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Overview

  • 8 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Spanish
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Post-doctoral fellow
  • PhD in biology
  • From Québec City, Québec, Canada
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Learn a bit more everyday... Just so I realize how much I don't know a thing! :)

ABOUT ME

I am a post-doc in biology. I am thus a very curious person and always willing to learn new stuff.

I am fascinated by different cultures and education, especially those that are in direct opposition with mine. I enjoy rebuild my cultural way of thinking, and being confrontated to social paradoxes.

Scientists ain't laboratory rats, they (most of them!) love teamwork and people in general ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At home: I appreciate meeting new people and show them around.
Traveling: I really appreciate time I spend by myself, but even more with local people I meet. Any destination is better with insider view, so that's the reason why I'm here. I am not willing only to sleep in people's place, but more to hear a bit more about how they live/think.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met people in Edinburgh, and went hiking Arthur's Seat with them.
I hosted an amazing CS with my roomie in Quebec city, and showed him around as much as I could with my student schedule :)
I met a great citizen of the world in Czech Republic, who became a friend.
I hosted three amazing CSer as well, and hope to have more experiences like this in the future.

Interests

Music, scuba diving, history, sciences, cooking, eating, reading, share my culture (canada/quebec), share bottles of wine :)

  • culture
  • education
  • cooking
  • wine
  • beer
  • drinking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • hiking
  • scuba diving
  • biology
  • teaching
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

- Vicky, Christina, Barcelona
- Flamenco
- The origin of Species

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

To walk by a Volcano in Nicaragua and in Stromboli... No words to describe the experience. You can really feel all the power of the Earth.

Teach, Learn, Share

Learnt:
- How to climb a hill when you haven't slept for 36 hours, and have a beer afterwards.
- How you can be free in a wireless era (Thanks Reilly)
- That you can actually sleep in a truck.
- That a peaceful mind is a realistic goal (Thanks Dean).
- To keep the pace once you started drinking (Thanks Petr)

I enjoy any occasion of learning more Spanish.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Mexico, Nicaragua, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Czech Republic, Mexico

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