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Overview

  • 4 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French
  • 30, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Fashion Designer
  • Shoe and Bag Designer
  • From Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France
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About Me

Hi everyone,

It's been a while since I've been on the website. It's actually funny to see how my English improved !
(There's still loads of room for improvement though and I'm always happy to learn new words / expressions or just to improve my grammar so don’t be shy about correcting me).

The last time I've done some couch surfing was in Australia with 2 wonderful Australians who welcomed me and a friend into their home. I've had a great experience over there and stayed there for 10 months. It has changed my life since and allowed me to meet different people and learn about other cultures.

I then went back to France after Australia where I found a job as a Fashion Designer for bags in leather in the South of France. I stayed there for about a year where I was doing the prototypes and patterns for different bags and different brands.

Later I went to Ireland (it's not a legend, it is always raining and grey) for 2 years. I was working in a Customer Service in Uber and tried on my days off not to lose everything I learned about leather and went to Kildare to help doing the prototypes for a lovely Irish Designer called Garvan De Bruir (check his website here : https://debruir.com/)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've decided to leave Ireland and travel to the US with 2 friends for 3 months to discover the country. It's always been a dream and it's about time.
We want to meet local people who can show us what America is really like and not see just the touristy parts. If it's not possible for you to let us stay a night or 2 then let's just grab a cup of coffee and have a chat or have a beer and go out all together :)

About my (way to cool) friends :

- Alizée is a Graphic Designer and is currently living in Paris. She's doing some Hip-Hop and would like to find someone to show her some steps ! She is a tiny bit crazy but very funny I promise. (Pretty brunette in the photos)

- Nico is living is Nantes and has been living in Seoul, Paris, Caen and Montreal. He loves music and works for different festivals in France. He also plays bass and electronic music. (With the guitar in the photos)

Interests

  • concerts
  • festivals
  • wine
  • beer
  • cocktails
  • yoga
  • partying
  • music
  • surfing
  • swimming
  • travel
  • art
  • wines
  • snorkling
  • water
  • beers
  • diy projects
  • apnea

Music, Movies, and Books

Music : Keytranada, Tyler the creator, Chaka Khan, Kali Uchis, The Internet, King Krule, LCD Soundsystem, Vacations, A tribe called quest, MF Doom, Tom Misch, Jungle, Reggie Snow, Anderson Paak, Yellow Days, Flying Lotus, 90’s Hip Hop, Mac de Marco, Hiatus Kaiyote, Thundercat, The Black Keys, Romare, etc etc these are just a tiny example. Quite open about other music as well (House / Techno / Hip Hop / Trip Hop / Jazz / etc)

TV shows : The Get Down, Westworld, Black Mirror, House of Card, Love, New Girl, Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, The Handmaid’s Tale, Orange is the New Black, Riverdale, The Crown, The Sinner, etc

Movies : Shutter Island, The Green Mile, Ray, Inception, This is England, The Butterfly Effect, Elephant, Into The Wild, Paranoid Park, Moulin Rouge, Incendies, Gran Torino, Pulp Fiction, Good Morning England, Trainspotting, Fight Club, Forest Gump, Requiem for a Dream, Juno, 99F, etc

Books : haven’t read a proper book in years .. I know I know.. don’t judge me..

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, Ireland

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