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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Chinese (Simplified), German
  • 32, Female
  • Member since 2015
  • Exchange student at UC Berkeley
  • SciencesPo, HEC
  • From Paris, Île-de-France, France
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About Me

Hi!
I am a French student who grew up in Paris, but one of my passion in life is traveling and discovering the world :)

I am currently finishing an entrepreneurship master degree in France, and I just came back from an exchange semester at UC Berkeley in California. Before this I studied many things: political science, arts, finance... yes, I am very curious about a lot of things!

I had the chance to live for 1.5 year in Hong Kong, and discovering a lot of China and South East Asia, and still plan to discover it further. I am very sociable and I just love discovering new people, new cultures, new histories, challenge myself and get out of my confort zone :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I had heard a little bit about coach surfing, but my real meeting with it is very recent: I spent several days in Jordan with a couple of couchsurfers, who just described me how incredible their experience had been: to meet with people, discover the country, exchange and learn.

I decided my next trip would be the time to try it for the first time, and here I am :)

I am couch surfing because I want to meet with local people, exchange with them, stop staying on the surface of things by going from hostels to hostels.

As I never really have a home I did not have the chance to host anyone so far, but I can't wait to do it as soon as I can.

Interests

Travel
Scuba diving
Books
Poetry
Science fiction
Heroic Fantasy
Singularity
Arts (Avant Gardes, Asian arts..)
Deserts
Photography
Singing
French cooking

  • arts
  • books
  • singing
  • photography
  • cooking
  • coach
  • traveling
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • cartography
  • entrepreneurship
  • political science
  • science
  • hitchhiking
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Voyage au bout de la nuit, The Lord of the Rings, Guillaume Apollinaire, Milan Kundera

Music: Daft Punk, Habibi (ft Pitbull), Beach Boys, Ennio Morricone, Tracy Chapman, Maître Gims

Movies: The Sopranos, all films from Wes Anderson (The Tennenbaum Family and the Darjeeling Limited being in my top), The Lord of the Rings (yes, also), the Lion King, Homeland, Game of Thrones, Narcos

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- travelled for a month alone in Indonesia, on Flores Island
- being rescued by a helicopter, lost in the mountains of Corsica (French island)
- hitch-hiking in the pickup of Legionnaires (French most crazy military)
- bathed in the mud in the bottom of a Chinese cave
- horse trekking for days in Tibet
- danced with the crowd at local funerals at Sulawesi, Indonesia, and in Tibet

Teach, Learn, Share

Passionate about everything! I just love discovering and listening to other people stories and teachings :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My enthusiasm, energy, sociability and infinite curiosity about pretty much everything !

I am a very polite guest, I can be very as discrete as possible if necessary!

I leaved and worked in very international environments, so I adapt very easily, and I am always enthusiast about being around new people!

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Macao, Maldives, Mexico, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hong Kong, United States

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