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Paris, รle-de-France Region, France
@Pierre.Salaun
Member since 2013
French guy in his thirties who loves to travel (no kidding) and discover new places and faces and food. I work in a tech startup in Paris, and spend most of my free time at the movies and concerts. I also try to play a little bit of music (guitar and bass). I am not so good at it but I find it a good way to blow off some steam. One day I will learn how to play the piano. Not really a sports guy, even though I really enjoy playing tennis and badminton (and once upon a time volleyball but quite frankly I don't really remember how it's played now ๐ ). -- I'm currently taking a sabbatical and am driving around Europe in my van, so I won't be able to host anyone before 2020 when I'm back home. On the other hand, if anyone can offer a hot shower during my trip, I'd gladly accept!
Interested in Concerts
Interested in Festivals
Fluent in English
Learning Portuguese
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
It turns out meeting with locals is the best way to discover a city, and I find it fulfilling to share with people with various backgrounds and experiences and stories. When I travel I don't necessarily couchsurf, I am mostly looking for hosts that might be available to show me around or at least with whom I could spend a little bit of time. Otherwise I might as well go to a hostel โบ๏ธ Also I am hosting in Paris because I believe travelers don't have to spend so much money for their accommodations. And of course whenever I am available I like to offer what I expect when I am traveling myself: a little bit of my time to discuss and walk around the city and maybe share a meal and/or a drink.
Music, Movies, and Books
Movies The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Old Boy, No Country for Old Men... Wes Anderson, Michel Gondry, The Coen brothers, Spike Jonze, Jim Jarmusch... I used to like Scorsese's work up until Casino. I have a thing for Korean movies (Bong Joon-Ho, Park Chan-Wook, Kim Jee-Woon...) Shows Late 90s/early 2000s HBO (The Sopranos, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Oz), Friends, Scrubs, The Office, Kaamelott, Cowboy Bebop, Flight of the Conchords, Adventure time... Music Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Pink Floyd, Built to Spill, Wilco, The White Stripes, Modest Mouse, Parquet Courts, Ty Segall, Car Seat Headrest, Mitski, Sparklehorse, Elliott Smith... Books Bret Easton Ellis, Nick Cave, George Orwell, Franzen, Dumas...
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Converting a van into a campervan, without any previous appropriate skill or knowledge. It might not sound that amazing to you, but to me it does!
What I Can Share With Hosts
I am not much of a cook but I can prepare a good ol' ratatouille ๐
My Interests
Cinema, live music (mostly rock and many of its subgenres), underground art, food (all of it)