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Chaumontel, Île-de-France Region, France
@ALECMACNEIL
Member since 2011
I am a recent University graduate from Canada spending a year living and working in France while improving my French language skills. I live near Paris and plan to visit as often as possible. This is the first time I am doing any serious traveling, and I plan to see as much of my surroundings as possible while I am fortunate enough to be here!
Interested in Basketball
Interested in Books & Literature
Fluent in English
Learning French
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I would most like to visit the following places: - Dublin, Ireland - London, UK - Bruges, Brussels (Belgium) - Hallstatt, Austria - Isle of Barra, Scotland - Barcelona, Madrid, Cordoba, Ibiza (Spain) - Croatia - St. Petersburg, Russia If you have insider tips, or currently reside in any of these places, I would love to connect! I will also be visiting Paris regularly while I am here, and would love some information about where to go/what to do!
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: The Beatles, Pink Floyd, CSNY, The Guess Who, Leonard Cohen, Simon & Garfunkel, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Sikth, Avenged Sevenfold, Wu-tang Clan, Protest the Hero, Queen, Opeth, Notorious B.I.G., Maya Jane Coles, Neil Young, Kanye West, Joni Mitchell, Father John Misty, Eminem, Earth, Wind & Fire, Drake, Danny Brown, DMB, Cat Stevens, BTBAM, Alt-J, Arcade Fire, Mooryc, Black Sabbath... Movies: Goodfellas, Beginners, Woody Allen films, Ex Machina, LOTR, Blue is the Warmest Colour, City of God, Frida, Headhunters, Layer Cake, Rat Race, Half-Baked Books: Harry Potter (of course), The Millennium Trilogy (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, etc.),The Outsider (L'Étranger), The Chocolate War, The Hardy Boys, Redwall series, Animal Farm
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Picked up and moved to a foreign country!
Teach, Learn, Share
I have not traveled extensively, but I want to. I am very interested in opinions different than my own, and enjoy talking with people of different backgrounds than my own. I love to learn about places that I may one day be able to visit!
What I Can Share With Hosts
I am not a fantastic cook, but am always willing to try! I can, however provide some music - I don't usually travel with an instrument, but if you have one laying around I would love to play together!
My Interests
I love music. It is very big part of my life, and of my upbringing. I don't know of many better feelings than discovering a new artist that you have never heard of, and going through their catalogue. Even better, discovering that you love an artist that has been around forever, but you have never been exposed to! Would be more than willing to have a jam session, if you have a guitar or bass handy!
