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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
A minimalist trip. A minimalist (but great) life.
ABOUT ME
I think I can describe myself as a romantic, eccentric, funny, loving person.
I love meeting new people, learning new things, trying to achieve equilibrium between every aspects of my life.
I love to see the world and to travel around it when I can. However, I try to remember that the greatest journey begins with new eyes...
PHILOSOPHY
Trying to make as much good as possible around me and to learn as much as possible at the same time.
Trying to keep amazement alive in this world.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I have surfed a little bit in the past. By travelling and surfing more, I hope I can bring great stories to tell my hosts... and also become a very good host when I will be back home!
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Great so far. I have only done a little bit of it, but it's been enough to realise that it can be turned in a very rewarding experience.
Interests
Music, cello.)
Nature, gardening and living close to the earth
Sports and being active outside in general!
Observing, dreaming, writing
Philosophy, litterature, ...
Nurture significant relationships with membres of family, friends and others
Meeting new people
Being amazed by beauty, both on this planet and inside people's heart
- writing
- literature
- beauty
- dining
- gardening
- boating
- politics
- traveling
- survival
- music
- camping
- surfing
- sports
- biology
- history
- religion
- science
Music, Movies, and Books
Dominique Demers, Virginia Woolf, Jorge Luis Borges, Cormac McCarthy, John Steinbeck, Alexis de Tocqueville, etc.
Lots of books, really.
I enjoy cinema repertoire.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
I was resting in Shimoni, Kenya, during a week-end, when someone shouted about whales which were resting in the chanel between the mainland and Wasini Island. We thus spent the whole afternoon on our tiny 10 POB boat as spectators of one of the greatest and most moving things ever: a huge, magnificent, impressive mother whale tenderly supporting its newborn baby from underwater to let it breathe while still resting. I was feeling so... small in front of such a sight, and yet I could suddenly understand the meaning of life...
Teach, Learn, Share
Wilderness survival techniques
Camping tips
Gardening for food :-), some biology
Philosophical ideas about occidental literature, history, politics, religion and science.
Lots of things about music
French language
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Guatemala, Kenya, New Zealand, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
Canada, New Zealand