ABOUT ME

I'm quite an easy going person, compared to my age ;) as I want to stay young!!!!
My two teenage kids and their friends always say I look younger than I really am. In fact, it's because I would like to be like them I suppose, very active and not too serious.
So, I feel confortable with every kind of people and I think I am a joyful, understanding woman, highly tolerant, with a hint of seriousness and maturity of course.
I am also a french woman from Provence, with a latin temperament I try to hide sometime, quite passionnate, charmer and probably impulsive sometime.
And I am an artist too. I love drawing and painting, especially living models.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I organized wine tastings class with 15 couchsurfers and several other ones will come.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met people to hang out when I was in Tokyo and now I organize wine tasting classes in english for couchsurfers in Toulouse.

Interests

Travelling, good food, wine, sharing a good laugh. I am a true epicurean.

• dining
• wine
• wine tasting
• traveling
• painting
• drawing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Having gone through Death Valley during a hot day, beginning of august, in a convertible with two friends, driving very slowly as the air was burning and suffocating (Death Valley is the second hottest spot on the planet). Many people told us not to do it, and the place was really desertic at this moment. ;)
For my thesis of master's degree in management in the Wine sector, in 1992, I've been to some sovkhozes deep within Ukraine where people had never seen foreign people and I was a kind of alien. :)
Have been in Zagreb in 1991 during the war in Croatia with some friends as we were in Slovenia for wine studies and feeling this strange and sad feeling, wanting to help people but being powerless :(

Teach, Learn, Share

As I am a wine specialist , I teach wine tasting. I love to share my knowledge about wines, not only french wines.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Germany, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Maldives, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United Kingdom