My name is Camille. I'm a french girl who studies Cinema in University of La Sorbonne in Paris. My second passion is travel.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

With differents kind of trip (hitchikking, camping, volunteer work ...) , I discovered that travel is perfect to meet really amazing people ! For me couchsurfing is one way to do that. Before I wasn't that much sociable and I was a little bit shy to speak in english but when I travel I feel myself free so I am more confortable with that. I keep trying to improve this language (even I still make mistakes ; I'm so motivated !!!).

I'm used to travel without a lot of money ; I'm a studdent you know and I'm sure that I live more fun adventurs like this ! I really like to be on the road and don't know what will be happen next day (first I was so affraid by that, but when you try, it become the best way to be happy, I think). And most of the time I travel alone because I think that I can meet more people like this - and I like to camp and go in the hostel too :)

Interests

I'm really fond of Cinema. I watch a lot of differents movies, I think it is essential for me to be open-minded about film because it is what I'm study in university. Of course, I have some favorites directors like Alejandro Jodorowsky, Quentin Dupieux, Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Antonin Peretjatko and other ... I like to talk about cinema (if you never stop me, I can speak about that all the day long !). I also write some critics about movies ,or some other topics sometings, for webzine and university's newpaper. I'm also very interest about photo, during my trip in Cuba I have broke my camera and I have realized how much it is important for me to take pictures of what I experiment in my life ; I'm pretty sure that there is link between my passion for cinema and my obsession for photography. And of course, in my dreams, I want to be a director, haha !

I like cinema because movies can talk about many differents topics ! When I starts interessing myself about something, I want to watch a movie about. And movie is every time a personnal vision to show something ; I like to see how people imagine and want to show the world. You can travel all around the world just with films, there is something magical ! But it isn't enough : I want to see the world with my own eyes and take my own pictures, haha !

So I share my life between cinema and travel and I'm so happy like this (maybe it is not the real life and I have to wake up one day but for now I want to enjoy my youth, haha). There is one quotation that I really like : "if you don't feel good where you are, move ! You are not a tree !". I really don't know where is that from but I think it is a good philosophy !

What else ? I'm interested in politics ; I think that it is more than just a social game, for me is really a system to organize a society for live a better life togheter. Maybe it is just utopist but I still believe in. Philosophy is one of my center of interest too. Of course, I like have some long and animated conversations with people about how we can change the world, haha. Like everyone I like music (and I can listening many differents kind of but what I really like is french old music, because of the lyrics I think). I try to learn piano and I like it but I'm just in the beginning. I'm very interested in art and culture. Sport is not my business ; I'm a energetic person but I don't want to run behind a balloon, haha. Contrariwise, I like try activities when I travel like go for a horse ride, hiking and treking, swiming ...

• arts
• photography
• movies
• traveling
• cinema

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One summer, I spent one month in Iceland. I was 19 years old and I went far on my own for the first time. I worked in a cafe in Akureyri first and after my ex-boyfriend came to join me and we travelled by hitchhiking around Iceland. It was a incredible trip and I have needed time after to realized, haha. And I have keep traveling : I went in Cambodia, in Shanghaï, in Cuba ... And I'm currently in Canada for my last university's semester. And I hope I will live other experiences like this one, maybe with couchsurfing !

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France