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https://www.polarsteps.com/JeromeEnVadrouille/7699313-sur-la-scandiberique?s=cd79127a-1f86-4d01-a47f-71f389d58ac2

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I'm back on Couchsurfing!
But still using BeWelcome or Warmshowers :)
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By the way that description below is quite old.... it needs an update, hope to do it soon jajaja
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I have recently chosen a new path for my life...
after getting my master, working 8 years and having a very interesting job, a comfortable situation in France... I decided to QUIT and to discover the world, the people, their cultures, the way they live..

but in the meantime i am starting seeing myself evolve.. to react to those new meetings, those new cultures, those new persons with their own stories, joys, messages...
Everyone is giving me their little "stone" that makes me grow in a different way..

And i'm really happy about it !!!
I am not saying i don't like who i was before (I absolutely did) but it is nice to see oneself enriching in your heart or mind...

My original goal was to see the world, but it also became to "know me"...

And what has started to be a simple few months trip became an adventure of every day, of every instants !!! A source of happiness, sharing, changing or making new plans, trying to be open to the world and to myself... by listening to my feelings or to any suggestions of fellow travellers or of random but beautful meetings...

By the way I think i'm a happy smily person, pretty easygoing, a bit shy sometimes, who tries is best to be kind.
Lots of very small things can easily draw a smile on my face. You'll see ;)

I want to thank all the nice wonderful people i met so far :)
and especially my family who made this all possible :)

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WHATSAPP
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FACEBOOK / INSTAGRAM
jerome en vadrouille

BeWelcome
https://www.bewelcome.org/members/JeromeEnVadrouille

WarmShowers
https://fr.warmshowers.org/user/178349

BLABLACAR - Carpooling, covoiturage
https://www.blablacar.fr/user/show/393e1e80-391e-11e1-a000-00005f9d6cfa/reviews

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BACKPACKING

My second world tour itinerary (2017-2018)
https://jeromeenvadrouille.travelmap.net/

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BICYCLE TOURING

A tour in France during the COVID pandemia (2020)
https://www.polarsteps.com/JeromeEnVadrouille/3581104-mon-tour-de-france?s=c065688b-9e72-4cdb-8ef2-a7fe1427172d

La Loire à vélo / Cruising the Loire Valley (2021)
https://www.polarsteps.com/JeromeEnVadrouille/3981020-du-moulin-bleu-a-la-loire-a-velo?s=1bd43650-46ab-4bd6-922f-0040817705ae

On the Eurovelo 3 or Getting to the North of Europe (2023)
https://www.polarsteps.com/JeromeEnVadrouille/7699313-sur-la-scandiberique?s=cd79127a-1f86-4d01-a47f-71f389d58ac2

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My first experience was in Zurich and i had a great stay there. Thanks to Romi and Monika !!!

Such a good time than it has been my turn (and pleasure) to host surfers in my home during 2 years!

Then i got the chance to quit my job and start travelling in Europe thenaround the world for 27 months! lots of awesome experiences awaited me there :))

So far, i surfed some couches and enjoyed going to:
- Zurich (CH)
- Alicante (SP) with Polish host and all Alicante Community
- Milano - Lago di Como (I) with Italian/German host
- Marseille & Aix en Provence (F)
- Versailles (F)
- Wroclaw (PL)
- Munich (G)
- Berlin (G)
- Fez (Morocco)
- Katowice (PL)
- Beauvais !!!
- Barcelona with a bulgarian host
- Sevilla (Sp) with a mexican host
- Marbella (Sp) with a english host
- Salamanca (Sp) with a colombian host
- Bucharest with Anca
- Plovdiv (Bg) with Shtiliana & Kaloyan
- Varna with Kalina (that i hosted in Beauvais)
- Krakow with Alicjia (that i hosted in Beauvais)
- Yalta (Ukraine) with Kostya
- Vilnius with Agne
- Tallinn with Elo
- Buenos Aires with Maru
- Rosario with Mauro / Florent & Evelin
- La Rioja with Ana
- Montevideo with Faby
- Tokyo with Konstantina
- Chichibu with Hirohisa
- Mainz with Lila
- Guadalajara with Sam and her family
- Morelia,MX with Itzel
- Taxco,MX with Efrain
- Acapulco with Aurélie & Manuel
- Xela, Guatemala with Philip
- Panama City con Lidia y Ricky
- Cartagena, COL con Katya
- Santa Marta,COL con Andrea
- Maracaibo, VZ con Jose
- Caracas, VZ con Ana y Geraldina
- San Cristobal,VZ con Jeiri, Jeimi, Jeini
- Buccaramanga, Col con Laura
- Medellin, Col con Jennifer
- Manizales, Col con Johanna
- Quito with Iranzu and Edgar
- Guayaquil, Ecuador with Polina
- Curitiba, BRZ with Marianne
- Rio de Janeiro with Mariana
- Belo Horizonte, BRZ with Chico
- Ouro Preto, BRZ with Amanda
- Sao Paulo with Vania y Karina
- Cordoba, ARG with Romina
- Vinia del mar, Chile with Bianca
- Singapore with Wendy
- Singapore with Rani
- Bali with Vina & Ula
- Kuala Lumpur with Archana (twice)
- Bangkok with C

Interests

to be original I love Travelling :)))
I am so glad i got the chance to go on a trip and meet so nice and open-minded people.
Now i just love going abroad, meet people and discovering new cultures.

