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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning German
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • No occupation listed
  • Ecole Centrale de Nantes - Engineering School
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Left my job in August 2015. Then left my parisian appartment in January 2016. Well, left many things behind except my curiosity, my fun, my camera and my guitar ! :)

I am now travelling 2 months accross Australia and will continue the adventure for 1 year in New Zealand, looking for what my next mission in life could/should/would be.

ABOUT ME

Born in the french Island of La Réunion in 1986, raised in Vienna (Austria), graduated from highschool in Washington DC, studied Engineering sciences in Lyon and Nantes, got my first job in Paris. This doesn't tell who I am, just where I come from.

PHILOSOPHY

"The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall", Gandhi
"Le véritable voyage de découverte ne consiste pas à chercher de nouveaux paysages, mais à avoir de nouveaux yeux», Marcel Proust

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Unfortunately I have no home anymore, so I can't host... unless you fit in my backpack! :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

No couchsurfing experience... yet! But I love the philosophy of it! Sharing stories of travel, meeting new cultures, new faces, helping each other... As soon as I have my own place, I will be very happy to host!

Interests

First, and above all, I always love to learn about the World that surrounds me. That leads to the following interests :
Music (guitar & singing), art, photography, culture, history, science (especially about space, environment, new technology...), spirituality and philosophy, evolution of society, economy, sustainable development. And much more. I am far from being an expert, but I am just curious and I think that it is even more important than being an expert! :)
And I looove rugby... This must be one of the reasons why I chose New Zealand as my next destination!

  • arts
  • culture
  • singing
  • photography
  • environment
  • technology
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • backpacking
  • rock climbing
  • rugby
  • engineering
  • history
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Words are windows... or they are walls, Marshall B Rosenberg

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing the Piton des Neiges (3000m) in La Réunion in 2014. It's not much, but it has been a revelation for me, the starting point of my liberation, when I decided to leave my well-ordered life, my job and my appartment. I am now searching for my real me. And it's a great adventure!

Teach, Learn, Share

Now learning to travel, so always happy to get good advice!

I'm allo learning photography, non violent communication, guitar...

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, China, Dominican Republic, England, Germany, Italy, Mauritius, New Zealand, Philippines, Réunion, Scotland, Thailand, Tunisia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, France, New Zealand, United States

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