Hello!

Recently settled in Montreal after some years in BC, loving the city and happy to host travellers when I can. I do have a special tenderness for this platform which has made some of my greatest travel memories 🥰

I'm chill, going with the flow, adaptable and always keen on meeting new folks and learn about their passions in life 😁 I have tons of fun travel stories to share, love cooking together and learn new recipes and just hanging out with cool folks 😎

I value respect, kindness, not taking yourself too seriously, having fun and learning about the world and life through adventure and good encounters ✨🌈

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I absolutely love the spontaneity and the free exchange that this platform provides. As hitchhiking, it is something that generally brings the best in people and remind us that the beauty of life lays in simple shared moments with genuine folks just happy to connect and help each other out 😌

Interests

I have lost of interests in life, practice rock climbing and yoga, love listening to music and dancing, sharing views on politics, good litterature and arts in all forms. I'm also a diver but less connected to the water these days since I haven't been brave enough to go ice diving 🤪

• cats
• arts
• politics
• board games
• electronic music
• karaoke
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• rock climbing
• swimming
• hitchhiking
• travel
• food
• cinema
• adventure
• friendship
• humor
• litterature
• free diving
• paddleboarding
• yoga and meditation
• queer culture
• collages
• wit
• motorbike trips
• deep thinking

Music, Movies, and Books

Folks in the cultural realm who inspire me

Flavien Berger, Kathleen Hanna, Joachim Pastor, Worakls, Rebecca Warrior
Virginie Despentes, Noam Chomsky, Pierre Bourdieu Charles Bukowski , Paul B. Preciado, Arundhati Roy, Gabriel García Márquez
Pierre Soulages, Gerhard Richter, Yayoi Kusama
Park Chan Wook, Spike Jonze

I wish there were more women/NB names in that list 🤔

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being picked up hitchhiking by the Vice President of Kirghistan which led me to drinking vodka with him and a bunch of Ministers at a local banquet. And more hitchhiking stories (Russian trucks in Kazakhstan, farming vehicles in Cambodia...)

Babysitting toddler Kangaroos in Australia (I'm not much of an animal person but those Joeys are so damn cuuuuute)

12 days motorbike trip in the Spirit Valley, India (my butt remembers it too, but maaan these mountains 😍)

Swimming in a creek that hosted an Anaconda mum and her kiddo in French Guiana (I learned that AFTER the swim, and didn't meet her)

Teach, Learn, Share

What's in my travel bucket for the next years?

Russia, especially Siberia (my dream is to go to Vladivostok, yeah I know, we all have our own little obsessions haha)
More India (Assam, Megayala, Karnataka...)
More China (Beijing, Manchuria, Yunnan...)
More Mexico (Oaxaca, Durango, Baja California...) and more Cenote diving
Cuba, Iran, Zanzibar, Ukraine, Pakistan, Uruguay, Fidji, Panama, Armenia

I would love to do a cycling trip one day 😍

Places in the world I visited and that I believe have a soul

Cities of Athens, Genoa, Montreal, Belgrade, Bakou
Issyk Kul lake in Kirghistan
The Cenotes in Quintana Roo
The French Basque Country
These continent countries that are India and China
theDock Centre for Social Impact and the Vicious Poodle bar in Victoria BC
The kelp forests in Sooke, BC

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can offer fresh fun non judgmental company, homemade french food, silly jokes, deep philosophical, sometimes absurd, often ironic considerations about life- generally just chill curiosity about you and the country and having good time together :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Dominica, Ecuador, England, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Martinique