Hello!

My name is Camille, I´m a frenchwoman who lives in a nice little german town.
I like to travel and dicover new cultures and new countries.
During my holiday I usually travel, either with family, with friends or on my own.

I am a rather quiet person and I guess I am more reserved than the majority of people on Couchsurfing.
I am indeed shy but I really like meeting and getting to know new people, their lives, their languages, their city, their experiences and passions...

I am not the kind who fills every waking minute with an activity and I don´t really go out at night.
This added to my doing embroidery, singing in a classical choir and drinking tea when I do go out earned me the nickname of "grandma".
However I don´t sit around knitting at home every week-end. I also hike, visit museums or galleries, go to concerts and traditional music festivals and such.

I am looking forward to meeting the world ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

As host:
I have had several guest musicians stay in my appartment and I enjoyed getting to know them, what they liked, how they lived... So I thought I could get to know some more interesting people via couchsurfing.
Furthermore I really like the region I live in (the Nahe Valley in Rhineland) and I would like to show it to more people - and maybe see and do things I would´nt have done on my own.
And finally it would give me an opportunity to practice english or maybe learn some other languages

As a guest:
Once again what I see in Couchsurfing is the opportunity to meet all kinds of people. And on top of that locals who can recommend sights, activities and restaurants in places that are new to me.

Interests

• crafts
• reading
• classical music
• eating
• sewing
• cooking and baking

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Classical choir music (Oratorio, chamber music, ...)
French classical variety (Reggiani, Maurane, Berger, Piaf, Sheller, ...)
Celtic (Cecile Corbel, Loreena McKennit, Celtic Woman...)
Classical (especially medieval, renaissance and baroque)
A Capella (Rajaton, Basta, die Wise Guys, Pow Wow...)
Pop-Rock and others (Dido, Tina Arena, Genesis , Rosie Thomas, John Denver,
Aphrodite´s Child, The Seekers ...)
...
I realize most of this isn´t quite new but I´m ready to discover the more contemporary artists you might like

Movies:
Amelie
Moonstruck
Howl´s moving castle
Spirited away
Beetlejuice
an ideal husband
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter.. and Spring
3 idiots
la Chèvre
...

Books or rather authors:
Terry Pratchett
Joan D. Vinge
Amélie Nothomb
Robert Sheckley
Haruki Murakami
Isaaac Asimov
Harper Lee
Victor Hugo
Ken Kesey
Isabel Allende
Rene Barjavel
Christopher Moore
...

TV programms:
the IT crowd, Father Ted, Black books
british panel shows (Taskmaster, QI, Would I lie to you, ...)
Whose Line Is it anyway

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I was a child I was lucky enough to sing choir in a ballet.
We got to see the life of the opera: the costume making, the singers and dancers rehearsing, the decors moving,... this is a great memory.

Teach, Learn, Share

recipes.
crafts and needlework.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I like to bake and cook: so I could cook some typical french dishes/pastries or we could exchange recipes and cook together.

conversations about books (every genre, though I have a weakness for Sci-Fi from the 1950´s), about music, about travel destinations or just about life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, England, Greece, Japan, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany