Hello, Bonjour, Hola, Hallo, Ciao, Olá, 你好! I'm a Québécois adventure traveler, software engineer, polyglot, and amateur pianist. Born and raised in Montréal, lived 10 years in the US and one in México, with a wealth of backpacking, living abroad, and couchsurfing stories to share. I'm now living around Asia, studying 中文, and happy to meet or host world-curious travelers. Let's skip the beer and go straight to tea ;).

Reach out to me in your language, you'll make my day!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing matches my values: sharing my space and experiences, turning strangers into friends, and opening up to the cultures of the world. I try to meet at least one interesting person every week. Will you be the next one?

Interests

• Adventure traveling and stories
• Hiking, biking and backpacking
• Languages, people and cultures of the world
• Piano and music theory
• Society and politics
• Software engineering
• Personal development and public speaking
• Circus arts: Flying trapeze, unicycling and juggling

• salsa dancing
• politics
• piano
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• languages
• sociology
• adventure travel
• chinese
• german
• personal development
• biking
• toastmasters
• programming
• latin america
• trapeze
• spanish
• portuguese
• italian
• public speaking
• mandarin

Music, Movies, and Books

I have no (non-instrumental) music, movie or series culture, but I read books in various genres, enjoy playing instrumental music on the piano, and will play a retro/indie Metroidvania game once in a while.

YouTube piano channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/TrillianOnPiano

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Studying Chinese in China
Living in all three North American countries.
Presiding over a Toastmasters club.
Becoming an heptaglot.
Couchsurfing my way around the world.
Page turning lyrics for Broadway billionaires.
Playing piano for the C++ Standards Committee.
Juggling on a unicycle in a skydiving suit.
Evaluating a Costa Rican oratory contest.

Teach, Learn, Share

Languages are my thing so I'm always up for exchanging languages and learning tricks.
Everyone on CS is a travel mentor, I've probably done crazy things you haven't, and vice-versa. Happy to share!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China, Mexico, Switzerland, United States