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Overview

  • 6 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in French; learning English, Spanish
  • 60, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Communication officer
  • liberal, university, open on the world, bilingual and try...
  • From Hautmont, France (tiny dot on the map), Chébli (Algeria)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

My current mission : try to locate my bliss et and follow it!

ABOUT ME

I am at a point in my life when my son has moved out a year ago,and after years of being a passionate mom, I want to discover who I am going to be next.

I am now becoming a passionate Argentine tango dancer, but... what else? My definition is being redefined by the minute.... and that's how I want it.

PHILOSOPHY

Follow your Bliss and dance all the way!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I started CSing at the beginning of summer to renew my energy by meeting different people from different paths of life. My 1st CS guests : Danny, from Germany, Domenic, from Italy, François, from France, Angel, from Vancouver, BC, Bert and Frank, from Belgium and Emilie, from France helped me with that.
Loving the experience and looking forward to meeting other new and interesting people this way.
Hopefully, I'll get to be hosted myself in Argentina, in about a year from now!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

7 guests on my couch, 1 at my table, never been hosted.

Interests

Litterature, cooking and culture, public markets, light version of sciences, education, Argentine Tango, Music (yes, tango, but also funk, R&B, electronic jazz, classic, anything that catches my fancy at the moment - Right now in my iPod : Ariane Moffat,(a Quebec singer), Bonobo, Gotan, and many-many others...

  • culture
  • dancing
  • tango
  • education
  • cooking
  • music
  • jazz
  • teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Amadeus, The Deer Hunter, Derzou Ouzala, Crash, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, Motorcycle Diaries, Le Scaphandre et le papillon, Gentlemen's Agreement, Citizen Kane, Le Festin de Babette, All about Eve, Some Like it Hot, The Misfits, Arsenic & Old Laces, Before Sunset, Dreamgirls, Persepolis...
In music, anything from Aretha to Zappa : Mozart, Flaming Lips, Gotan, Marc Déry, Yves Montand, Stevie Wonder, Jean-Luc Ponty, John McLaughlin, Gato Barbieri, Zero Seven, Nina Simone, Chet Baker, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Miles Davis, Angelique Kidjo, Erikah Badu, Aretha Franklin, Caetano Veloso, les Négresses vertes, Cowboy Junkies, Gorillaz, Groove Armada, Jamiroquai, Joni Mitchell, Julien Clerc, Léo Ferré, Leonard Cohen, Amy Winehouse...

Zola, Balzac, Flaubert, J. Amado, P. Auster, R. Davies, S. Hudsvedt, Susskind, K. Hosseini, A. Gavalda, D. Lodge...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A 80 year-old woman on a swing - that's how I want to grow old.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know that I know nothing- but learning everyday.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Algeria, Canada, France

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