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Overview

  • 7 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning German, Spanish
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Podcaster — ex marketing
  • Essec Business School (France)
  • From Versailles, Île-de-France, France
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About Me

I am French, I lived in various countries and now I live in Toulouse with my girlfriend. I love meeting new people and help when they are visiting. I enjoy life and am extremely positive. And yes, I love hitch-hiking.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I always had good experiences on CS. People of this community like to share their way of life and I love to discover other ways of living and learn from others.

Interests

I love traveling for discovering people, the way they live, their universe, their cities for culture, parties and whatever they like. I also like nature for landscapes and adventure. I travel mostly by hitch-hiking.

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, but also Arcade Fire, the Black Keys or Arctic Monkeys. Also the French legend Johnny Hallyday ;-)

Movies: Classics including The Night of the Hunter, Casablanca, or the Godfather. Into the wild changed my life. Also into comedies like Wedding Crashers, chick flicks like Love Actually and Moulin Rouge, action movies like the Dark Knight.

Books:
French: les Misérables, Le Petit Prince, la Cité de la joie, le Cinquieme cavalier Belgian: Tintin
Russian: Anna Karenina, Karamasov Brothers
US: Grapes of Wrath, On the Road

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

From September 2019 to February 2020 I hitchhiked all over the US. I made a podcast out of it "Pèlerinages Américains" (mostly in French)

Teach, Learn, Share

I used to teach rock'n'roll dancing (freestyle) and am still happy to do it when people want to dance. And I am happy to cook a good chocolate cake with my hosts or guests

What I Can Share with Hosts

One room in my Toulouse apartment.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, England, France, Germany

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