People say I'm a calm, easygoing and smiling person.

After a long overland trip in Europe and Asia in 2017 / 2018, without phone or air travel, I decided to settle in northern Vietnam and work in English teaching and tourism. I returned to France at the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020 after a 3-year absence.

Since then, I've bought an old van and made it my home, continuing to travel around France and work in seasonal jobs in tourism, vineyards or animation.

I'm also launching a microbrewery with two friends in the countryside near Toulouse, in south-west France.

I love folk traditional dance and music, trekking, mountain, craft beers and role playing games.

After three months traveling to Turkey through the Balkans, mainly by hitchhiking, with my girlfriend. I'm now heading back to France on my own, still overland.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people, learn from other cultures, to help travelers in their trips and to meet local people when I travel.

Interests

I love mountain, nature, trekking, hitchhiking and craft beers.

I love to travel by land. Air travel is never the first thing on my mind. If I want to go somewhere, I imagine and plan everything I need to do to get there by land. Hitchhiking is my favorite means of transport, because it's random and you meet so many different people along the way. It's a really adventurous form of transport : you end up in places you hadn't planned to visit, talking to unexpected people, sometimes in unexpected vehicles!

In this philosophy, Couchsurfing is also part of the trip: meeting locals is, like hitchhiking, a great way to get to know and learn more about the culture. In youth hostels, you meet only other travelers.

I also love traveling by walk. I recently did several treks in France : The "Tour du Mont Blanc" in 10 days, the Stevenson Trail in a week and the GR20 in Corsica in 15 days.

About my other interests, I play diatonic accordion for years and dance a lot in folk bals and festivals. Music and dance are both synonyms of life and human contacts !

I also like to play in role playing games and board games with friends and I am an adept of LARP (Live Action Role Play).

• concerts
• festivals
• folk dancing
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• hitchhiking
• trekking
• craft beer
• roleplaying games
• larp

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen a lot of traditional and folk music because it's linked to what I dance and I play but I am curious and I like a lot of other kinds of musics (world music, jazz, latino, rock, punk, etc.) Like in a lot of other domains I like mixing styles and originality.
I am always interested in the traditional music and dances of countries I visit.

I don't read a lot and prefer audio-books.

Movies I like : Children of Men, Layer Cake, Fight Club, Delicatessen, Los Viajes Del Viento, Memento, Snatch, La Haine, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I took part in a Kupala Night in 2017: a long night of traditional dancing and games around a big fire, on the banks of a river in Siberia. It was magical.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach traditional and folk dances from my country !

What I Can Share with Hosts

Fun, dance, games, stories and a lot of other things !

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Czech Republic, India, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Viet Nam