CURRENT MISSION

Traveling the world and exchange with the locals.

ABOUT ME

Hello I am Thibaud, I am French. I was born in Asia, I grew up between Paris and Amsterdam. I travelled around the world with my parents first and scince I am 16, on my own or with friends. For the 10 past years I lived in 9 different cities, I am always on the move.

I am working around Europe now but I should leave soon for Africa

I enjoy spending my free time with friends, visiting museums and other cultural activities.

PHILOSOPHY

Try things you don't have control on you will either have a good experience or a story to tell.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am no really peaky when it comes to host people. My rule is: if my schedule is free you are welcome no deep research on your profil or something else. If I decline your application it is because someone else is at my place at the same time (In London it was kind of crazy, I was booked one month in advance).

Sadly I have only been able to host for two months while I was studying in London. This was an amazing experience, even if I was stuck in England, I traveled to many different places thanks to the food some of my couchsurfers kindly cooked for me (Thanks again to all of you).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In London I hosted around 20 people over 150 applications. I know the ratio is not very good but my flat was not indefinitely extensible. During this time I was also a "regular" at the West London weekly events.

I did a two month trip in the North part of Central Europe. I manly use Couchsurfing. So visited people I hosted in London a year before, I met very friendly and generous people. I found out that altruism is not an overrated concept.

Interests

Traveling is my second nature, I was born this way I think (I had not reached 1 month that I had already visited 3 continents). I am always trying to find excuses to travel (and money in order to make it possible).

When I am visiting a city I love to get lost and enjoy the architecture styles of the different part of the different neighbourhoods.
Sometime I can be a museum rat, I can stay quite a long time especially if there are art pieces I had never seen before.

I like sport for the fun it can brings, I am not really into body building (you will never see me at the gym). I am pretty keen on water sports. My favorite ones are sailing and scuba diving. Sailing because it is a sport which requires a good understanding of the interaction between the elements with your boat. I like scuba diving because it can be like experiencing zero gravity.

Food is really important it is a bridge between civilizations. I remember when I was in the US, I was cooking some traditional dish from the Mediterranean seaside of France, my Iraki flat mate came in the kitchen and asked me why I was cooking an Irakian dish. This show the bridge built over the centuries between the different parts of the Mediterranean sea.

• arts
• culture
• architecture
• dining
• cooking
• bodybuilding
• boating
• traveling
• scuba diving
• sailing
• sports

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite movies are a little bit meaningless such as Black Cat, White Cat; Man Bites Dog ;
I also like some good old movies such as Casablanca
And I have to admit that some time a blockbuster or a romantic comedy helps to clear my mind.
I am a great fan of Wes Anderson's work.

Books:
The Tartar Steppe-Dino Buzzati
L'or-Blaise Cendrars

Music:
Depends on my mood. I like music that gives me goose bumps

Kitsuné Label, Ed Banger Records,etc.
But I also frequently listen to classical music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visiting the illegal part of the Paris catacombs. A lot of dark, stones and water but a lot of surprise and fun.

Ice Skating on Amsterdam canals when I was 6 years old.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, China, Congo, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Gabon, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Yemen

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Congo, France, Gabon, Netherlands, Romania, United Kingdom, United States