CURRENT MISSION

I am in the second year of the three-year Bachelor programme ‘Business Translation and Interpreting’ Dutch, French, English and German at the Hogeschool PXL in Hasselt, Belgium.

ABOUT ME

I'm a rather quiet person, but I love to laugh and I tease all the time.
I love travelling and meeting people and discover other cultures, new music...
We sometimes travel with Servas also : we stayed with Servas hosts in Pakistan and in Brasil.
I love chocolate and of course languages!

I've always worked as a secretary or management assistant in divers companies.

I've got one daughter who's living and working as a translator in Ireland.
The love of my life is Jo, short for Johan.

PHILOSOPHY

«L'oeil boit la vie apparente pour en nourrir la pensée. Il boit le monde, la couleur, le mouvement, les livres, les tableaux, tout ce qui est beau et tout ce qui est laid, et il en fait des idées.» Guy de Maupassant
Just look around you and find the good things in all and everybody ! You'll be so much happier.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

One experiece in Tanger, France : Cyril a winemaker who was a perfect host.
(I enjoyed very much the Servas experience)

Interests

travel, walking, biking,
chocolate making

• chocolate
• walking
• traveling
• cycling
• business
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Tous les matins du monde (film)
Piano, cello, violin,
Kate Bush, Outcast, Johny Dowd

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Rub al Khali, Yemen
Tarzan jump (canopy walk/zip line), Costa Rica
India and Pakistan, all of it.

Teach, Learn, Share

I've got a teaching degree; I love to explain, make people understand.
I'm enrolled in a Bachelor programme and go to school every day. I take classes with other students of course, but they are 30 years younger than me. so I teach them some things, and they teach me... It's hard studying at my age, but it is really rewarding.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Guatemala, India, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Mexico, Turkey, Vatican City State, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium