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  • Fluent in English, French; learning German, Italian, Romanian, Spanish
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2012
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Share, discover and get rich through new meetings because we just have one life

ABOUT ME

I grew up in Brittany, a celtic and beautiful region located in the west part of France ;) I am the kind of person who enjoys wandering around and discovering new things. I have lived few times abroad, I like to share my experiences and to meet people with the taste of adventure ! I enjoy traveling since my year in Croatia. I have met amazing people and I discovered beautiful places.

If I could live a life where I consistently traveled and met new people while learning new cultures, I'd be extremely happy :)

https://www.facebook.com/pymgt

One year ago, I realized one of my dream : backpacking around Southeast Asia and Oceania during 9 months. I visited : India, Nepal, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, New-Zeeland, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia. You can follow my trip in my Facebook page in facebook.com/AWorldToExplore.blog and on my blog www.aworldtoexplore.com

PHILOSOPHY

Life is too short for bullshit that no one will care about in 5 years. No one will remember whether you looked better in that dress than someone else, but you will always remember the adventures you had and the people you met.

"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure." Paulo Coelho

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with a strong and active faith." Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would like to couch surf and prolong my travel as much as I can in my life time. I think what makes traveling amazing is the people and stories that you learn from along the way - and not just the destination.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

With CouchSurfing, I traveled for the first time in Portugal, then in United States in July and August 2013. And then many time during my trip in South-East Asia. I realized that there was a real advantage to be able to "enter" in people's lives and better understand others. The CouchSurfing concept help with this. However, I am just beginner in CS but I want to continue to travel by this way because it's incredible and I always meet very nice and memorable people.

Interests

Like a lot of CS, I love traveling and discovering new cultures. There are always lot to see, do, drink, eat, explore. Which also happens to be my philosophy when I travel. Explore and try as much as I can :) I think that this is the best way to can understand more the others and also to can understand more myself. During my free time, I like to go hiking,to go for a bike ride next to the sea. I love French food (especially cheese) and that is the kind of things I miss sometimes when I go abroad.

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Music, Movies, and Books

Films: Tarantino, Woody Allen, Tim Burton, Peter Jackson, Oliver Stone...
Music: pop, rock, Irish music, Brazilian music, Ludovico Einaudi (to relax) and I'm also a big fan of Coldplay, Beirut and the Beatles
Books: Coelho, Levy, Coben and stories of travelers (Le monde en stop written by Ludovic Hubler is one of my favorite)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My US road-trip alone that led us through 15 big cities (East Coast and South) has been amazing in many ways. And if you want I will tell it more when I will meet you.

Update 2015 : A solo road road trip around Asia and Oceania during 9 months !!
The best moment of my life :D

Teach, Learn, Share

I will be glad to indicate you some nice places to visit if you plan to make a trip in Brittany. I can also help you to improve your French, to share with you my travels experiences. I will enjoy to speak Italian and to improve my level of Spanish.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Laos, Macedonia, Malaysia, Moldova, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Croatia, France, Germany, Romania

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