CURRENT MISSION

the journey of making France my new home

ABOUT ME

Ummm, I need to come back to this one, I find it very hard to sum myself up - I'm a bit of a Chameleon, I can be serious and intellectual, I can be down to earth and practicle, or I can just let go, have fun, dance till dawn... :)

PHILOSOPHY

e=mc2, matter is energy, energy is matter, energy flows through all...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

What can I say? I love it! This growing network of trust and understanding is just what the world needs :") My experiences so far have been very positive, meeting and corresponding with open minded, open hearted and interesting people from all over the world..

Interests

The Natural World in all its wonderful variety; I'm keen to learn more about wild medicinal plants; science; energy; the environment; Reading; Music of all types and dancing till dawn... ummm lots more; Life!

• dancing
• environment
• reading
• restoration
• music
• science
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

All types of music...
Books - from Terry Pratchet to ummm... well... at the moment I'm reading a fantasy book; & "The Famished Road" by Ben Okri and "The Search For Schroedinger's Cat" so... ummm allsorts
Movies - ummm... "What a way to go"; "Spaceballs"; "Shrek"; "Wallace and Grommit"; "Indochine"; "Like water for chocolate"; All the various David Attenborough documentaries; "Underworld"; ummm can't think at mo...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm lucky enough to say that there have been so many that I don't know where to start...
*working as an assisting relieving ranger on Little Barrier Island off the coast of new Zealand for 7 months is pretty high up on the list though...
*helping with restoration work on water powered sawmill in the Slovakian mountains...

Teach, Learn, Share

At the moment could really do with some help in understanding the French employment/tax/social security system...
I'm very interested in learning more about wild medicinal plants...
I'm happy to pass on massage/reflexology knowledge...
I believe that we are all both teachers and students of life... and I am happy to share the experiences and skills I have... (massage/reflexology/decorating etc..)

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, New Zealand, United Kingdom