CURRENT MISSION

Live the Dream, Smile, Travel, Enjoy, Climb higher/Dive deeper, Hike farther and live consciously

ABOUT ME

Enjoy every day, be positive, protect nature and be happy!
Sign language interpreter
1-year solo backpacking world trip (2010)
Lived abroad many times, many years

Adventurous, easy-going, optimistic, honest, generous and kind-hearted.
Impatient, a bit crazy, stubborn, chocolate-addict, extreme sports lover
Vegetarian, going on vegan

Travel diaries (in French, English, Spanish) : http://lespetitspasdejuls.com

PHILOSOPHY

Be kind to myself and other people, respectful of life/differences/our planet and live in joy.
Carpe diem !

"Life is like a box of chocolate : you never know what you gonna get" (Forrest Gump)
"Quit your job, buy a ticket, get a tan, fall in love, never return."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Providing a safe and respectful place to curious, friendly travelers, sharing the same values.
(sparing a few $$ along the way should NOT be your main goal in registering here)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I've done my best, every time I could : some everlasting friendships have sprung from our encounters 🙏🤸🏼‍♂️🌄
Absolutely love hosting AND surfing ! I'm so GRATEFUL for each and everyone of you !
I make a list here because I love to remember our laughs, sharing delicious meals, talking all-night long about travel experiences, going on local visits together, reuniting sometimes in someone's home country... and because I wouldn't be where/who I am today, without all this magical people who opened their home to me or for whom I've opened mine.

HOSTED in France:
- Freya and Kai, Denmark (June 2009)
- Hanna and Maija, Finland (June 2009)
- Sylvain, Canada (July 2009)
- Kelsey and Emily, USA (July 2009)
- Vicky, USA (July 2009)
- Harry and Tony, Australia (July 2009)
- Annika, Germany (September 2009)
- Tatiana, Russia and Paola, Ecuador (September 2009)
- Tamar, Israel (September 2009)
- Rosanna and Karl, Germany (October 2009)
- Lais, Brasil (October 2009)
- Maria, Luxemburg (October 2009)
- Sarah and Volker, Germany (October 2009)
- Fernanda, Brasil (November 2009)
- Emilie, France (November 2009)
- Marlis, Germany/Sweden (August 2016)
- Oki, China (August 2016)
- Karin, Germany (July 2018)
- Annette and Saale, Estonia (July 2018)

... in Mexico :
- Anna, Poland (June 2012)
- Marion², France (August 2012)
- Kuan, Taiwan (September 2012)
- Kylie and Blair, New Zealand (September 2012)
- Tatiana, Almodena and Cristina, Spain (October 2012)
- Katherine, South Africa (October 2012)
- Julie, Holland (October 2012)
- Margaret, USA (October 2012)
- Flor and Renata, Argentina (November 2012)
- Sheri and Erin, New Zealand (November 2012)
- Vincent, France (November 2012)
- Rosa and Guillermo, Mexico (December 2012)
- Audrey, France (January 2013)
- Annie and John, USA (January 2013)
- Romina and Marcela, Argentina (January 2013)
- Natalia, Poland (January 2013)
- Fabiana, Luciano and Nahuel, Argentina (February 2013)
- Asha, Poland (February 2013)
- Lars and Kathrin, Germany (March 2013)
- Brylee and Mickey, New Zealand (March 2013)
- Claudia and Blake, USA (April 2013)
- Amandine, Florian, Audrey and Sophie, France (May 2013)
- Catherine, China (December 2016)

SURFED with :
- Craig, New Zealand (January 2009)
- Evgenia and Max, USA (August 2009)
- Katya, USA (August 2009)

... during the wonderful World Trip :
- Simon, UK (January 2010)
- Jorge, Mexico (January 2010)
- Raul, Mexico (January 2010)
- Tim, Costa Rica (February 2010)
- April and Johnatan, Costa Rica (February 2010)
- Bernarda, Ecuador (March 2010)
- Mauricio, Ecuador (March 2010)
- Ulises, Peru (April 2010)
- Yvan, Peru (April 2010)
- Romina and Lucia, Argentina (May 2010)
- Victoria and Tomas, Argentina (May 2010)
- Alexa, Argentina (May 2010)
- Marta, Argentina (June 2010)
- Roman, Argentina (June 2010)
- Miguel, Chile (June 2010)
- David, Australia (June 2010)
- Harry, Australia (June 2010)
- Kirrabell and Neal, Australia (July 2010)
- Sally, Australia (July 2010)
- Lena, Singapore (July 2010)
- Krati, Thailand (July 2010)
- Samart, Thailand (August 2010)
- Niall and Julie, Cambodia (September 2010)
- Ellen, Vietnam (September 2010)
- Linda, Vietnam (October 2010)
- Matteo and Natalia, China (October 2010)
- Jie Liu, China (October 2010)
- Begzsuren and his family, Mongolia (November 2010)

... while back on the road :
- Jenny, USA (January 2011)
- Tim, Costa Rica (March/April 2011)
- Dulma, every time I go to Mexico D.F. (June, September 2011)
- Jim, Mexico (June 2011)
- Séverine, France (August 2011)
- Mariana, Mexico (September 2011)
- Davide in his awesome hostel on the beach, Mexico (September 2011)
- Rosa and Guillermo, Mexico (September 2011)
- Jim and Jenn, USA (November 2011)

