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Lille, Hauts-de-France, France
@helenavalencia
Member since 2008
CURRENT MISSION Find a host country ...for a while ...and make something with my hands? ABOUT ME I have been living in France for two years now, coming back from a mission in Russia hiking in forests, countryside, moutainous areas recently initiated to climbing little mountains and what to eat in wild places sitting on pics to admire nature and magic views avid traveller, i always look forward to meeting new international people and discover new places. love cooking not materialistic love camping PHILOSOPHY wild adventurous life
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Books & Literature
Fluent in English
Learning Russian
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I was hosted myself, i host people asking in a nice way COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I LOVE OTHER CULTURES AND LANGUAGES AND I THINK COUCHSURFING GOES WITH MY PHILOSOPHY
Music, Movies, and Books
I love each book that teaches me how to read again. I read "Les Fleurs Bleues" by R. Queneau (a French writer i recommend to everyone)i loved it! But i recently bought a small collec of B.Vian I also like roald dahl, lewis caroll and many more... so many books, so many films and so many bands Goran bregovic, buena vista social club, the blues brothers, Mon Dragon, ....................
One Amazing Thing I've Done
unexpected trip to Spain which was my best/enriching ever
Teach, Learn, Share
would love to learn how to draw/ paint (why not body-painting or so....)Will do all my best to get a saxophone soon too Participating in a compagny "Le Cirque du Bout du Monde" and i'm learning Acro portés, aerial silk (acrobat stuff) and recently trumpet in a brass band
What I Can Share With Hosts
I can bring food and cook for you of course!
My Interests
i also love sitting in parks with a good book and do picnics, meeting people, community life, sharing culture and beers. NATURALEZA i'm also fond of music (mainly indi. grps), walking and riding up and down in nature, dancing flamenco and tango.........cooking, watching films, do sports, do visits....