I'm not so good at being social, I'm kind of an introvert, but I'm doing my best to push myself to meet people, because I like meeting new people, I'm always learning and I love it.
I'm an illustrator and I work from home so I like to go out from time to time to meet people.

I'm 28 year-old. I'm new in the city of Le Mans. I used to be an aupair in Finland. I was born and raised in Nice, France.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I often read in hosts descriptions that their home is not a hotel, and I want to answer to that here : I know your home is not a hotel, and I'm grateful for it. I've slept in dormitories, youth hostels, inns, airbnb and it was just not the same as sleeping at a couchsurfer's. I would go into my room, leave my bags, people would ignore me or spend just a minimal amount of time in basic human interractions with me. I would then go out to visit and the rest of my time would be spent in an unknown cities miles away from any friend or relatives in relative anonymity, surrounded by strangers and by strange walls.
It was not a good feeling, I think for me the inability to connect with people is what makes them and their place seem scary, unwelcoming or different. But just taking a bit of time to speak with the people of that city and I would have a glimpse into their culture, into what moves them days in and days out, into what makes them wake up in the morning.
That's what couchsurfing bought me and why I often prefer looking for a place in couchsurfing than in a hotel. Ultimately I could spend the money to go to a hotel if I thought it would significantly improve my stay. But I think on the contrary hotels and airbnb deprives me of what I like the most about travelling : meeting people, connecting with their culture, learning to empathize with them, so that I don't see their people as a mass of strangers but as a myriad of individualities coexisting together.
I don't like travelling when it just means seeing the places.

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To meet people who knows the city they're living in and who can show the small places that make the heart of the city, and the small things that make the heart of the culture - as someone from a really touristic city, I'm not really interested in touristic tour, and tourism places, but rather in what the local knows and enjoy about their place of living.

Interests

I like Art, I like Space and I like Science. I'm a bit of a nerd. I seem to always get sidetracked in my hobbies, and I've tried a lot of things!
I like to learn a lot, I spend too many hours of my day reading articles on geopolitics, sociology, philosophy, physics, history, mythology... And first and foremost I like hearing/reading stories. People's stories or made-up stories. I believe there is something precious and joyful in imaginary worlds, and something powerful in their ability to teach people that the world we're living in is just one possibility among many other, and that we can always build a better world together. Ultimately I think speculating about what the world could be is the first step toward knowing what to do when everything goes wrong and how to move in the right direction.

• culture
• books
• cooking
• movies
• socializing
• history
• physics
• psychology
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

In no particular order, probably forgetting some.
Movies: Soylent Green, Blade Runner, Robocop, The City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, They Live, The Thing, Alien, La Jetée, Kiki's Delivery Service, Nausicaa...
Books: A Scanner Darkly, His Dark Material, Harry Potter, The Black Company, Foundation, A Song of Ice and Fire, Ender's Game, Stephen King. But I kind of read anything.
Games: Baten Kaitos, Supreme Commander, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Fire Emblem (PoR and Awakening), Mass Effect, Bioshock, Torchlight 2, Left4Dead, Deus Ex, WipeOut, Portal.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I was 17 I went on an itinerant journey in Norway, and it took 30 hours on train to go from Nice (my native city) to the northern isles. It was a 3 days and 2 night trip and we stopped at Paris, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo.

Teach, Learn, Share

As I enjoy learning, I can teach a whole lot of things. I assume I'm a good storyteller. I can cook dishes from the south of France. I can teach French. I can teach English - I'm not a native speaker but I know some words. I can teach how to draw. I'm always ready for a talk about existential or philosophical questioning.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A talk. I can cook too!! ✨
My best dish is ratatouille.

Countries I’ve Visited

Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Scotland, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, France, Hungary, Italy