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Overview

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  • Fluent in French; learning English, Spanish
  • 37, Other
  • Member since 2011
  • After a long year travelling around New zealand and asia,...
  • No education listed
  • From Sommières, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Go toward the other, share good moments of life, and appreciate the beauty or the funny side of things

ABOUT ME

Not easy to describe ourselves ! But I would say we are happy et friendly people, both curious, we love to meet people and we enjoy the simple life. If you want to know a bit more about us, visit our blog http://odysseeneozelandaise.wordpress.com/

PHILOSOPHY

Enjoy each moment, be happy, be curious, don't be afraid of what you don't know

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A bit hosted in New Caledonia, a lot hosted in New Zealand thanks to Help Exchange ( another organism, close to Couch Surfing because it helps you to travel and to meet people : http://www.helpexchange.net/)

We met a lot of couch surfers and they adviced us to try it, but we haven't practiced it a lot for now. When we were came back in France i had a lot of healthy problems and we have not been able to host ! Now i'm feeling better and we would like to try more the couch surfing.

Interests

Meeting people, travelling
Sharing good meal, good company, good moments of life
Walking, fishing, cycling, swimming
Laughing, reading, taking photos, camping, picnic, going to cinema, listening music, animals...

  • animals
  • writing
  • singing
  • beauty
  • music festivals
  • festivals
  • cooking
  • picnic
  • walking
  • gardening
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • blogging
  • painting
  • drawing
  • music
  • cycling
  • fishing
  • camping
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • swimming
  • beaches
  • parks
  • lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

Movie directors we like : Cohen brothers, Tarantino, Lynch, Gus Van Sant, Almodovar, Truffaut, Terry Gilliam, Woody Allen, Hitchcock, Beinex, Chaplin, Fellini... And we love every kind of movie which has a particular point of view, a good scenario and nice pictures !

Some books we love : L'Insoutenable Légèreté de l'être, La Route, Jule et Jim, Chroniques de l'oiseau à ressort (Murakami), Chroniques des 7 misères

Music : a lot of different styles ! We will enjoy to discover your music ! In this moment, we listen The Do, Mademoiselle K, Brigitte, M, Shantel, Anis, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Lhasa, Cesaria Evora, Adela Diane, Bashung, Brassens, Moriarty, Beirut, Metronomy, Fella Kuti

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In New Zealand : Moving sheep with a quad into the bush ; doing wonderful walks into amazing parks such as Abel Tasman National Park, Nelson Lakes, Tongariro Alpine Crossing ; enjoying a spa into the beach (Hot water beach) after having picking oysters on the mangrove (Coromandel peninsula). We have seen dolphins, seals, some pingouins, kiwibirds, and even a shark coming towards us.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach : drawing, singing, writing, swimming, fishing, cooking, a bit of gardening, painting, taking pictures, stock work, the french south accent... We don't know what you want to learn !
Learn : We want to learn pretty much everything ! Bust at this time we are really interested in diving...
Share : good moments of life ! Cooking, meals, walks, fishing trips, music festivals, jokes... What else !

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, New Zealand

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