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Overview

  • 54 references 47 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning English, German, Japanese
  • 67, Female
  • Member since 2014
  • I was a teacher in "l'école maternelle" (preschool age)
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About Me

ABOUT ME

Open minded
Curious
Eager to discover other cultures/ways of living and happy to share mine

PHILOSOPHY

"It's impossible"
said pride
"It's risky"
said experience
"Give it a try"
Whispered the heart

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've started couchsurfing in Japan during the summer of 2014 and it was GREAT. This made me eager to go on taking part in CS both by hosting and by travelling

Interests

Growing, sharing
Music (listening to a wide range of music, going to concerts and singing)
Environmentalism. Associative life (solidarity, sharing of skills)
Walking.Staying outdoors.Nature, plants, animals
Qi gong (practicing and sharing practice)
Painting
Dancing
Arts Architecture
Poetry, literature
Culture/discovering different points of view and ways of living
Cooking, especially inventing dishes with what's at hand

  • arts
  • literature
  • walking
  • painting
  • music
  • nature

Music, Movies, and Books

I love a wide range of music : traditional music, baroque, classic,rock, pop,jazz,film music, electro and above all live music
Reading: especially poetry
Movies:Hayao Miyasaki, Agnès Varda, Jacques Demy. Lots of others

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walking randomly in a city , preferably in the early morning
Staying by a river and a waterfall in a hidden place
Singing with a musician or other singers

Teach, Learn, Share

Whatever will come out of the singularity of our encounter

What I Can Share with Hosts

host up to two (max 3) people in private rooms.
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loger jusqu'à deux personnes (max 3) dans des chambres

show you around if I'm free : Munster valley and the moutains around are great places for hiking, Colmar is near and a place of interest (old city, great museum ), wine region, Strasbourg
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vous faire découvrir la région selon mes disponibilités

give you tips on what to see what to do in Alsace
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partager avec vous des infos utiles pour découvrir l'Alsace

Some useful suggestions on how to be a good Couchsurfing guest and host : ) :
http://francistapon.com/Travels/Advice/How-to-be-a-Good-Couchsurfing-Guest-and-Host
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en français:
http://couchwiki.org/en/Comment_%C3%AAtre_un_bon_invit%C3%A9

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France

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