CURRENT MISSION

Succeed in my studies, to change my life :)

ABOUT ME

I am quite shy at first but once I feel I can trust a person I am much more comfortable and relate easily to others.
I think I am frank, generous and open-minded, very eager to learn about and from people. I have always been curious about different cultures and customs.
I don't judge people according to their skin colour, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, hair colour, shoe size or whatever !! But I find it hard to relate to racists and bigots :/
I think I am patient and supportive but I don't like to be disappointed by people I trust, it upsets me a lot.
I think my biggest shortcoming is procrastination. External time seems to go faster than my internal clock, that's the best way to put it :D
I teach English in a secondary school but am soon to resign in order to fully study psychology for a change of career and life :)

PHILOSOPHY

My mantra at the moment :
"There is nothing to fear but fear itself", Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm available for tips or advice on Bordeaux and around.
I'm ready to have a drink or host people on my couch and share happy moments, smiles, laughters and emotions :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far, I have...

... hosted
- Hayden from Darwin, Australia
- Thomas from Angers, France
- Emin from Trabzon, Turkey
- Sarah from Baden-Würtemberg, Germany
- Yingting from Taiwan, China
- DongWoo from Busan, South Korea
- Adrien from Montpellier / La Réunion
- Elizabeth from Dordogne, France / San Francisco, USA

... been hosted by
- Aidan in Belfast, Northern Ireland

... met for a drink / chat / dinner
- Zazie from Berlin, Germany
- Larissa from Niteroi, Brazil
- Goga from Zagreb, Croatia
- Karol from Carndonagh, Ireland
- Luciano from Torino, Italy

... shared a flat with
- Emin from Trabzon, Turkey
- Lena from Tübingen, Germany
- Janine from Bern, Switzerland

... sublet my room to
- Judyta from Warsaw, Poland

Interests

Languages & other cultures, reading, photography, yoga, cinema, music, Ireland, history, Irish history in particular, writing, Art Nouveau, daydreaming, politics, psychology, Jean-Paul Gaultier, cooking & baking, making my own jewels, a whole bunch of weird things such as trees, wood, rust, old stones, skin (and wrinkles and scars as they tell our own history too), in fact many many things !

• arts
• writing
• photography
• cooking
• baking
• yoga
• drinking
• politics
• movies
• reading
• socializing
• music
• boxing
• history
• languages
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES : basically Clint Eastwood's, Pedro Almodovar's, Tim Burton's, Jane Campion's, Charles Chaplin's and Buster Keaton's movies but also "Into the Wild", "Ae Fond Kiss", "The Bubble", "Mademoiselle Chambon", "Eyes Wide Shut", "Mulholland Drive", "Festen", "Benny & Joon", ..., British movies, Israeli movies, Argentinian movies, Irish movies... and so many more !!

MUSIC : mostly rock / pop / indie / soul / folk / traditional but also classical and baroque music as well as some jazz, so to give some names... Pixies, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Mumford & sons, Björk, Camille, Arcade Fire, Antony & the Johnsons, Asaf Avidan, Cat Stevens, Leonard Cohen, Damien Rice, Strokes, MGMT, I'm from Barcelona, Doors, Janis Joplin, Mamas & Papas, Housemartins, Noir Désir, Rita Mitsouko, Anne Sylvestre, Georges Brassens, Piaf, Amalia Rodrigues, Chet Baker, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Blossom Dearie, Danny Elfman, Rachel Portman, Koacha, SoKo, Purcell, Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, ... and many, many more !!

BOOKS : about everything by Stefan Zweig, Arthur Schnitzler, Albertine Sarrazin, Toni Morrison, Roald Dahl's and Guy de Maupassant's short stories, Brian Friel, Paul Auster, Albert Camus, Louis Calaferte and many more !

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I think amazing things are everywhere in our daily life, we can find them at every street corner or totally miss them, depending on how open our eyes and heart are.

Teach, Learn, Share

I already teach English. I guess I could teach some French too. Also how to cook some French dishes and how to fill a bento box :)
I am eager to learn about everything, languages of course, different cultures and philosophies, ways to look at the world.
I am willing to share my place, time, meals and laughters :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can't host at the moment as I share the flat with a roomie but I'm willing to meet people when I am available. I canalso help on tips about my city.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Ireland

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