CURRENT MISSION

Animated with curiosity and passion, I found in CouchSurfing an identity and the best way to travel and meet people!

ABOUT ME

I was born in Paris and grew up in Toulouse in southwest France.
I lived in 6 countries: the US, South Africa, Colombia, Kenya, Switzerland, and Germany.

I've been living for the past five years in Berlin.

I work in the Climate tech space, investing in companies that have the potential to tackle climate change :)

PHILOSOPHY

Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have (always keep that in mind)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

In the 3 years that I lived in Chicago I hosted a lot of amazing CouchSurfers from Germany, US, France, Ukraine, Colombia,...etc. Tremendous people that make you feel lonely when they leave...
I have also traveled in South Africa and all around the US with CouchSurfing. I have been hosted about 15 times and have never been disappointed. My hosts were simply amazing!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I went to South Africa and worked at Stellenbosch University. I stayed two months there and traveled around a lot in this wonderful country. And, thanks to this South African trip, I discovered CouchSurfing! I have experimented with CouchSurfing three times there: twice in Cape Town and once in Johannesburg. I definitely loved this stay.

I also made a huge trip around the US during the 2009 winter: December 2009- January 2010. It was quite the performance! I couchsurfed during this whole trip. One month!

As a way to give back, I started hosting travelers in Chicago and became one of the top Couchsurfing hosts in the windy city.

Interests

I am really open-minded, I find interest in everything! If you find the right angle to look at things, you'll always have a chance to be fascinated.

But my main interests are travel, the environment, nature, books, cinema, music, sports, photography...

• performing arts
• photography
• technology
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• sports
• science
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

Well, the list of my favourite movies would be too long to type in here, among them:

-Forest Gump (Robert Zemeckis)
-Spartacus (Stanley kubrick)
-Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese)
-Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
-Save Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg)
-The Shawshank redemption (Frank Darabont)
-Requiem for a dream (Darren Aronofsky)
-Pretty Woman (Garry Marshall)
-The red line (Terrence Malick)
-The pianist (Roman polanski)
-Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam)
-Lord of War (Andrew Niccol)
-American History X (Tony Kaye)
-Gladiator (Ridley Scott)
-Braveheart (Mel Gibson)
-Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola)
-Seven (David Fincher)
-Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo (Sergio Leone)
-Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood)
-Road to perdition (Sam Mendes)
-Léon (Luc Besson)
-Schindler's list (Steven Spielberg)
-Interview with a vampire (Neil Jordan)
-La vita e bella (Roberto Benigni)
-Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant)
-Elephant (Gus Van Sant)
-Fight Club (David Fincher)
-Volte Face (John Woo)
-A beautiful mind (Ron Howard)
-The sixth sense (M. Night Shyamalan)
-Waterworld (Kevin Reynolds)
-Scarface (Brian de Palma)
-Dances with wolves (Kevin Costner)
-Dumb and Dumber (Peter farelly)
-Fear and loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam)
-Babel (Alejandro González Inárritu)
-The Notebook (Nick Cassavetes)
-Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick)

... and many others!!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Started a cleantech company in Kenya
-Hiked Mount Kilimanjaro
-Travelled across 60 countries

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Macao, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, France, Kenya, South Africa, United States

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