March 2016: I have moved and now live in a small house with a lovely garden located in Pertuis, 20mn north of Aix, in the earth of "Luberon". About 10mn away from Lourmarin.
And 20mn from Buoux... relevant information for climbers only ;-)

I travel about half of my time but I will be happy to host you if our flight patterns cross :-)

Fabien

March 2015 update: Thanks for all your requests, I receive a lot! :-) I am sorry I cannot accept them all since I'm travelling more often now, but I'm trying to answer as soon as possible!

August 2012 update: I am now ready to host CSers! I have a flat and a brand new couch.

I have started a round-the-world trip last January 2009 with the aim to live each day as intensely as possible, enjoying the good times and learning from the bad, climbing as much as possible...
and answering some of the questions we all have in mind (where am I heading? why? what do I really want to do? what do I need to eventually reach this bloody feeling of fullfilness ? etc.)

I am simple, polite, outgoing. I like both being alone and with a bunch of people, I like both silence and music, I like both speaking and listening, I like both outdoor and indoor activities, nature and crazy nights!

I don't like stereotypes.

Recently I've been said I was "particular"... it might be true, but I still have to check out the definition in the dictionary first!

MY PHILOSOPHY

"le risque est la condition de la liberté"

"shared sorrow is half sorrow, and shared joy is double joy"

"Decisiones implican riesgos"

"La felicidad es un trayecto, no un destino"

"Everyone knew it was impossible, but arrived a fool who didn't know it... and did it"

"Experience is not what you live, but what YOU DO with what you live"

"Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself"

"You can have fun without being happy, and the most difficult part to change it, is first to take consciousness of it"

"Charite bien ordonnee commence par soi-meme"

"L'art d'etre tantot tres prudent et tantot tres audacieux, est l'art de reussir"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

2015 update: I recently quit my job so I have much more time to host and show people around. However I tend to overfill my life so I might be busy or out of town when you're around.

I am currently enjoying to be hosted all along my trip, and I already feel so much thankful that I look forward to host travelers at my place when I'm back.

As I see it, CS is a community in which you give to someone what you´ve received from someone else --> sounds like a "perfect society" recipe!

I have been travelling quite a lot and thus seen a lot of wonderful places... but my best memories are always those I shared with people I felt connected to.
I strongly believe that travelling is all about meeting people.
CouchSurfing is the best way to meet fellows travellers with the same state of mind.

All my experiences so far have been interesting. And I look forward to have a couch and host travellers and give back all I've received !

Interests

Rock-climbing, moutain-biking, trekking, snowboarding, surfing, ice-climbing, mountaineering, slacklining, travelling, drinking, laughing, dancing, "make the most out of life"-ing...
and pretty much all other activities ending in -ing :)

Interact with people, exchange, give, receive.
Learn, understand.
Intense discussions over a red-wine glass.

• arts
• dancing
• wine
• drinking
• gardening
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• mountaineering
• surfing
• snowboarding
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

If there was only ONE book:
Le Petit Prince, The Little Prince, El Principito. (Antoine de Saint Exupéry)

If there was only ONE music:
Reggae Ska (Toots & the Maytals, The Skatalites, Jim Murple Memorial)

But there are many more... and I tend to be an epicurean: a little bit of everything :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

2016: I have decided to change my life. I quit everything I had built in order to start over, again. I am trying to figure out my mind-limitations and schemes I have been periodically falling in and get rid of them.
I am now a blogger : www.grimpe-a-vue.com

Teach, Learn, Share

French language
Rock climbing
Slacklining

What I Can Share with Hosts

CURRENT MISSION

Give back to CS community what I was given while travelling.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, England, Germany, Israel, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, France, Spain