Hi everyone ! I'm Alison, a 25 year old French women born in the South of France. As a kid and teenager, I travelled around with my father. My greatest passion for travelling comes from that time. When I turned 18, I left to study in Montreal for 3 years. I came back to France at some point in order to try to build a regular life. After 2 years trying to be happy by being like everyone else, I decided to quit my job and leave my friends and family to live an adventure in New Zealand ! I traveled around NZ for 15 months with a working holiday visa. Freedom is my bubble of happiness. I am heading back to France late May to spend time with my family before heading towards new adventures!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people, to share experiences and adventures, to learn about other cultures, to speak English, to wander and to love !

Interests

• arts
• culture
• books
• architecture
• photography
• dining
• coffee
• meditation
• gardening
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• sports
• food
• nature
• tea
• fun
• sustainability
• wandering
• healthy lifestyle
• sustainable living
• nature walks

Music, Movies, and Books

Books : Of Mice and Men (J.Steinbeck), Les Petits Enfants du Siècle (C.Rochefort), Hypothermie, La rivière noire, L'Homme du lac, Étranges rivages, La muraille de lave (A.Indridason), Zone Erogène (P.Djian), The Call of the Wild (J.London), L'amour de la vie (J.London), L'Amant, Hiroshima mon amour (M.Duras), Les yeux jaunes des crocodiles (Katherine Pancol)...

Movies : One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Elephant Man, Jules and Jim, Blood Diamond, Lord Of War, Catch me if you can, Pulp Fiction, The Dutchess, Psycho, Singin' in the rain, Easy Rider, Duel, Fight Club, Into the Wild, Mary Poppins, Moulin Rouge, Titanic, Full Metal Jacket, Rain Man, Anastasia, West Side Story, Trainspotting, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Goodbye Lenin, Laurence Anyways, J'ai tué ma mère, Les Amours imaginaires, Hunger Games, Lord of rings, The Hobbit, etc...

Music : Future Islands, Flume, Fakear, Lomepal, Woodkid, Brigitte, Lykke Li, Stromae, Alt-J, Lilly Wood and the prick, Sia, Tame Impala, Passion Pit, Asaf Avidan, Of Monster And Men, Just Jack, Foster the People, Arcade Fire, The Kooks, The Kills, Drake, Gotye, Lana Del Rey, Adele, Kimbra, Metronomy, MGMT, Muse, The xx, The Shoes, SoKo, The Strokes, Selah Sue, Jacques Brel, Orelsan, Arctic Monkeys, Austra, The Black Keys, Damon Albarn, Julien Doré, Jessie Ware, Kendrick Lamar, Norah Jones, Brolin, Phoenix, Hugo TSR...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Difficult to chose one thing only... Hiking Isthmus Peak at sunrise, stargazing in New Zealand, hiking some beautiful spots, spending a couple of days with a Balinese family, watching sunset over Tokyo.... so many things were amazing to me. I’m never tired of beautiful moments.

Teach, Learn, Share

" Twenty years from now you'll be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So sail away from the safe harbor. Explore. Dream. Discover. "

H. Jackson Brown Junior

What I Can Share with Hosts

Positive vibes, cooking skills and tips about a few places !

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Martinique, Mauritius, Norway, Portugal, Réunion, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, New Zealand