very cool yoga retreat in Thailand
Living in and touring New Zealand for a year ! My absolute favourite place in the world so far!

Teach, Learn, Share

I speak French and English / I can cook decent French food and pass it on / Bits and bobs on anthropology and education topics /
I love languages but have been really bad with it since I've become fluent in English, my current mission is to learn Italian because I have Italian roots.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'd be very happy to show you around my home city, or go on day trips or nights out with like minded people, I am not a party animal at all but I love socialising over a nice meal and a few drinks.
I will have a car very soon...

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, India, Italy, Poland, Spain, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, France, New Zealand, United Kingdom

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