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Overview

  • 31 references 23 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning German
  • 41, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • landscape architect
  • No education listed
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

wondering what's my next trip !

ABOUT ME

I'm a nomad girl! I love traveling, meeting people, discovering others cultures... I'm working at the moment in an association (C.A.U.E) where I'm giving advices about landscapes, urban planning, gardening, environment... it's great !

PHILOSOPHY

-enjoying Life...discovering and traveling
-take care about the environnement : refuse, reduce, reuse and recycle (David Holmgren_Permaculture)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm traveling a lot and love doing couch surfing to live like the local people during my travel. When I'm back home, I love hosting people as well, (when my flat is big enough!), to share traveling experiences and giving advice or help as much as I can. For me CS is the best way to travel and to meet good people!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I always meet nice People, for me it's a really good Way to exchange Culture, Travel Stories, Experience... Sometimes I meet again the Couch Surfers, in another City or Country...it's an amazing Way to have Friends all over the World !

Interests

*I like plastic arts (modern & contemporary : Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Architecture, Video...). I enjoy seeing exhibitions, walking in town, dancing and discovering others way of life.I'm doing contemporary & african dance. I'm playing Brasilian Drums (batucada & pagode)*I like seeing dance (ballet/show). I also enjoy photography, cinema, street art and performance (collage, graffiti), nightlife, travelling, share good food and host friends or couchsurfers!*I like to travel to discover new landscapes, new people & other traditions.*I'm practicing yoga and would like to learn more about meditation, buddhism and hindouism

  • arts
  • culture
  • folklore
  • performing arts
  • architecture
  • street art
  • photography
  • dancing
  • ballet dancing
  • environment
  • dining
  • yoga
  • marathon
  • meditation
  • walking
  • nightlife
  • gardening
  • boating
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • painting
  • music
  • drums
  • surfing
  • skydiving
  • buddhist
  • teaching
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

FILMS
*Directors like Tim Burton, Charlie Chaplin, Almodovar, Miazaki...
*French director like Dupontel, Jeunet, Klapisch, Gondry...
*"nus et cullotés" ("naked and cheeky"), a french documentary with 2 funny guys traveling without clothes (!) and money !! hitchhiking and asking for hospitality are the future!

MUSIC
*electro music (Metronomy, Daft punk, Ratatat, Blockhead, E. de Crécy, Fujiya & Miyagi, Hot Chip, Wax taylor, Gonzales, Bonobo...)
*pop rock (Bloc Party, Klaxons, Foals, Muse..)
*french music (Nosfell, Bumcello, Jim Murple Memorial, M, Yann Thiersen...)
*World Music (Grupo Revelaçoa, Olodum, 17 hippies, Susheela Raman, Mayra Andrade, Mukta...)

BOOKS
*St Exupéry (Le petit prince)
*Rufin (Globalia, le parfum d'Adam, ROuge Brésil...)
*Orwell (1984)
*Pennac (saga des Malaussène)
*Queneau (les fleurs bleues, zazie dans le métro...)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Alvin Ailey Ballet in NYC (2010)Amazon Boat Trip in Brasil (2011)Learn to dive in Perenthian's Island, Malaysia (2011)Drive a Motorbike in Bali (2011)New Year's Eve Fireworks in Sydney (2012)
Skydive in Queenstown_New Zealand (2012)
Volunteer as english teacher in a tiny village in Cambodia (2012)ran the half marathon in Paris (2013)seeing the Taj Mahal in India (2014)made a safari in Lapland with huskies and reindeer(2015)ran the marathon in Paris !!! (2015) have seen the "giardino del tarrochi", Niki de St Phalle, in Toscan (2015)

Teach, Learn, Share

I love Drums and Dance (all Kind) so I will be very Happy to play some and/or dance...I love learning local Tradition, like Food, Music, Dance, Language...so Couch Surfing is a very good Way to meet Local People and discover their Traditions...
I want to practice permaculture as much as possible and respect the environnement. I will do some volunteer on Pierre Rabhi's place, an amazing french pioneer doing Agroecology

What I Can Share with Hosts

enjoy the "chti" life style while staying in my place ! and share travelling experineces

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany

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