**UPDATE January 2020**

I have just decided to settle back in Paris and will focus on language learning. I will see this CouchSurfing year as a learning and sharing opportunity. I am happy to teach you French or Spanish in exchange for your native tongue.

[I won't be mad if you don't read this description, but mentioning any of it in your request could boost my interest in conversation with you.]

Hey there! I'm a French-Mexican polyglot, translator, amateur writer, language teacher, and lucid dreamer. I recently launched a multilingual website about languages: www.langscape.me

[ES] Nací y crecí en la Ciudad de México, y viajé mucho durante mi infancia. No he encontrado mejor experiencia que conocer personas intrigantes. Siempre me han gustado mucho las lenguas y sus respectivas literaturas. Ahora quisiera conocer a artistas y almas libres de todo tipo.

[FR] Mon père est Français. J'allais au lycée français de Mexico et l'été je rendais visite à ma famille, qui a toujours été un peu éparpillée en France et en Suisse. Je me suis récemment installé à Paris. Après l'obtention de mon diplôme de master en juin 2017, je me suis mis à la recherche de travail. Les carrières de diplomate, de chercheur et de professeur m'intéressent.

[DE] Mit 17 habe ich ein Auslandjahr in Deutschland gemacht, wo ich neue Interessen entdeckt habe (Lesen, Schreiben, Sprachenlernen). Seither versuche ich, diese Sprache regelmäßig zu benutzen, da ich sie wirklich mag. Meine engsten Freunde sind in den letzten Jahren deutschsprachig gewesen und ich freue mich immer über neue Bekanntschaften oder Freunde, egal aus welchem Land.

[EN] Talking to the locals and making new friends has always been my favorite part of travelling. Regardless of age, gender, profession, and nationality, I'd be glad to host you. I advocate for free circulation of ideas and free usage of languages. To be honest, up until recently I didn't genuinely enjoy talking or writing in English, until I realized how rich and beautiful a language it is. And it can do wonders to unite people from different backgrounds.

[RU] Я - общительный человек. Я особенно люблю говорить о литературе, музыке и философии. Если ты - русскоязычный, то пожалуйста напиши на русском. Буду только рад. Недавно я провел 4 дня в Москве. Мне очень хочется снова туда поехать, а в следующий раз хотел бы использовать этот сайт.

[IT] Non ho ancora avuto la fortuna di accettare degli ospiti italiani. Sarebbe un piacere riscoprire Parigi con voi. La sonorità della vostra lingua mi piace da morire. Qualche tempo fa sono stato al festival di Spoleto e ci ho fatto la conoscenza di un gruppo di attori italiani giovani ma geniali! I ricordi ne sono davvero pazzeschi.

[PT] Falo português porque é mesmo muito similar a espanhol, né? 51% do tempo falo portunhol. Huahua. Morei um ano com doutorandos na Casa do Brasil em Paris. Se falar direitinho, eu nao gostei muito disso, porque tinha uma diferença de idade muito importante. Teria vontade de conhecer galera mais jovem de espírito.

[NL] Ik ben zo'n mens die graag in het Nederlands spreekt en deze taal mooi vindt. Gek, hé? Ik vindt het leuk dat vele Nederlandse zin in avontuur hebben. Als je op zoek bent naar een nieuwe manier om Parijs te ontdekken, schrijf gewoon maar!

[CS] Ahoj! Před 4 rokam jsem měl českou přitelkinou, proto jsem bydlil v Praze i trochu rozumím českomu. Bylo to super, ale moc dobře mluvit česky neumím. Moc se mi libí Karel Gott. Doufám, že jsou Čechi, kteřy přijdou do mého bytu, abysme mohli spolu pít i zpívat.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Until recently, I did not have a place to offer, so I would only couchsurf actively. I feel that the time has come to give back to the community by having people over in my flat in Paris, near Place Monge in the beautiful 5ème arrondissement.

I have come to understand that the most challenging borders are the social ones. Staying at a local's house is one way to overcome that frontier. I genuinely enjoy all kinds of conversation. My endeavors are intellect- and art-oriented.

Interests

• theater
• yoga
• blogging
• guitar
• piano
• badminton
• languages
• psychology
• longboarding
• long walks
• lucid dreaming
• unesco
• translation
• existentialism
• russian literature
• puns
• writing letters
• german litterature

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Lovers Are Strangers (Michelle Gurevich), Une Miss S'Immisce (Exotica), À l'Aube (Feu Chatterton), Time in a Bottle (Jim Croce)

Movies: Laurence Anyways (Xavier Dolan), Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky), Inception (Christopher Nolan), Ce qui nous lie (Cédric Klapisch)

Books: Der Zauberberg (Thomas Mann), Un Altro Giro di Giostra (Tiziano Terzani), Brief an den Vater (Franz Kafka), At the Existentialist Café (Sarah Bakewell)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

• I have become completely lucid in a dream, which turned me into a floating point of consciousness. I cannot describe how odd it felt.

• Bungie and parachute jumping were two highlights of my teen years. I had always wondered what free fall would feel like, as it often appeared in my dreams. It is one of those things you have to experience yourself to really grasp, which I find mysterious yet beautiful.

• I once had a group of two Italian girls think I did not speak their language. Plus, they were using a somewhat coded version of Italian and thought me and my friend did not understand them at all. I managed, by observing and applying several means of decoding, to understand everything they were saying, which made me feel like a secret agent. I was 15. And I felt really good about it.

• Last year I wrote a 70-pages paper in 10 days. I felt bad about being such a procrastinator, but empowered after having made it.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a native Spanish and French speaker and have years of experience teaching either language, both online and face-to-face. I would be very happy to give advice on how to best learn foreign languages.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Paris is a place where space is scarce and beauty abundant. I have the luck to rent a spacious room and would like to share it with travelers from all over the world. I studied here for two years, and can recall countless times where I felt lucky to be in this unique city. Sharing those moments with passionate people would further increase their effect.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, France, Germany, Mexico, United States