Bonjour ! I'm Jean-Baptiste (call me JB) a near-30 Parisian.

Worked in online banking since the moment I got bored and chose to do what I wanted the most : travelling with my girlfriend and, most of all, finding a project related to travel. First step : welcoming travellers in Paris, to meet people and be useful to them.

Now, I have a project with a friend to create something to help travellers like you to meet Parisians and experience a bit og the local life : Welcom' to Paris (simple, isn't it ?)
https://www.welcom.city or https://www.facebook.com/welcomcity/
(If you have 5mn to check it, I would be glad to hear your opinion !)

I like GoT, Big History, running (100+km / month), creating stuff and meeting people. See you soon !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

EDIT : I hosted a couple of surfers at the end of 2017 and earned 3 months of "verified membership". And for one months I got 1 or 2 requests a day. I'm sorry but it's too much to answer, so I change my status ; but if you want to meet or be hosted, feel free to send a message ! Just put "Rhinoceros" in the first sentence, so I'll know you read my profile ;)

Because I'm in a time of my life when I say : "I've got to travel a lot more, my horizon is too tight !".

I'm a sharing person, former host at AirBnB (but now, they lost their original spirit), giving free courses of history, French and running, moving by BlaBlaCar, etc. I love the sharing spirit and it's a pleasure to meet people.

I want to get to know more that movement, and be useful to the community, whether it be by answering questions, by participating to CS events (but the real spontaneous ones, not the sponsored BS ones), hosting people, or even making them discovering Paris a couple hours.

Interests

• culture
• writing
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• running
• drinking
• politics
• reading
• astronomy
• history
• food
• travelling
• reading books
• share
• ancient history
• meeting new people
• green living
• berlin
• good beer
• french boxing
• big history
• off the paths

Music, Movies, and Books

Music : I don't really know, but I'm a lot into old blues, electro chill and "general playlists on Soundcloud".
Movies : Nolan's Interstellar and Inception, and generally any movie where you brain is highly needed.
Series : Game of Thrones, Rick and Morty, Peacky Blinders, and South Park mostly.
Books : Georges R. R. Martin, Ken Follett, history and politics books, like Jeremy Rifkin, Evgueny Morozov, Noam Chomsky.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Was working and online studying in France when I was 22 ; suddenly got bored of the daily tourine ; decided a Wednesday to fly to Ireland (an old dream) ;on Sunday, I was on a flight with a one-way ticket to Dublin. Stayed 10 weeks exploring and meeting people, one of the greatest decisions I've ever made.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share Paris with you :)

Share dinner (I like to cook), share tips and advices, share passions and thoughts, share moments !

What I Can Share with Hosts

My Paris : the non-touristic parts
Insights about beer and wine and French gastronomy.
Our previous trips and long-term travel plans. Would like to hear about our guests' stories and plans too !

We plan to travel to the Baltic countries (and maybe Stockohlm / Saint Petersburg / Moscow), Greece, Turkey, India, Sri Lanka, Balkan countries, Portugal, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovaky, Nigeria, Uganda, Tunisia, Egypt, and Afghanistan. If you come from these places and are really in trouble to find a host or someone to spend time with, shoot me a message, maybe I will be able to help !

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Spain, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Ireland