Marion’s journey around the world

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? My name is Marion – Marionnette for my friends – and I am 30 years old. I am originally from Picardie but Lille is my home; when I am not travelling, Northern France is where I enjoy recharging my batteries. Before my solo trip around the …

What is Couchsurfing?

Since I started travelling, whether it comes from somebody that I just met or from the internet, I get this question quite often: “What (the hell) is Couchsurfing”? This is what you will find on their official website (www.couchsurfing.com): Couchsurfing is a global community of 14 million people in more than 200,000 cities who share …

I am a solo woman traveller

I left France over six years ago now, and I have been travelling for almost two years, going from a country to another, from a city to the next, feeling freedom going through my veins. Travelling is going discover the world but also discover yourself. It can sound very cliché but it happens to be …

Why I started travelling

No, I am not from a family of travellers and I didn’t start travelling on my own when I was 15. That being said, I’ve always enjoyed being a nomad and discovering new places. At 18, I left my cherished South of France to go to university in North of France. That was not the …