Hi! I am Aurélien from France. I live in the southwest part of the country, in Toulouse. I am 24 years old and student in my last year of computer science and robotic engineering.
I would consider myself as independent, open-mind with a need to connect with people through sincere relations. I like adventure, challenges, travels, meeting new friends, speaking different languages, learning, understanding things...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To make travel experiences richer: meeting new kind of people, knowing and understanding local cultures, forgetting and overcoming prejudgments, being surprised by unexpected things or people.

Interests

I am passionate about music, especially music composition and interpretation. I have played piano for a long time.

I feel concerned by philosophy and sciences related to human like sociology or economics. I can spend quite long moments thinking and exchanging about that. This is a spontaneous momentum.

I practice outdoor sports like cycling, swimming, skiing, some climbing or kayaking. Sometimes I travel by bike.

Travel, accept to let it go...

• arts
• cooking
• traveling
• piano
• sports
• philosophy
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

- Music: Classical, baroque, romantic music and others old range (Bach, Gabriel Fauré, Beethoven, Erik satie...), movie soundtracks composed by great composers in my view as Joe Hisaishi, Jóhann Jóhannsson, James Horner, Alan Silvestri, Hans Zimmer, Yann Tiersen etc. Some jazz, salsa, bossa nova, rock and occasionally traditional music (oriental, african or gipsy music). Rap and R&B.

- Movies: Movies inspired by Stephen King's books, Studio ghibli productions, psychological, realistic movies. More generally films that deliver a message, that rush your spirit, which you can gain something from.
I also love fantastic movies that subtly scramble the limit between reality and fiction, eventually with a note of drama. In that sense, I really appreciated "The Orphanage", or "Pan's Labyrinth" written by Guillermo del Toro.

- Book Authors: Primo Levi, Sylvain Tesson, Stefan Zweig

Teach, Learn, Share

Learn and teach cooking
Teach French
Teach any knowledge I could have
Share life and travel stories

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am totally open for conversations, any cultural visits, to share my culture and knowledge, to learn and to teach recipes, to play sports, to walk around...

Countries I’ve Visited

Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy, Spain