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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Visiting those parts of the world I believe one (or rather I) SHOULD see...and see a few little things like Northern Lights
ABOUT ME
A mongrel ? Mother : Austrian, Father : French, family Name : Polish, Live in Paris. Made a living in making corporate movies and documentaries. Speak English French, German, Spanish and Portugues (not well for the last two, and currently learning Japanese, a dream coming (slowly) true.
Interests, Books, Ideas, Discussion, Truth, Art, Classical Movies, Asian Culture (chinese and japanese), Next wish : The Transiberian Train.
PHILOSOPHY
People are ALWAYS interesting !
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Can lend a couch / futon, from time to time . In a separate room.
I regularly organize with a dinner or a tea linguistic meetings in my home (from 15 to 35 people).
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Never couchsurfed myself yet, but have
put up, at least 30 people under different circumstances. One is Servas, others through friends
Interests
See Above and add more (everything is interesting for a short time, to get the gist of it, when well explained most things are really interesting.
My know-hows are film history, art, history in general, litterature (with huge holes), and a bit of philosophy.
Music, Movies, and Books
O. Welles, Jean Renoir, Persuasion (Austen), William Shakespeare, Proust and at other levels : Simenon, Chandler, Orwell, Truffaut, Ozu, etc.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Slept in Macchu Picchu (in the ruins)
Teach, Learn, Share
Teach : Public speaking in English and French
Learn Japanese
Share : Conversation and history and many others topics.
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, Bolivia, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Norway, Poland
Countries I’ve Lived In
Brazil, France, Peru, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States