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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Meet new people, have a good laugh and discover places
ABOUT ME
I'm open minded, curious and creative, I like discovering other cultures, countries and languages.
Kind and funny, people say I have a good sense of humour.
Generous - I really enjoy sharing knowledge, food and drinks!
Easy going - Just be who you are!
PHILOSOPHY
I would say that I am or at least I try to be a mindful existentialist.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Host and surf.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I have to work on it !
Interests
Social - I enjoy going out dancing, having drinks, socialize, have interesting encounters.
Cinema- I love films!
Books - I really enjoy reading novels
Radio - I produce a film review radio show, I also enjoy making podcast and travel sound logs.
Travel - Either to a neighbour, another city or country. I am always eager to know more about other cultures, opinions, music and lifestyles.
- writing
- books
- literature
- singing
- concerts
- dancing
- dining
- recipes
- chocolate
- drinking
- movies
- reading
- traveling
- socializing
- music
- jazz
- drums
- swimming
- languages
- volunteering
Music, Movies, and Books
Movies - Fight Club,The Social Network, The Angel's Share, Moonrise Kingdom, Cracks, Zodiac, Up, Bottle Rocket, Manhattan, A Prophet, The beat that my heart skipped, The Hour, An oversimplification of her beauty...
Music - African and caribbean music : Fela Kuti, Fatoumata Diawara, Toumani Diabate, Anthony Joseph and the spasm band. Brazilian music : Joao Gilberto, Bebel Gilberto or Marcio Faraco. French folk - Melissa Lavaux. Hip hop : MC Solaar, The Pharcyde, Dafuniks etc... Electronic music : Birdy Nam Nam, Crystal Castle. Jazz of course !
Books - Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, Orlando by Virginia Woolf, Phedre by Racine, The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid, The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi, The Long Song and Small Island by Andrea Levy, On Beauty by Zadie Smith, 26A by Diana Evans, The Kid by Sapphire, Trumpet by Jackie Kay, To The End of the Land by David Grossman etc...
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Swim with whales in the Pacific ocean.
Teach, Learn, Share
I can teach you French and how to make a podcast
I can teach you how to make amazing Hummus
I can give you a nice tour of Oxford (awesome pub crawl included)
What I Can Share with Hosts
An invitation to my home country
I can cook you dinner
Countries I’ve Visited
China, France, Israel, Jamaica, Mauritius, Mayotte, New Zealand, South Africa, Suriname, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Réunion, United Kingdom