...when the adventure stretched ahead :
- Leonor, Chile (April 2012)
- Richard (thanks to Waldo), Chile (April 2012)
- Gaston, Chile (April 2012)
- Miguel, every time I'm in Santiago, Chile (April 2012)
- Davide, every time I'm on Holbox island, Mexico (July 2012)
- Rosa and Guillermo, every time I'm on Cozumel island, Mexico (July 2012)
- Orbe, every time we're in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico (July 2012; January 2013)

... during our 2013/2014 new fabulous tour :
- Guy and Marjan, Belgium (June 2013)
- Ethel, every time we're in Paris, France (July 2013)
- Soizic, every time we're in Valence, France (July 2013)
- Jim and Jenn, every time I'm in Denver, CO, USA (September 2013)
- Jason and Megan, USA (September 2013)
- Joshua, Erica, Grayson and Ronin, USA (October 2013)
- Claudia, USA (October 2013)
- Emily, USA (November 2013)
- Ben, USA (December 2013)
- Leonor, Chile (December 2013)
- Marta, Argentina (March 2014)
- Felix and Mariana, Argentina (May 2014)
- Antonella and her family, Argentina (May 2014)
- Romina and Miguel, Argentina (May 2014)
- Lautaro and Juan, Argentina (May 2014)
- Patty and her daughters, Argentina (June 2014)
- Karina, Argentina (June 2014)
- Silvia and Lionel, Uruguay (June 2014)
- Vanessa and Alfonsina, Uruguay (June 2014)
- Cristiano, Brazil (June 2014)
- Ttati, Brazil (July 2014)
- Veronica, Argentina (July 2014)
- Lorene and Gianni, Peru (August 2014)
- Luis Pino, Colombia (September 2014)
- Andrea and Alejandro, Colombia (September 2014)
- Facundo, Diego and George, Colombia (September 2014)
- Raina and Brett, USA (October 2014)
- Ethel, every time we're in Paris, France (October 2014)
- Marek, Pavel, Josef, Karolina and Klarka, Czech Republic (October 2014)
- Anita, Czech Republic (October 2014)
- Audrey, every time we're in Paris, France (October 2014)
- Delphine, France (December 2014)

... and later on :
- Elodie, France (January 2015)
- Julie, France (January 2015)
- Ryan, France (July 2015)
- Ethel, France (September 2015)
- Paola and Ricardo, Italy (February 2016)
- Francesco, Italy (February 2016)
- Elisa, Italy (February 2016)
- Carlos and Jaime, Canary Islands (April 2016)
- Jaime, Spain (September 2016)
- Cyril, France (June 2018)
- Lucile, France (July 2018)
- Céline, France (August 2018)
- Aurélie *Louz de Luna , Belgique (September 2018)
- Gerardo and Nuria, Mexico (October 2018)
- Ligia, Guatemala (November 2018)

... hopefully to be continued!

Interests

In love with hiking since my 30's, clumsy yogi, wannabe plant grower, conscious (going on minimalist) living, curious about languages, I jump off perfectly working planes for fun, I try my luck at cooking vegan and I read a lot

• cooking
• yoga
• movies
• reading
• socializing
• scuba diving
• skydiving
• swimming
• extreme sports
• languages
• beaches
• mountains
• trekking

Music, Movies, and Books

** movies : Wild, Lost in Translation, Fight Club, Dirty Dancing, The Last of the Mohicans, Twin Peaks, Avatar, Gran Torino, Brokeback Mountain, CODA, Forrest Gump, any movie with Edward Norton, Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, Jeux d'enfants, Un balcon sur la mer

** music : p!nk, Ben Harper, Muse, U2, Jain, Adèle, Elvis Presley - mostly rock and folk, I guess

** books : "La nuit des temps" by Barjavel, "Sorcières" by Mona Cholet, "100 años de soledad" by Gabriel García Márquez, "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings" series, the Camilla Läckberg swedish thriller series

My favorite ever : "Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, which I try to have a print of in every language : already have French, Alsacian, Provençal, Breton, Basque, Basque Souletain, Corsican, Hungarian, Mongolian, Chinese, English, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, Yuacatan Maya, Czech, Lithuanian, Italian, creole from La Reunion island, Greek, Turkish, Serbian, Star Wars language (!!), Thai, Burmese, Dutch, Polish, Vietnamese, Croatian, Arabic, German, creole from Guadeloupe island.
Want to bring me one in your language? I'd be delighted!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

* wandered the deserts in Western USA (2003) ; Climbed 4 14ers in 1 day in Colorado (2013)

* bungy-jumping, skydiving, scuba-diving

* 10-month solo backpacking world-trip, an awfully big adventure during which I realized some of my dearest dreams (2010) : saw Mayan ruins in Mexico, climbed volcanoes in Guatemala, went to Machu Pichu in Peru, saw whales in Argentina, learned trekking in Chile, road-tripped in Oz, learned scuba-diving in Thailand, marvelled at Angkor Wat in Cambodia, crossed Vietnam northbound, climbed the Great Wall of China, enjoyed Mongolia in winter

* worked, lived and trekked in Chilean Patagonia, one of the most beautiful places on Earth (2012-2014)

* went to Rapa Nui island (Chile) and Galapagos islands (Ecuador)

* walked 850 kms in 37 days to Santiago de Compostela (2016) and have trekked hundreds of kms in France on different hiking trails

* quit everything, made a life in different countries, came back home, become an auntie

Teach, Learn, Share

Share experiences, languages, fun, cooking, special places, kindness, smiles
going minimalist, conscious living, zero waste tips, hiking in a "leave no trace" mode

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking desserts mostly,
Travel stories and advice,
Play games, watch movies
Discover local places and activities
Just chatting
Enjoy the moment

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Laos, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, France, Mexico, United States

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