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Overview

  • 38 references 31 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Breton, English, French; learning Dutch
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Biology and geology teacher in high school
  • Engineer in agronomy and environmental economics, Teachin...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Rooting in mysterious and beautiful Central Brittany ("Kreiz Breizh" as we call it here).

ABOUT ME
After a long period exploring the world and myself, I am back in the heart of Brittany for a completely new type of adventure. Together with my girlfriend we bought a house in the countryside with a big plot and the idea to turn it into a small scale farm. We started this project 5 years ago and we had 2 kids since : Eliaz (2018) and Anouk (2020).
When we have a bit of time we also to go work paid jobs.... I'm a part-time biology teacher in High School and she is a salesperson in the local organic shop.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Default mode is "accepting guest" but we are sometimes unavailable.
We mostly hosted cyclists and small families in the past 5 years but everyone is welcome !

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I started hosting in 2010, then I surfed for a few years and now I am hosting again since 2017.

Interests

Still very interested in traveling, hiking and going out but the recent change in lifestyle makes me focus more on young children education, plant growing, animal keeping and house renovating for the moment :-)
And the never changing interests, wherever I am and whatever I'm doing : ecology, meeting people from everywhere and every culture, listening to/playing music, reading about biology and anthropology, playing Go (and chess), ...

  • culture
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • hiking
  • sports
  • road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Music : Mainly acoustic (world music, gypsy swing, traditional breton and irish music) but I tend to go back to my teenage favorites once in a while (Metallica, Korn, System of a Down, ...)
Books : Anthropoly, philosophy and novels of any kind
Movies : I like Tarentino and Rodriguez, thrillers, fantasy (Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings), documentaries on nature, some series (House of cards, Peaky Blinders, Borgen, Manifest, Colony, Friends, The Big Bang theory, ...)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent a night on the Great Wall of China, rode a horse in the steppes of Mongolia, spent 2 weeks on a fishing boat, spent a week in an aboriginal village making a movie on the art center

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach or share stuff related to my life style, my hobbies and my travels (see elsewhere on my profile)
Always very interested to hear about people's stories and their views on politics, kids raising, the future of our societies, ....

What I Can Share with Hosts

A place to stay (see "My Home"), a hot shower, tips about the region and some time to hang out !

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Denmark, France, Malta, Switzerland

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