CURRENT MISSION

Be in the present moment - keep moving, feel alive, keep chillin and meeting new people!

ABOUT ME

I'm a pretty social person, love traveling, listening and playing music (ukulele), dancing, hiking, paddle boarding, scuba diving, wild harvesting, cooking, reading... and chillin in my hammock!

PHILOSOPHY

Don't exchange a perfect present for a simple future...doesn't sound the same as in French... N'échangez pas un présent parfait pour un future simple!

Stay in the present moment, try to be conscious as much as possible - I have found it to be much more fulfilling (albeit more challenging as well) than being on automatic pilote!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I spread the word, I couchsurf, I host when I can...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couch-surfeded in Moncton on my way up to Newfoundland with my dad many summers ago! Awesome experience. Traveled all through Canada, Europe and Latin America couchsurfing and met some amazing people. Have hosted couchsurfers in Quebec and BC and had great experiences with that as well! I wouldn't travel any other way now cause it's definitely the best way to get to know local people, local places and local culture!

Interests

too many!!! playing the ukulele, harvesting mushrooms and other wild edibles, cooking, hiking, gardening, reading, going to art exhibits, drinking a nice cold pint in a pub, yoga and meditation, massage, listening to live music, learning new things, dancing (salsa, ecstatic dance, flow, etc), making stuff from scratch/diy building (just built my own greenhouse with 95% recycled materials in 2024), paddle boarding, swimming and scuba diving, traveling, having discussions on random topics, etc.

• arts
• culture
• dancing
• cooking
• yoga
• massage therapy
• meditation
• drinking
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• music
• live music
• hiking
• kayaking
• camping
• scuba diving
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

How to change your mind & This is your mind on plants - Michael Pollan, 100 years of solitude, A suitable boy, What the body remembers, Birds without wings, La casa de los espiritus, A walk in the woods, The Alchemist...
Bomba Estereo, Nina Simone, Manu Chao, Heroes del Silencio, Fourtet, Parov Stelar, A tribe called red, Cypress Hill, Sublime, Arcade Fire, Xavier Rudd, Silvio Rodriguez, Perrosompopos, Jean Leloup, Talking heads, Augustus Pablo, Lee Scratch Perry, Dobacaracol, The Ramones, Billy Idol, The Kinks, Bob Marley, and many many more...
Into the Wild, El Sueno de Valentin, Volver, Los amantes del circo polar, Amores Perros, Eternal Sunshine for a Spotless Mind, L'auberge Espagnol, Run Lola Run, Latcho Drom, Dirty Dancing, Breakfast Club, Django (well all of Quentin's movies really!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

No way I can pick just one...
Swimming in the Somoto Canyons, hiking on Ometepe and diving in Corn Islands in Nicaragua
Palenque , Tulum and San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico
Diving in Cozumel, Utila and Sandy Cay in Honduras
Going up Mount Algonquin and Mount Eisenhower in the Adirondaks
Hiking, kayaking and camping on Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada
Venice, Venice, Venice!!!
Trekking in the Pyrennees
Paragliding in Columbia
Learning to do Thai Massage in Chiang Mai
Discovering the Basque culture in Spain
Picking olives in Italy
Kayaking-camping on the Saguenay Fjord in Quebec with the whales... breathtaking!
Hiking on Machu Picchu and creating community vibes in the Sacred Valley
Learning some new salsa steps in Cali, Colombia
Living in Haida Gwaii and visiting all the village sites in Gwaii Haanas

Teach, Learn, Share

Do it, Everyone!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Music, cooking, great conversations, relaxing, hikes, etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, England, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Peru, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Nicaragua