CURRENT MISSION

try to figure out how I could be useful on this planet

ABOUT ME

I think I am a rather open-minded and good-humored person though a bit discrete, simple, easy-going and... I think that's about it...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I live in a small appartment near Paris and it's difficult for me to decently host anybody as there is only a 1.50 m long Moroccan couch in my living-room! But... if you have your own sleeping bag and if you don't mind these conditions, I would host you with pleasure! Besides, I'd be very happy to spend some time with you (mainly on week-ends or evenings) if you want to come over to practise your French and visit Paris. I can give you some tips on what to do and to see, depending on what you prefer : shopping, restaurants, cafes, museums, visits, landmarks, music ... just ask me!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My aim is to meet nice people and exchange views on various topics. I am NOT AT ALL interested in flirting.

Interests

I like sharing good times (restaurants, walks, movies, shows) with my friends (who are a second family!), discovering new cultures, travelling and keeping travelling. I enjoy continuously discovering Paris, I love languages (my job). I'm concerned with indigenous rights, environment conservation. If I had several lives, I'd love to be a dancer (egyptian raq sharki, salsa), a cook and an ethnologist... But I have only one so I'm hurrying up!

• performing arts
• dancing
• environment
• cooking
• shopping
• movies
• traveling
• music
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: some Woody Allen and Hitchcock movies, thrillers, biopics, but mostly movies sending a message like Lords of War, the English gardener, Persepolis, Slumdog millionnaire...very serious topics!
theater: comedies (very funny topics, for a change)
music: ethnic music, dance
I'm trying to read novels in English, Spanish and Italian and I'm interested in psychology.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent a few days in a Massai community when I was in Tanzania with a humanitarian foundation. Obviously, we could hardly exchange a few words.At one point, a girl lent me two of her rectangular pieces of cloth and her sandals to wear them for fun. I ended up in the centre of the village wearing the ladies' traditional jewels and their huge pearl celebration necklaces and I had to perform their traditional dance with them on!

Teach, Learn, Share

Any exchange with somebody new is an opportunity to learn and to improve oneself

Countries I’ve Visited

Cameroon, Canada, Egypt, Ethiopia, Italy, Jordan, Maldives, Mali, Morocco, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United Kingdom