Hello !

Here is a bit about me.
Passionate about sports and travel, I discovered the joy of traveling with my grandfather, who accomplished to travel to more than 75 countries.
I made an objective to perpetuate his teaching and legacy, while discovering other places and culture my own way.
I am currently on a one year long trip in New Zealand - with a Working Holiday Visa. Through this journey, I want to discover places, people and culture while spending as much time as possible with local communities. So far, I managed that through hitchhiking and exchange work opportunities - such as WWOOFing and HelpX. After a month in a farm North of Auckland, I am now heading further South, with the objective to reach Wellington by the 5th of September. While hitchhiking to Wellington, I want to stop to a few places to meet local people and keep on exploring this beautiful country.
In the coming months, I also want to get a bike to discover the country while bikepacking. This would be something new to me, but I have been thinking about such an experience for a few years now and I believe it is now a wonderful opportunity to try it. I heard that the pace of bikepacking is often described as ideal - fast enough to make progress but slow enough to appreciate the surroundings. I also expect to meet locals this way and maybe get to exchange about this way of travelling.
Thank you for reading about me, and I hope to exchange with you soon!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Aimed to share my passion for travelling with like minded people, discover locals and help others in their quest of discovering the world (as soon as I have my own place).

Interests

National championship in running, beach-volley and football.

• cooking
• running
• hiking
• bikepacking
• movies & books
• thriller books
• travel adventures
• athletes biographies
• historical fiction books

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Inception, Interstellar, Gladiator, The Last Samurai, La la land, Your Name
Books: the Millenium saga from Stieg Larsson and David Lagercrantz, the Kingsbridge saga from Ken Follett, athletes biography, adventures stories.
Music: epic music, movie soundtracks (Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, Ludovico Einaudi, Justin Hurwitz), Japanese movies and anime soundtrack

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hitchhiked from Toulon, in France, to Amsterdam and back in 48h as part of a student challenge. Though many times can be considered as a great adventure, I particularly want to highlight that one, because it was probably the first travel experience where I got out of my comfort zone. I shared it with a fellow student friend and was able to connect with amazing people through all the rides that made this journey possible. Since then, I believe connecting and sharing moment with other people should be a core component of any travel.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to cook and discovering new recipes and local specialties.
I really enjoy learning new languages and especially having the possibility to do language exchange discussions.
In the last years, I have also been reading and listening a lot about nutrition, training methodologies to improve running performances, travel adventures, and about food and cooking practices around the world.
Finally, since my arrival in New Zealand, I have been experiencing the life in farm and how to maintain garden and properties in a sustainable way.
I would love to learn and exchange more about any of those topics and I am also quite open to discuss any of your passion.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would like to have a proper exchange and sharing moment with my hosts. I believe connecting with locals makes the travel experience reach another level of greatness and creates wonderful memories, potentially leading to genuine friendship.
I can gladly share nice meals. I love to cook, especially Mediterranean inspired vegetarian recipes.
I would also gladly play some board games, chess or card games, as this is an activity I really enjoy to do when I am with other people.
Finally, I can share a nice moment, with a cup of tea, talking about sport or travel adventures and ideas, and other topics of passion.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russian Federation, Réunion, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain