Hello, thanks for looking at my profile! :)

I am 32 years old and my name is Gaël. I am separated from my girlfriend since one year after 7 years of common life and two beautiful sons.
I live very close to Nevers (Nièvre, Burgundy), a magnificent region for the nature lovers, in the heart of FRANCE, to two hours hardly of Paris and to some kilometres only of the Circuit of Magny-Cours,​​​ where takes place each year the French Grand Prix of Formula one.

I am a passionate and a dreamer, open-minded & laid back. Curiously, I can feel very comfortable with certain persons and be totally intimidated by others,​ to such an extent that i will not dare, unfortunatel​y, to get in touch with them... "I prefer to inform you of it!" lol

I fluently speak French (fortunately​, lol​​) but I also practise English and German. I don't smoke and don't drink either. Otherwise, I like music, movies, american series such as CSI or Columbo (I'm fan), be outdoor, fauna and flora, walks in forest, swimming (I really love the water, I feel in my element there), camping, travelling, gardening, making new acquaintance​​​s and maybe exchanging with them some small typical things from our respective countries...​

...but​​​​ I am above all "comple​​​​​​tely in love" with the USAღ​, it's a magnificent country (in particular LOS​ ANGELESღ​ & its area, but the "whole country"​​​​​​ fascinates me literally). I do not despair to go there (I have never had this chance)! It would be really fantastic, THE ABSOLUTE DREAM!!!
I even would wish live over there, in LA or else'where, one day...
Well, do not ask me why, I really desire it more than anything, that's all... =)

By waiting, I would be interested to travel through the famous road 66, or to seeing some of this marvelous landscapes like Monument Valley, Antelope Canyon, Grand Canyon, Arches National Park, Jackson Lake, Yellowstone,​​​​​ Sequoya National Park, Mammoth hot springs, Big bear lake, Salton sea, etc..., and of course New York city, Miami, Las Vegas!!​!
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However, my main wish consists in knowing LOS​ ANGELES​ or at least the South​ California​, I dream about it since I am 8 years old and that is a real obsession. I would love more than everything to find an opportunity to go there and why not, to work there, even for a short period (some weeks),​ and whatever the job (even to wash the dishes in a restaurant, lol)! Just to live this fantastic experience..​. :)

Another solution would be to envisage an exchange in immersion. You don't need necessarily to know French, only to be able to spend holidays in the center of France and welcome me back in your place. I will undertake to learn you basic French...​

However, I am opened with the other countries (notably Australia, Canada, Japan, China, Peru, Iceland, Germany, Ireland...).​
And you, are you interested by my country? If you have questions about France, don't hesitate... I shall answer you with pleasure.

Oh, a small detail : Please, add a photo (yours) to your profile, I like seeing the person with whom I correspond..​​​. Otherwise, if you email me, tell me a bit about yourself in your intro. And, do not add me to your friends-list​​ if we did not talk to each other first! Thank you in advance! :)
I expects from your news with impatience, so, do not hesitate to leave me a private message​ or a wall,​ that will make me pleasure!

If you want my mailing address, just ask me...

Trying  to meet people from all parts of the world ("Particularly"​​​ in the USAღ​), to begin a long and sincere corresponden​ce (snail mail, e-mails,...)​ and maybe one day to visit them and vice versa, which is a little bit my objective! :)

Besides, I​ absolutely want to improve my English at all costs​, and I would gladly love to help people with French!!! It seems that it is a particularly​​​​ complex language to learn for a foreigner on the grammatical viewpoint notably, I therefore propose my support and I shall answer each of your questions!!!​​​​ =)

Please, NO ROMANCE, NO BUSINESS OF MONEY and "NO UNDER-AGE"​. Thanks!!!

I have a real interest for United States history/cult​​​​ure, for all what relate to the Los​​ Angeles county​​, for the California Highway Patrol (of which I admire the work and which I would like to meet/visit one day) and for the American movies (in front but too and above all behind the Scenes, like the scenery/set,​ the special effects, and so on).​​
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Otherwise, I do like the strolls in the nature, the picking of mushrooms, mycology, snakes, naturalism, drawing, fishing, jogging, hiking, climbing (I only made it on wall when I was a firefighter,​​​ I would like trying the rock-climbin​​​g), theme parks, astronomy, billiards, handball, boomerangs, photography,​​​ psychology..​​​..

Renaud, Eddy Mitchel, Laurent Voulzy, William Sheller, Renan Luce, Mauss, Calogero, Brel, Cabrel, Brassens, Gainsbourg, Lama, Lara Fabian, Maurane, Dalida, Bachelet, Bénabar, Louise Attaque, Vanessa Paradis, Metallica, Alicia Keys, Adele, Norah Jones, Tori Amos, Michael Jackson, Sting, One republic, Akon, Sean Kingston, Chris Brown, Nelly Furtado, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Rihanna, Alanis Morissette, Cranberries,​​​ Scott Grimes, Alan Stivell, celtic music, Faubourg de Boignard, Sinatra, Anka, John Barrowman, Shirley Bassey, Jocelyn Brown, Whitney Houston, Céline Dion, Natalie Cole, Katy Perry, U2, Coldplay, Elton John, Take that, Pink, Arai Akino (Goddess in the Morning), Pink, Leona Lewis, Micky Green, Kelly Clarkson, Reba McEntire, Stanislas, Little Birdy, Thirsty Merc, Beyonce, Stoppok, Yiruma....

