CURRENT MISSION

Meet. Share. Love.

A bit of my work here: www.lucasvanel.com

ABOUT ME

I'm a 25 years old french man who grew up in the countryside in Jardin (a short drive away from Lyon in the south-east of France) with an inextinguishable desire to travel, discover and learn. I am passionate about nature as well as photography. I love working out, and pushing my limits. I like to walk, run, hike, basically any physical activity where nature is close by; I'm in!

Among my interests, I would mention that I'm deeply interested in astronomy and biology. I love having philosophical conversations, going into ecstasy while staring at beautiful landscape pictures and immerse myself into the scenery, associating music to a particular time of my life, anticipating moments I'm excited to live, taking a step back on my life and being grateful, having shivers while listening to music or watching a moving scene in a movie. Bit of a hopeless romantic, haa.

To the best of my knowledge, I am hardworking, I could skip meals and spend hours on something when I get in "the zone". I generally just like a good challenge. I am also calm, curious, adventure seeking, serious, and smiling.

I would judge my English speaking level as fluent, insofar as I attended a "European class" for my high school years, enabling me to improve my English and study history, physics and chemistry in English. Moreover, I undertook a year world tour after I turned 18, volunteering on farms (WWOOF) and couchsurfing my way in the USA, New Zealand, Australia, and Sweden.
It dramatically changed my life, and all my plans for the future as I met my boyfriend in Sydney and decided to move there. This sabbatical year made me see a bit of the world, brought me even closer to nature, taught me about sustainable farming as much as about life, while meeting awesome and unforgettable people on each side of the planet.

RANDOM FACTS:
-I've been living in Sydney for the past 6.5 years
-I love storms, sunsets and sunrises, unexpected kisses.
-I have a very analytical mind, and like studying people's mind and behaviours.
-I'm a bit of a perfectionist, overthinking & indecision are daily struggles of mine.
-I need to write down every ideas or plans I make.
-I'm scared to forget, so I take a lot of pictures, trying to immortalize each instant.
-I'm left-handed, unbaptized and gay: already got my VIP ticket to hell! ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

-2 weeks in New York
-1 week in San Francisco
-1 week in Los Angeles
-1 night in Wellington (NZ)
-5 night in Nelson (NZ)
-1 night in Auckland
-2 months and 1 week in Sydney
-4 nights in Gold Coast (AU)
-4 nights in Brisbane
-1 night in Cairns
-2 nights in Darwin
-1 week in Stockholm
-6 nights in Paris
-4 nights in London

Interests

Photography
Strength Training
Running
Science
Philosophy

• photography
• running
• flying
• movies
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• sports
• astronomy
• biology
• chemistry
• history
• physics
• science
• volunteering
• wwoof

Music, Movies, and Books

TV shows: How I met your mother, Misfits, Casa Del Papel, Black Mirror, The Handmaids Tale, Outlander, Stranger Things, The Fall, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace, Desperate Housewives, American Dad.

Among the movies I like the most, I would pick up:
The Green Mile; L'Auberge espagnole; The Russian Dolls; Into The Wild; Inception; Ma vie en l'air; Volver; Catch me if you can; A very long engagement; Léon; Jeux d'enfants; Shutter Island; Pour Elle; Priceless; Welcome To Gattaca; Esther

Music:
Flume, Parov Stelar, Caravan Palace, Metronomy, Empire of the Sun, Phoenix, Starfucker, Ratatat, Foster the People, MGMT, Coldplay, Air, Passion Pit, Wax-Tailor, Breakbot, The Cinematic Orchestra, The Cranberries, Jamiroquai, Moby, Manu Chao,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm currently living them...
visited 9 states (4%)Create your own visited map of The World or Like this? try: Movies from a balloon

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, New Zealand