Nicolas

From: France

Account Type
Individual account
Travelling to
France, Italy, Japan, Norway
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My status
Travelling
Description
(Back to France due to pandemic time)

Always weird to present oneself in a tiny white box.
I mean, how can a 500 words text represent a person in her complexity? But let's see how it goes :)
I'm a human being - better to start with a particular fact - who is from an old and tired, but also a magical and terrific country called France. Although I'm in love with France, sometimes I feel the urge to go and see the world, hit the road with a big thumb facing the sun.
My plan is simple (planning is always simple, traveling is less but that's the beauty of it): I wanna reach Japan without taking the plane, by crossing lands, mainly doing hitchhiking.
I'll start from Paris, cross around 15 countries for reaching Japan.
The fact is: I wanna travel slow. It means a long trip. It means meeting a lot of different people, it means being aware and alive. Alternatives ways of living, thinking, doing are what I'm eager to encounter.
So if you wanna host me for one night, week, month or more, we could have great fun together. I can give many bits of help on many subjects.
Let's hit the road again.
Ps: Countries I'll travel (Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, and finally Japan)
You can follow my trip here: https://www.polarsteps.com/NicolasToussaint/2581359-road-to-japan
The trip finished on September 2020.
Interests
Camping
Hitchhiking
Hiking
Van life
Gardening
Languages
Art & design
Performing arts
Drawing & painting
Writing
Books
Movies & TV
Music
Photography
Vegetarian or vegan
Culture
History
Plant care
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
Babysitting and creative play
Being an elderly companion
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Hospitality/Tourism
Charity Work
Art Projects
Able to teach about:
Language practice
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
More details about your skills
Speaking English and French, a bit of Spanish and Japanese.
Know how to write, cook, smile.
Can help in French-English traductions.
Can teach you french.
Can help in the garden.
Done two Vipassana 10 days retreat. If you wanna learn a bit about it.
In 2017, I stayed for one year in New Zealand, did a lot of jobs like fruit picking and grocery ones.
Cinema lover, book reader, autodidact in his learnings: open to all kinds of discussions.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Age
27
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  Not allergic to anything
- Special dietary requirements

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13/10/2021

Left by Workawayer (Nicolas) for host for (Help save the oceans from ...)

How good a workaway can be ?
I don't know. But this one is surely a hit.
It's transcending all possible expectations.

You are doing something huge for the environment. You are useful.
You are meeting a bunch of creative and crazy people. You are making real friends.
You are working in wondrous natural spots. You are experiencing Norway.

Isn't… read more

(Excellent )

17/07/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Nicolas)

It was a pleasure to host Nico. He is always clean, smiling , polite and friendly. we all very much enjoyed our time with him and especially our sons. He was extremely patient with them and enthusiastically helped them about their French (sometimes by playing with Nerfs and legos :)) . Our bigger son knows how to cook pankek frenchkrep and pizza… read more

(Excellent )

16/07/2020

Left by Workawayer (Nicolas) for host for (Help us with French, German ...)

Ayse you have a wonderful family.
I had such a great time with your two incredible kids.
They are so mature and intelligent for their age.
I feel more fulfilled and happy than before I came.

You are a Wonderwoman and deserve everything you wish in this life.
I wish you all my best and I'm sure we'll meet again.
My eternal greetings to Ahmet,… read more

(Excellent )

18/03/2020

Left by host (Join our artists residency on ...) for Workawayer (Nicolas)

Dear Nico,

My dear friend, my dear brother.

You are a true seeker, Nico.
You are an exceptional human being.

I am so happy you came. Your stay here was as refreshing as the cold nights you where here.

I love you my brother and I wish you well in your long journey,

Until a next life, my dear friend.

(Excellent )

03/03/2020

Left by Workawayer (Nicolas) for host for (Join our artists residency on ...)

This workaway experience is the most powerful that I have ever had. And I don’t even know why I’m calling it a ‘workaway’. After only few minutes I felt directly at home surrounding with good old friends.

It was never about working, it was about meeting, seeking, talking, laughing, watching, reading. It was about understanding too. About trying… read more

(Excellent )

15/01/2020

Left by host (Come and help with Children, ...) for Workawayer (Nicolas)

Nicolas
I love that kind of people,
definitely one of those i like to be surrounded with.
First of all an open minded, kind and intelligent person. A curious Globetrotter i would say as well.

Easy-going, mannerly, helpful, self-sufficient. He would mild-mannered and stoic take all the tasks given. Even the first one, which was a tough one,… read more

(Excellent )

12/01/2020

Left by Workawayer (Nicolas) for host for (Come and help with Children, ...)

Don't wanna be emotional with this one, that's not the point of feedback... but my stay at nana's paradise had a huge impact on me. In the beginning, I wanted to stay only for two weeks and continue my travel eastward.

In the end, I stayed for more than one month. I didn't want to leave at all! I met such lovely and warm-hearted people there.Nana… read more

(Excellent )

19/11/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Nicolas)

We have had good experience with Nicolas. Polite and well mannered young guy on his way to Japan. Always something to talk about with him at the dining table, good sense of humour. Was not afraid to work. Good partner to do a job together with. Can come back!

(Excellent )

16/11/2019

Left by Workawayer (Nicolas) for host for (Learn more about organic ...)

I can guarantee you that you'll have a nice time at Matthieu and Els' place. The house has a wonderful location, embracing all the Soca Valley, close to nice summit to climb and the Triglasvski national park. My time there was short but I enjoyed it a lot. Matthieu and Els are such nice people, making everything for you to be comfortable. We had… read more

(Excellent )

11/11/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Nicolas)

It was a great pleasure to host Nicolas and I can warmly recommend him. He is very uncomplicated and open minded. He completed his daily "workaway tasks" efficiently and well and he was always ready to help also with daily routine things. He is very unintrusive, but he is always open to join a good talk or a game with the kids. He really is a good… read more

(Excellent )

05/11/2019

Left by Workawayer (Nicolas) for host for (Come and help us with garden ...)

My experience at Monika’s place was breathtaking. Everything was perfect (ok, maybe not the weather but who cares when you have good people around ?) Monika is kind, helpful, attentive and sincere. Always there for making you comfortable. I stayed one week but it felt like I was living there since a year. Jan, Nils ans Andrin, the boys, are really… read more

(Excellent )

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