Some others:
Trekking, Reading, Running, Dancing, Yoga, Having fun and laughing, smiling for sure, Nature, Cooking and Eating (LOVE FOOD and wine), Music, Wandering/walking around, watching the stars, Thinking, Loving...

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Into the wild / La vita é bella / Lost in Translation / Forrest Gump / Léon (The Professional) / Dead Poets Society / Black Cat White Cat / The Gods Must Be Crazy / The Last Mohican / Nighmare before Christmas / In the mood for Love / The Fall / Donnie Darko / Brazil / Blade Runner / Twelve Monkeys / Dark City / Gattaca / The Game / The Prestige / The Rules of Attraction / Garden State / Old Boy / Infernal Affairs / Pulp Fiction / Snatch / The Hangover / Zombieland / The horror rocky picture show / Sin City / El Secreto de Sus Ojos / The Fift Element / Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Directors:
Tim Burton's movies / Sergio Leone's / Terry Gilliam's / James Gray's / David Lynch's / Hitchcock's

Animation:
Wonderful poetic movies by Hayao Miyasaki!!! Spirited Away (Le voyage de Chihiro) and Totoro are being my favorites :)
Ghost in the Shell
Pixar's Madagascar

French Movies:
L'auberge Espagnole / La cité des enfants perdus / Amélie Poulain / Léon / Le premier jour du reste de ma vie / Ensemble c'est tout / Le Grand Bleu / C'est arrivé près de chez vous / les portes de la gloire / un air de famille / les 11 commandements / la folie des grandeurs / la cité de la peur

TV :
How I met your Mother / Scrubs

Books:
100 años de Soledad by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
La nuit des Temps by Barjavel
Zadig by Voltaire
Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Ensemble c'est tout by Anna Gavalda
La nuit des enfants-rois by Bernard Lenteric
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Agatha Christie's (Ten little niggers being my fav)
Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
Molière

BD:
Thorgall / XIII / Enki Bilal / Aldebaran / Largo Winch / Blacksad / Akira..

Music:
I love music!!! many kinds... i'm open to everything: electro / world / blues / funk / trip-hop / indies / jazz / soul.. this is not exhaustive:
Quantic / Dead Can dance / Orange blossom / Fela Kuti / Victor Deme / Ebo taylor / Mulatu Astatke / Gabor Szabo / Gogol Brodello / Amadou & Mariam / Beirut / Damien Rice / Salif Keita / Seu Jorge / Oi va voi / Yann Tiersen / Wax taylor / Amon tobin / GoldFrapp / kid Loco / Massive attack / Portishead / Archive / Ninja tunes / Air / MGMT / Vampire Weekend / Nouvelle Vague / Nina simone / Ghinzu / Pink Floyd / The velvet underdground / Lou Reed / Bob Dylan / Tom Waits / Curtis Mayfield / Manu Chao / Les ogres de barbak / Mano Negra / Noir Désir / Les fils de teuhpu / Daft Punk / marcel et son orchestre / some good house of course!!!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Quiting my job... best decision in my life! (update: i quit 3 times my job now)
- 10 days vipassana meditation course
- Two weeks on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela / Jakobsweg / St James way
- First Marathon done!!! the feeling at the end was amazing :)))
- Crossing the Altantic Ocean on a cruiseship (12 days)
- Overlooking the treasure in Petra (jordan)... amazing
- Sleeping on a roof in Jerusalem
- enjoying an wonderful "Il barbiere di Siviglia" at the Paris Opera
- walking the streets of Paris by Night
- one of my dream came true: Visit Tokyo & Japan!!!
- one another of my dream came true: Visit Istanbul!!!
- Hike to "El tepui de Roraima"
- Doing this worldtour!!!...
- ... and finish crossing the whole EurAsian continent: more than 12 000 km by only train (transsiberian) and hitchhiking
- feeling i'm just a little piece of dust compare to the Magnificient Nature
- Carnaval of Rio and Salvador, Brasil
- Survived the Death Road in the Bolivian Andes
- New Year Thai or Songkran or water festival in Thailand (update. Thingyan in Mandalay, Myanmar)
- Swim in the lake BAIKAL, Siberia
- 2 weeks trekking in the Nepalese Himalayas

Teach, Learn, Share

I wanna improve my Salsa skills !!! And want to be more consistent on myYoga.

Would love to learn japanese, guitar, yukulele, rollerblading, dancing waltz or rock, kizomba, making sushi, any food specialities =) ...

I could teach you how to cook some tasty french meals!
And share stories or travel advices.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, France, United States

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