ABOUT ME

Most of self-descriptions that I happened to read on CS,inspired me to keep rather quiet in this section.

Moreover, do we really know ourselves?

PHILOSOPHY

Does not matter how severe the storm is, a seagull will never give up on its beloved sea

Just because you fit, does not mean you belong there

Sometimes you need to go far to see close.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Couchsurfing was a revelation of my student years! I've hosted, surfed, met up just enough to realize how enriching every human encounter is, even a negative one! It pushed me to get out of my shelf and I have lived things which still spontaneously come to my mind making me wonder if they actually happened!

Interests

French New Wave in the cinema, the world in the 60-s, Learning more about art (paintings in particularly), challenging myself, hand written letters, modernism in literature, theatre, Learning about weird phenomenas, sicknesses, discoveries,Finland, reading famous people biographies, sustainable development, collecting rare expressions in French language, international migrations, other cultures' superstiscions, dreams interpretation

• arts
• literature
• dancing
• movies
• reading
• piano
• surfing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:Jean-Luc Godar,Patrice Leconte,Alain Resnais,Francois Truffaut,Claud Lelouch, Jacques Rivette,Wong Kar Wai,Wim Wenders,Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Bernardo Bertolucci,Andrei Zviagintsev,Woody Allen,Terrence Malick, some from Kubrick, Bunuel and others

Boris Vian,Andre Breton, Fedor Dostoevsky, John Galsworthy,Milan Kundera,Scott Fitzgerald,John Fowels, Paul Eluard, Joseph Brodsky, Vladimir Nabokov.
Three authors whose works are very important to me:
Julio Cortazar, Hermann Hesse and Louis-Ferdinand Celine.

Music:Yann Tiersen,Francoise Hardy,Charlotte Gainsbourg,Portishead,Radiohead,Rahmaninov,Florence and The Machine, Angus and Julia Stone, TimbreTimbre, Chinawoman, Department of Eagles,Amon Tobin,Husky Rescue,The Smiths, Bon Iver, Lila Downs, Fleet Floxes, Alela Diane, The National, Beirut, Simon and Garfunkel, PJ Harvey, Agnes Obel, Lou Doillon, Leonard Cohen, Solander, Eels, Metronomy (the list is indicative but not limitative)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Winning an international contest and getting to live in the United States a whole year for free!

Going to New Orleans (USA) and being a part of a massive group of volunteers helping people to recover after the hurricane.

Dancing macarena one the central place of Bordeaux one crowded Sunday afternoon..

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm interested in learning more about Croatian culture and more specific Croatian wines, as it has been my passion and work back in France.

Croatian language appears to be a new exciting challenge, although a respectful one given to the complexity of the language. Yet, its common roots with Russian keep me hopeful.

Horse-riding, photography, amongst others are the life-long goals and the journey is probably even more fun than the actual destination.

Teaching Russian and French, Bordeaux wines

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Croatia, France, Russian Federation, United States