La faille (Fracture), Usual suspect, E.T. l'extraterre​​​stre (E.T. The Extra-Terres​​​trial), La ligne verte (The Green mile), Le Labyrinthe de Pan (The Pan Labyrinth), The pledge, Thrillers like Phone game (Phone booth), Dérapages incontrôlés (Changing Lanes), Collateral, Inside man, Mystic river, Incassable (Unbreakable​​​), Le cercle des poètes disparus (Dead Poets Society), Forest Gump, Philadelphia​​​, Saw, Wolf Creek, Silent Hill, Mr Bean, Cars, Dirty Dancing, Bagdad Café, les films de l'équipe du Splendid, Un crime au Paradis, Le papillon, Le grand chemin, L'armée des ombres, la veuve Couderc, Les Granges Brûlées, Ne le dis à personne, Se souvenir des belles choses, Une chance sur deux, Hitchcock, some Westerns....​​​

actor/actres​​​s: L. Ventura, A. Delon, JP. Belmondo, J. Gabin, L. De Funès, Bourvil, P. Richard, A. Dussolier, R. Bohriger, J. Villeret, S. Signoret, C. Eastwood, Anthony Hopkins, S. Penn, D. Washington, J. Nicholson, M. Freeman, Tom Hanks, P. Falk, B. Cosby, Ryan Gosling, J. Foster...

Esprits criminels (Criminal minds), CSI, NCIS, FBI: portés disparus (Without a Trace), Monk, New York: unité spéciale (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Cold case, New York: section criminelle (Law & Order : Criminal Intent), CHiPs, Columbo, Numb3rs, Urgences (ER), Madame est servie (Who's the boss), The Cosby show, Mission casse-cou (Dempsey & Makepeace), V, EMU (Equipe Médicale d'Urgence), Julie Lescaut, Une femme d'honneur, Derrick (yes, really lol), Mission sauvetages (Die Rettungsflie​​​ger), documentarie​​​s, CNN News, Reportages, Immersion totale, Ushuaïa nature, sept à huit....

Le petit prince (The little Prince) by Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, Le tour de France par deux enfants, Henry Troyat, Stephen King, Agatha Christie's books....

"On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." Antoine de Saint-Exupér​​​y
-It is only with the heart one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.
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"La beauté la plus précieuse est celle qui vient de l'intérieur."​
-The most precious beauty is the one that comes from within.
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"Je suis ce que je suis."
-I am what I am.
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"Il​ est vital de vivre ses rêves, nous n'avons qu'une vie et elle est si courte..."​
-It is vital to live one's dreams, we only have one life and it's so short...​.​​
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"Un seul être vous manque, et tout est dépeuplé."​​​
Alphonse de Lamartine
-Only one person you be missing, and everything is depopulated.​​
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"On est riche que de ses amis." Calogero
-We are rich only of one's friends.
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"Un ami, c'est quelqu'un qui sait tout de toi et qui t'aime quand même."
-A friend, it is someone who knows everything of you and who loves you all the same.
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"Aimer c'est facile, mais le plus difficile, c'est de se faire aimer par celle qu'on aime...."​
-To love is easy, but the most difficult, it is be loved by the one we love...
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"Certai​nes personnes entrent en nos vies, laissent des empreintes de pas sur nos coeurs, et nous ne sommes jamais les mêmes."​
-Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same.
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"Le touriste pense au retour avant même d'être parti ; le voyageur, lui, ignore même s'il reviendra un jour."
-The tourist thinks of the journey return before even to be left; the traveler, him, ignores even if he will return one day.
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"Avant de briser le coeur de quelqu'un, assurez-vous​​ que vous n'êtes pas à l'intérieur.​.."​
-Before breaking the heart of someone, make sure you're not inside...
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"Vivre,​ c'est quand même prendre le risque de mourir un jour."
-To live, that is all the same to take the risk of dying one day.
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"Les défauts de l'âme sont comme les blessures du corps : quelque soin
qu'on prenne de les guérir, la cicatrice paraît toujours, et elles sont à
tout moment en danger de se rouvrir."​ François de La Rochefoucaul​d
- The flaws of the soul are as the wounds of the body: whatever the care that we bring them, the scar always remains, and they are at any time in danger to reopen.
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"Il est plus difficile de dissimuler les sentiments qu'on a, que de feindre ceux qu'on n'a pas." 
-It is more difficult to hide the feelings that we have, that to feign those whom we do not have.
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"Sans famille, l'homme, seul au monde, tremble dans le froid."​ André Maurois
-Without family, the man, alone to the world, tremble in the cold.
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"Il y a je t' aime et je t' aime..."​