CURRENT MISSION

Happiness is a state of mind. The journey is the destination.

ABOUT ME

I'd like to say I'm a traveller at heart, convinced that there is much more to life than a 9to5 job in a big city - but I have a feeling that it wouldn't sound very original here...

Anyway, so I'm living in Paris since last September; being French, I thought I should try the Parisian life at least once in my life. I find it an exhausting city, at the same time beautiful, time consuming, scary some time, but I love being here for now. The metro can drive you crazy, the price of the beer as well, but that's definitely a lively and exciting place to be!

Other than that, I just came back from Copenhagen where I lived for three years, and were in Sydney and Bangkok before that. Don't know if that's enough to describe me... But I guess that'll have to do, seeing there's not so much space left!

PHILOSOPHY

My stay in Thailand when I was 20 changed the way I've seen and lived life ever since. Once a serious student, then a less serious student at university, I learned from Thai ppl about bouddhism, meditation, and how true happiness was not automatically related to the professional success as our society makes us believe. There's of course a lot more to say on the subject, but I'll leave that for one after-party drunk conversation!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting, surfing, meeting new ppl... I do miss the interculural exchange and the meeting-new-ppl-every-day lifestyle from my years abroad...

I'm a terrible cook (so much for the French stereotype),but always up for discovering new places, meeting new people, and having a good glass of wine with friends(maybe I am a bit of a French stereotype actually) . So I'll try my best to take you to the cosiest and down-to-earth eating places, little jazz bars, and make you feel at home in Paris!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Only just joined CS...Not too sure why I didn't do it before though.
My CS exp so far has only been crashing on the sofa of friends abroad, or friends of friends... And meeting the couchsurfers staying at my friends'places: a Californian couple coming back from a meditation retreat in Nepal, and other great ppl I learned a lot from.

Interests

Traveling to unknow places, reading, writing, the ocean (one day I'll be a marine biologist), practicing yoga, gospel music, thai food, meditation, impro theatre, a morning cup of coffee, laughing, painting.

• writing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• yoga
• meditation
• partying
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• jazz
• surfing
• biology

Music, Movies, and Books

Five ways to carry a goat - a must read for all couch surfers!
Shantaram

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-my stay in an ashram in Southern India, and discovering how life and everything around it can be seen and approached in a totally different way than in the Western world
-sleeping in a rusty unsued train wagon in the Australian outback, and waking up to an amazing sunrise
- staying in a Thai village in the middle of nowhere and meeting amazing people, showing a generosity and an internal happiness that struck me forever

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, French Polynesia, Greece, India, Italy, Kenya, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Denmark, France, Thailand