Hello, my name is Yves and I'm a struggling digital nomad.

I was born in Rwanda 29 years ago and moved to France when I was 5 due to historical events. I grew up in the south of France, close to the mediterranean sea and had the chance to study in Montpellier, a beautiful city, one hour from my hometown.

I have been travelling around the world for the past 6 years. In 2011, I spent a year in Montreal, Canada where I met a lot of great people, local and international. From that moment, I caught the travel virus. Since then I've been living in Belgium, in New Zealand and now in Germany. I've also travelled to Thailand, Malaysia and the Netherlands in the last 5 years.

I love meeting people and getting to know them, I'm somehow fascinated by how people think and about what they want to create, so I can be very curious and interested in someone's story. But I have to admit that sometimes I also need to be alone and not talk to people. Life is about balance I hear.

At the moment I am trying to start an online shop to sell streetwear of my own design. I love the way that the internet has made a lot of things possible with all the knowledge available and all the instant communication tools. So with this project I aim to become a real digital nomad and continue travelling while working from my computer (hopefully on a sand dune in Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil).

I don't know you yet but I bet you have great stories to share and I can't wait to hear them :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've recently met a norwegian guy in Berlin who showed me that Couchsurfing was much more than just finding a place to stay. It's a way to connect with people from all around the world and an interesting way to experience cities in a different way. It is vibrant.

Interests

I am a web and graphic designer, I enjoy spending time creating and playing around in Illustrator and Photoshop.
I also love discovering new music, be it artists, tracks or genres, so could be really cool to learn about what kind of music makes you feel, like really feel.

• graphic design
• traveling
• music
• entrepreneurship
• geopolitics
• philosophy
• tv series
• web development

Music, Movies, and Books

I believe that the Tao Te Ching is the most beautiful book ever written.

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Canada, France, New Zealand, Rwanda