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Overview

  • 33 references 30 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Spanish
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Wanderer - Law Student - Philosopher - Politician
  • Not enough and too much.
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Acquire Wisdom : After 10 years of having this mission, I can gradly say : Check.
Use wisdom wisely : This one is still a work in progress, and might take a while.

ABOUT HOSTING

2018 : I am on the road for all of june (from may 26th), pieces of july and most of august.
I have some kind of exam in november, so the september/october/november tryptic is gonna be ectic, and I'll be packing to move out of Tours in december. (If not earlier)
NB : A good request makes a 0% chance to be accepted become a 90% chance (good requests can't beat planning. Though great requests might.)

ABOUT ME

"The only world worth conquering is the one within. The others are just here to visit."

There are two ways of doing this bit. I can give you the short version : A long-term wanderer, following his instinct to chose the next stop and who has been living many lives already as he reaches 30. For the long version about what life is to me, we'll need a beer.
And to know who I am.. Well, if you figure it out, don't tell me, I'd rather understand on my own.

PHILOSOPHY

Don't regret a thing. Everything that happened to you made you who you are now. So love who you are, with faults and greatness, and enjoy your life. Live to the fullest.

"The World is yours." (Motorhead)
"To be a rock, and not to roll." (Led Zepellin)
"The best is yet to come." (Scorpions)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host, I surf, and I exchange as much as I can.

I do emergency hosting whenever I can, provided that I read your request in time.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

November 2010 : Surfed in Copenhagen
December 2010/January 2011 : Hosted in Paris (6 people/groups)
February 2011 : Surfed in Delhi and Varanasi
February-May 2011 : Travelled in Nepal
January 2012-May 2013 : Hosted in Le Havre (18 people/groups)
November 2012 : Surfed near Gibraltar
May 2013 : Surfed in Tucson, AZ and Washington DC
June 2017-Ongoing : Hosted in Tours (2 people/groups)

More coming...

Country's Surfers Count:
1) Germany : 10
2) Finland : 3
2) France : 3
2) Russia : 3
5) Bulgaria : 2
5) Czech Republic : 2
5) Poland : 2
5) Sweden : 2
5) United Kingdom : 2
10) Austria : 1
10) Argentina: 1
10) Bahamas : 1
10) Belarus : 1
10) Canada : 1
10) China : 1
10) Mexico : 1
10) Spain : 1
10) Taiwan : 1
10) USA : 1

Interests

Philosophy, Politics, Music, TV Shows, Reading, Videogames, Sociology, party, and enjoying life : )
I also like people. That's something, I guess.

Next travels (June 2018) : Road-Trip (with tents) in Italy, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany.

  • politics
  • traveling
  • music
  • sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies : I almost do not watch movies. However, I recently did a list of the best TV shows I've seen, there were 53 of those, and I kept a lot out.

Music : Mostly Rock music, from classic folk (Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, etc.) to heavy metal (Whitesnake, Iron maiden, Motley Crue) throught big classics (Rolling Stones, The Who, Guns and Roses, Aerosmith, etc.)

Books : Thrillers and Fantasy mostly :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Live.

- (Hardly) Climbing up to the summit of Gokyo Peak (alt. 5384m - Népal) and sitting there, watching the top summits of the world.

- Living for some times in one of the poorest area of Nepal, learning all that western mankind forgot long ago : How to be kind, generous, warm and welcoming to strangers, and to refuse something in return.

- Partying in the Arizona desert, in a foreign country with people from another country I didn't know, and having the time of my life !

Teach, Learn, Share

I can tell you all about my views on the ideal society, what's wrong and what's great with mankind, and why I'm wrong. :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Denmark, France, Gibraltar, India, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Nepal

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