CURRENT MISSION

See the world, listen to the music, live life.

ABOUT ME

Some bits about me: PhD candidate at EPFL; *adore* music (progressive rock, jazz, soul, folk, psych, classic rock; still buying cds and ...vinyls and spin them on a weekly radio show you can listen and read about here: http://vitaminzradio.wordpress.com/); human rights, peace & democracy advocate; german/belgian beers fan; like many sports but only succeed in volleyball :) Open minded, discreet, friendly; enjoy good company, good food, good conversation!

PHILOSOPHY

Keep Ithaca always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you are destined for.
But do not hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so you are old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you have gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaca to make you rich.

Ithaca gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you would not have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.
And if you find her poor, Ithaca won't have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you will have understood by then what these Ithacas mean.

[K.P.Kavafy, "Ithaca" (excerpt; transl: E. Keeley & R. Sherrard)]

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Mainly through activities organized by members.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted friends and relatives many times. Why not extend it to interesting couchsurfers?

Interests

Music, photography, travelling (obviously!), politics, radio, hanging out and talking with people from all over the world....

• photography
• human rights
• dining
• beer
• politics
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• sports
• volleyball

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC < Leonard Cohen, Pink Floyd, Mános Hadjidákis, Miles Davis, Madeleine Peyroux, Scorpions, Nina Simone, Amy Winehouse, Nick Cave, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Marvin Gaye, Caravan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Trombone Shorty, Louis Armstrong, Donovan, Eric Clapton, Milt Jackson, Lee Morgan, Billie Holiday, The Kinks, Dusty Springfield, The Doors, Frank Zappa, Mark Knopfler, Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, Dire Straits, Cressida, The Rolling Stones, Rick Wakeman, Portishead, Muse, Eloy, Maxophone, Julie Driscoll, Janis Joplin, Queen, Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, The Zombies, Deep Purple, Allman Brothers Band, Al Di Meola, Frédéric Chopin, Camel, Ultimate Spinach, Simon & Garfunkel, Cat Stevens

MOVIES < Seven, Citizen Kane, Woody Allen, Gran Torino, The Matrix, V For Vendetta, The Shawshank Redemption, Stanley Kubrick, Bernardo Bertolucci, The Usual Suspects, The Bridges of Madison County, The Godfather, Amelie

BOOKS < The Strawberry Statement, 1984, J. R. R. Tolkien, Nick Hornby, Comics, Le petit Nicolas

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Can I talk again about music?!

Teach, Learn, Share

When you're too bored of me talking about music, you can always tell me so!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Greece, Switzerland