CURRENT MISSION

Working to be more and more self-assured. Trying to live my dreams.

ABOUT ME

Self-employed and work part time. I teach guitar.
I'm creating ongoing data base of my teaching method.
I do voluntary work for a French charity institution helping the children to do their homework.
I have a long experience of community living(summer camps,holidays with friends, associations, bands of music)and can be mindful to come up to other's expectations.I also like being on my own.
I'm not :
-a couch potato
-a car owner
-what one could call a high roller

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just joined in June 2011.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet.

Interests

I'm keen interested in music and like transcribing songs.
I enjoy traveling alone as it forces you out of your shell to meet and connect with people.
I enjoy very much bicycling.
I like studying foreign languages.
DIY.
Beers from Belgium in moderation.

• birds
• sketching
• diy
• beer
• flying
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• swimming
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES/Directors : Frank Capra, Robert Altman, Sidney Pollack, Woody Allen, Charlie Chaplin, Clint Eastwood, Terry Giulliam, Dino Risi, Ettore Scola, Marco Ferreri, Emir Kusturika, Wong Kar-Wai, Nagisa Oshima, Akira & Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Pablo Trapero, Bertrand Tavernier..
MOVIES/Actors : James Stewart, Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroiani, Ugno Tognazzi, Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Steve McQueen, Humphrey Bogart, Jodie Foster, Ingrid Bergman, Steve Carell, J.P Belmondo, Jacques Gamblin...I also enjoy Pixar films.
BOOKS: "Really the blues" (Mezz Mezzrow). "Triska" (Nick Khon). "Indian Blues" (Sherman Alexie). Stories of Jack London. "Fou d'Amérique" (Yves Berger)...
MUSIC: B.B Broonzy, Freddy King, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Hendrix, Dylan, Johnny Cash, Dixie Chicks, Willy Deville, Neville Brothers,Zappa, James Taylor, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Rolling Stones, Adriano Celentano, Serge Gainsbourg, Georges Brassens, Django Reinhardt, Les Doigts de l'Homme, Gilberto Gil, D2, Cassia Eller, Vanessa da Matta, Armandinho...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Convoy of an old French car from south of France to Niamey(Niger).I crossed the Ahaggar mountains in southern Algeria.
I crossed the Atlantic Ocean and asked myself this question of the untmost importance : "Are flying fishes fishes that can fly or birds that can swim?".
Carnival of Salvador de Bahia (3 million people in the streets).

Teach, Learn, Share

I like teaching guitar to children, teenagers and adult.
I have smattering of drawing, sketching.
I'm found of montages with Photoshop.
I can not swim and would like to learn someday.

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Dominica, Greece, Guadeloupe, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain, Togo, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France