CURRENT MISSION

Don't forget that you have only one life - enjoy it!

ABOUT ME

After I finished my studies, I realized that life is not only hard working...life is family, meeting new peoples, travelling, learning new cultures, go out with friends, enjoying a good book or good music with a glass of wine at weekend ;)...
I can't conceal my half French origins...

That's why I would love to do things I've never done and see things I've never seen before.

Hm anything else: I love summer! But I also love really cold winter with a lot of snow...snowball fight ;)

PHILOSOPHY

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value." - Albert Einstein

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surfed some couches while travelling around the world, but I'm also hosting people. I also meet regularly people from the local cs community.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

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Interests

I love cooking, reading, travelling, meeting people, hearing music, dancing, doing sports, but also relaxing!

• animals
• culture
• books
• dancing
• cooking
• wine
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• music
• hiking
• sports
• swimming
• teaching
• beaches
• nature
• sharing
• cultural exchange
• listening
• veterinary medicine
• nature conservation

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
*Lianne La havas, Sting, Yann Tiersen, Madrugada, Hindi Zahra, Johnny Cash, Paolo Nutini, Jack Savoretti, Buena Vista Social Club, Tracy Chapman, Lumineers, Nouvelle vague, John Buttler Trio, Yodelice, London Grammar, Kadebostany, Queen...and so much more!

Books:
*Tuesdays with Morrie!
*Erzähler der Nacht
*Momo
...so many!!!

Movies:
*The music never stopped
*Léon: The professional
*Kill Bill
*Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
*Le grand bleu...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Gambia 2003: some local residents cooked for us a traditional meal for dinner to share their culture with us in the middle of the night.

Florida 2011: hiking in the Everglades, it´s amazing...you feel so small - nature fascination

Rügen 2012: swimming in the Baltic Sea between frozen waves looking like icebergs in February while we had minus °C outside. Such a great and stupid story for my grandchilden one day.

Portugal 2012: hiking, canoeing, and for sure have a great time! - dancing, singing everywhere: in the car, at the beach, in the bar, in the bathroom, in the street...;) met amazing new people in my life!

UAE 2017: sky diving...my impression and reference for the great team of desert sky dive:
Yesterday I did my first, and certainly not last, tandem jump. 10min before I arrived at Skydive Dubai, I didn’t know that I would trust my life to a stranger - surprise…did I mention that I am afraid of planes and of heights… But the team is incredibly professional. Pablo found the perfect balance between coaching, fun, assurance and smile - ¡gracias amigo mío! It’s just AMAZING! It’s fun (my cheeks already hurt from the never-ending smiling), it’s frightening (I screamed - a LOT), it’s beautiful (if reincarnation exists, I want to be a bird!), and it is really a life-changing experience (you live just once, don’t waste your time with people or a job you don’t like, with sitting on the sofa hoping tomorrow will be better)! Looking forward to the next time! Thank you so much for this unforgettable experience!
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward” - (Leonardo Da Vinci)

Ladakh 2017: I get tempted to call this my best memory but then it would be unfair to the others as this country is a wonderland: one of the beautiful moment I experienced in Ladakh was my first seeing of a Bearded Vulture in the wild, just 20m above my head. I had also the chance to see and listen to the Dalai Lama, a man with an incredible intelligence and aura.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to cook and to eat, hm I don't know if I'm a good teacher; I mean the only thing that can happen is that the fire brigade has to come over - but the river is not so far away from the house ;)

I can also try to teach you some French or German. I don't think that we need the fire brigade for this ;)

Or perhaps you always want to learn how to knit...I mean, why not, (the next) winter is coming ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates

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