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Overview

  • 7 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in French; learning English, German, Sign Language - Quebec, Spanish
  • 42, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • student - teacher - café manager
  • arts, photography, french teaching, teaching kids and adu...
  • From St-Ignace de Stanbridge, Cantons-de-l'Est (Qc, Canada)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Liiiiiiive

ABOUT ME

J'aime la vie, avec ses hauts et ses bas. J'aime qu'elle soit si simple et si complexe à la fois. Je suis une battante, j'ai depuis longtemps compris qu'il ne s'agissait pas seulement que d'essayer de ne pas tomber, mais bien d'apprendre à toujours se relever.

J'ai grandi à la campagne, j'habite maintenant en ville et ce mode de vie me convient parfaitement. J'ai cependant besoin des grands espaces, de l'eau et des montagnes pour me ressourcer quand le béton m'étouffe.

Je suis plutôt timide, quand on ne me connait pas seulement. Je prends ma place, mais pas celle des autres.

La vie file à toute vitesse, je veux profiter de chaque seconde et de chaque instant, comme si c'était le dernier.

How to describe myself... I like simple things. I like the way life can be simple and complicated at the same time. I like the four seasons as I need them to progress. I like nature, water and mountains, but I'm living in the city because I need that too.

I can be shy and I can be really outgoing, and sometimes I'm just in between ;)

I love meeting new people and it is such a pleasure to host friends, family and Couchsurfers. My family and my friends are very important to me, the're not just part of my life, they are my life too.

I learnt that life is short, so I want to enjoy every single little part of it.

PHILOSOPHY

Carpe diem & Mora mora

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'll try my best to host as often as possible because it brings me sunshine into my life as I like to meet new people from other cultures.

I didn't host much in the past because my ex-roomate wasn't too hot with the Couchsurfing thing. But he's gone! Lets have fun :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted three couchsurfers and it was very very cool. I enjoyed it a lot. Want to do it again as often as possible. I surfed in Europe years ago and I met amazing people. I have a great memories of this experience.

Outside of Couchsurfing site, I hosted many people that I met while traveling across Canada.

Interests

I like:

languages (speak, write, read, teach, learn)
photography
music (i'm really open-minded and I like to discover)
eating and cooking (thai food especially)
spending time with the people i love
my job as i Café manager

  • photography
  • dining
  • cooking
  • traveling
  • music
  • camping
  • rock climbing
  • languages
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Almost everything... These days: Ratatat, Blind Pilot, Local natives, Arcade Fire, The Dawes, Bon Iver, Bonobo, Radiohead, Elliot Smith, Gotan Project, Hot Springs, Manu Chao, Mother Mother, Nada Surf, Silversun Pickups, The Cat Empire

Movies: Requiem for a dream, Trainspotting, Eternal Sunshine of a spotless mind,

Books: Amélie Nothomb, Jean Barbe, Beigbeder, Matthieu Simard, Kundera

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

aurores boréales (Northern Lights)
Isle of Skye
Camping under the moonlight (and its eclipse) near Mediterranée in Cerbere
A cloud climbing up the moutain in Auvergne, everything wet, white and foggy at the top of the volcano
The canadian rockies and the canadian desert

Teach, Learn, Share

What I can teach: french, english, Quebec typical cuisine

What I'd like to learn: improve my english and my spanish and learn other languages. I'd like to play some music too and I just got an «accordéon» from my grandpa. Anyone's playing?

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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