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Overview

  • 21 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Haitian, Haitian Creole; learning Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish
  • 37, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • breathing, loving, ''musicizing'', ''tenniscizing'', read...
  • life and all it's expectations and surprises... ok, ok, s...
  • From Montreal, Qc, Canada
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To become a Castellera!!!!!!

ABOUT ME

what is green and red and is still finding itself?
you've guessed right! me...

Well, I have to say this trip is constantly opening my eyes and my heart to my true essence, as corny as it sounds!

And now more than ever, I think of myself as a respectful, curious, creative, open-minded, willing, patient, stubborn, friendly, passionate and gutsier human being... more to follow as life goes on!

PHILOSOPHY

right now it would be to continue ''de faire un beau voyage comme Ulysse''. If you care to know, I believe the original quote is "Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage".

You know, Ulysse, that guy from the Odyssée who resisted temptation from the mermaids... anyways, his trip was not always smooth and he went through a lot. But isn't it what life is about?! well at least for me, at the moment, it is.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I introduce friends, new and old, about it, have been couch and floor surfing this summer and have hosted back home. Looking forward to more hosting and surfing adventures...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

so far so good!

Interests

I love tea, hanging out in parks, cracking jokes, playing and listening to music, sports (racquet sports specially tennis, ping pong and badminton, as well as football or soccer, depending on how you call it, and volleyball), languages, translation (I'm a translator), linguistics, movies (silly comedies such as "Be Kind Rewind" to masterpieces such as "Happy Together"), meeting new people, discovering new food, music, expressions, books, movies, developing new friendships through my travels, that genius called Leonardo Da Vinci, that other genius called Galileo Galilei, and British humor (like the brill Jennifer Saunders) among many other things.

  • arts
  • books
  • performing arts
  • perfumes
  • dining
  • cooking
  • breakfast
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • piano
  • violin
  • surfing
  • skateboarding
  • sports
  • soccer
  • tennis
  • volleyball
  • table tennis
  • badminton
  • languages
  • parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Some favorites include:

writers/poets: Ahmadou Kourouma, Zadie Smith, Hans Christian Andersen, Romain Gary, Kurt Vonnegut, David Sedaris, Roahl Dahl, Paul Eluard, Prévert et récemment, Antonin Artaud.

film directors: Wong Kar Wai, Truffaut, Wes Anderson, Christopher Guest, Miranda July, Miyazaki, Coen Bros (The Big Lebowski), David Lynchs Night on Earth (specially the brilliant Benigni part)!

music: Barbara, Nina Simone, France Gall, Anne Laplantine, Maria Tanase, the Pixies, Selda Bagcan, Dionne Warwick, Vinicius de Moraes, Nara Leao, Amalia Rodrigues, Astor Piazzolla, Cesaria Evora, Serge Gainsbourg, The Zombies, Bela Bartok, Yann Tiersen, Gonzales, Philip Glass...

painters: Marc Chagall, Velasquez, Holbein, Vermeer, Brueghel, Arcimboldo, Degas...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

what's that word again? oh yeah, LIFE

Teach, Learn, Share

I can cook you a killer breakfast of champions!!! Plus I make killer milkshakes!!!

I'm travelling with my melodica so I could join in a jam session, if it feels right...

I can teach a few languages, Haitian cuisine (if you like spicy food!), ice skating, getting around on a skateboard, tennis, ping pong and piano/melodica...

I'd love to learn more about art performance, linguistics. I'd also love to learn how to play the accordion!!! to start playing the violin again, improve the languages I speak and learn how to cook Thai food.

But I'm opened to learning and trying new things. Hit me with your best shot!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Romania, Serbia, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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