*** Recent reactivation of my profile on June 16, 2025 ***

CURRENT MISSION

Finding pieces of beauty to make them joys for ever, as Keats once said.

So I sold my company, and at the end of August I'm leaving for 4 months to visit Canada, the islands of Polynesia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, and maybe more...

I am sometimes available to host guests during the summer of 2025 in Marseille, but I won't be around very often. I'm always up for showing people around the city or hiking in the Calanques and hills. I have a car.

ABOUT ME

38 yo French guy. Open minded, laid back and very interested in all people can do with their lives.
There is a lot to do in Marseille, and my part of it is meeting new people from foreign cultures, discovering new paths, seeking new ways of looking at things. I believe that's a great goal.
So feel free to contact me, to be hosted, to get advices about what to visit and where to hike around Marseille, to share couchsurfing experiences.

It's been 15 years I use CS, since 2010. A lot of my friends were hosts and couchsurfers, so I would know a lil bit about hosting and it is always a pleasure for me.
I use to live in North Africa, England, Hungary, Indian Ocean islands, and travel a lot with my jobs in Europe, the USA, Middle East and Africa. I write emails anyway so feel free to contact me and let's have a chat if you want to travel to Marseille !

MOTTO

"A thing of Beauty is a Joy For Ever", Keats

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I opened this profile in 2010 when I was living in Tunisia but no CS surfers, only friends and friends of friends.
Reactivated in december 2013 in Paris for six months before moving to another region.
Now living in Marseille, but I'm going on a big trip at the end of August! !

PHILOSOPHY

Traveling is what drove me to study, work, and live. It's in my blood. I tried to settle down in Marseille for seven years, so I had to build an international company that I left to my partner. Clients in 55 countries.

I traveled every month. That's what really motivates me, staying mobile. In mind and body. Meeting new people, learning. I've never grown tired of it; on the contrary, it gets better every day!

Interests

I've got one idea and one aim that keeps me fighting on in everyday life : try to be the one I wanted to be when I was a child. The person I'd be fascinating by.

And this person would be kinda easy-going, calm and funny, knowing a little bit about everything and willing to get more, rich because his real wealth would be friends and people he would meet. This is part of my project, listening to people and giving what I can to make them as happy as I am.

• beauty
• boating
• politics
• traveling
• sailing
• swimming
• business
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Godart, Gondry, Jeunet
New/Cold wave, stoner, punk, Jamaican tunes, soul music, Arabic folk music, Japanese funk
Cendrars, Melville, Camus, Zweig, Proust
Poetry especially Arabic
Theology essays

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being born on a sailing boat maybe.
Swimming with whales in the Indian Ocean, few weeks after watching a volcanic eruption.
Meditating in Lalibela (rock churches), and others places in Ethiopia during the last week of the Holy month.
Built a worldwide brand which has enabled me to build a network of friends all over the world.
Watch the sunrise at 6 am in the mountains of northern Vietnam in a small Hmong village.

Teach, Learn, Share

Philosophy, Politics, Sociology about musical trends and human relations.
How to speak French, how to make flowers from a paper sheet, how to play a little bit of guitar.
Maybe, how to turn figures and charts into a powerful international business model. Not the funniest part but if you want to start a company, could be!

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Romania, Réunion, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Hungary, Réunion, Tunisia, United Kingdom