CURRENT MISSION
Enjoy my family and friend, discover my own country and open my pastry shop

ABOUT ME
Hi, I'm Melissandre, French, 28, and I decided to travel in New Zealand with my boyfriend for a month, 2 years ago. We met great people, discovered different places, shared about our cultures and our experiences.
I had my pastry diploma last year and then travelled in Australia and Asia for 6 months.

PHILOSOPHY
"Be the change you want to see in the world" Gandhi
This quote sounds wise to me, sounds right... I wish I could do it all the time, but it's not that easy... But I work on it !
I would like to make this world a better place.
I discovered bouddhism in Nepal and I'm more and more interested in it :-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Meet some people, sharing about our lives, our experiences, our way of life...
During my month, I had great experiences in Nz, some of my hosts become friends

Interests

Music, longboard, longskate, yoga, riding bycicle, dancing, chocolate, photography, Disney's movies, buddhism
I love cooking, but especially baking, maybe because I love eating so much (more and more vegeterain) ! I love sharing a good meal with people I like and share good moments.
A glass of red wine, good food
Local farmers market, events with music, the sea, walk in the sand, organic foods, the wind
I'm interested by ecology, nature, I like thinking that we can make this world a better place.

• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• chocolate
• red wine
• baking
• organic food
• yoga
• movies
• traveling
• music
• ecology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music : swing, soul music, cool music (Jack Johnson, John Butler Trio, Charlotte O'Connor, Patrice etc.)
Movies : PS I love you, Grease, The Sapphires, Into the wild, L'auberge espagnole - Les poupées russes - Casse tête chinois, Chasing Mavericks, Eat-pray-like, walt disney's movies
Books : Le Petit Prince (a french book), The Help, Trois amis en quête de sagesse
Dance : Malandain Ballet Biarritz, one of the best dance companies, at least the best french company !

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

For my birthday, my boyfriend rent a combi VW, that I drived all day ! I loved the sensation of liberty ! It was a magical moment !
I saw the sunrise in Gisborne, NZ, first city to see the sun! :-)
I touched a ray in Hamilton Bay (Western Australia)
I did an introduction class of meditation in Kathmandu, Nepal, and saw nepalese people turning around the Bodha Stupa, it was a pretty amazing moment !

Teach, Learn, Share

I learned about dance for several years, I could make you discover some great companies and choreographers!
With my boyfriend, we love listening to music, discovering new bands and artists, share
We could cook you some french specialities, and we would love discovering specialties of other cultures.
My boyfriend is a photographer, so he could show you some stuff.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Nepal, New Zealand, Spain, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France