ABOUT ME

I'm a 31 years old Frenchy who was working in Ecommerce in New York for 2 years.

I've been playing a lot of sports due to my unstopable hyperactivity.. Mostly basket ball (eventhoug i'm not height challenged). I run and LOVE boards sports (surfing, skateboarding & snowboarding). I got 2 skateboards for my 28th birthday so I am actually learning and I obvisouly love it!!!

After beeing into science in High school I turned into International Trade and Marketing at Uni.
Needed to travel the world, learn various languages, understand how people interact / business acquaintances etc.

I aslo wanna know and see with my own eyes how people live around the world.

Been to UK, Netherlands and Morocco several times as I have some family living there.
Italy in 2003.
Cologne in October 2007
China in February 2008 (Shanghai and Beijing.. Great Wall etc)
Worked in Montreal. Traveled to Quebec & NYC in 2008
Worked in Dusseldorf in 2009
Stockholm in January 2010, July 2012 & June 2013.
Barcelona in August 2010 & June 2014.
New Zealand in June 2011
and spend 8 months in Australia in 2011/2012.

I lived in Boston from July 2014 to December 2015:
- NYC & Montreal several times
- Chicago August 2014 (3days)
- Washington DC in October 2014 (4 days)
- Acadia National Parc in Sept 2014
- Puero Rico in Nov-Dec 2014 (one week)
- Florida Road trip during winter break. 15days + 3days in the Bahamas!
- Lake Winipesaukee
- Western US: 16 days road trip loop. LA- Grand Canyon-Antelope Canyon Monument Valley- Arches -Bryce-Zion-Las Vegas-Death Valley-Yosemite-San Francisco-Pacific Highway and Big Surf -LA!
- New Orleans (4 days trip)
- Texas (Houston - Austin - San Antonio): 4days trip over 4th of July weekend
- Lake Umbagog camping weekend
- Philadelphia, Atlantic City and Ocean City (July 2015)
- Toronto & the Niagara Falls on August 7/8/9
- Hawaii: November 24 to Dec 7
- San Diego Dec 11-25

I went to the Reunion Island on the summer 2016 for a friend's wedding and we spent 3 weeks hiking, canyoning, surfing, paragliding etc on the island.

I got married to my best friend of 12 yrs in 2017 and we then flew 15 days in the Philippines (honeymoon) we moved to NYC for 2 years.

We had the opportunity to go back to Boston a few times, Cap Code, Acadia National Park, Montreal, Philadelphia, DC, Chicago, Savannah, Charleston, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Diego, Joshua Tree National Park, Nicaragua, Guatemala and went back to Hawaii as well !

People say about me that i'm an easy-going, happy and funny person with an unremovable smile on my face, Open Minded, Down to Earth ...

NOW... my husband and I planned a 7/8 months trip around the Americas and we left NYC on June 30th 2019.
We will be hiking a lot but we also would love to meet locals along the way to be immersed in the location we will be able to visit. We love food and we would therefore love to meet people who can teach us how to make the local dishes. We can definitely share some recipies as well!

Below is our tentative itinerary:
NYC - Detroit
Detroit - Chicago
Hop in the California Zephyr train
Hop off in Denver for 7 days around Colorado
Hop back on the train to SF
From SF we'll rent a car:
Lake Tahoe
Salt Lake City
Grand Teton National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Glacier National Park
Banff National Park
Jasper National Park
Whistler Naitonal Park
Vancouver
Victoria Island
San Juan Island
North Cascade National Park
Seattle
Olympic Park
Portland
Mount Rainier
Lassen
Napa Valley
SF
French Polynesia
Ecuador
Galapagos Islands
Peru
Bolivia
Chile
Patagonia
Argentina
(Uruguay)
(Cuba)

Looking forward to this greatest adventure and to all the people we will meet along the way !
You can follow our journey on Instagram @imane_lgdmaison or on Polarsteps https://www.polarsteps.com/thebighouse/1915144-thebighouse-on-the-road

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host people whenever I can, I've been surfing when traveling, to meet people, travel, party etc.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Been host and hosted a lot of friends the past 12 years.

Interests

Music,
Music Festivals & Concert,
Tv shows
Party (been VP of my School Student Council and had organised more big events on my campus + freshmen's week, freshmen weekend etc.) ,
Travel & Sightseeing,
Meet new people,
Share,
Learn,
Go to the beach,
Surf,
Tan,
Bbq,
Chill with my friends,
Play sports (basketball, beach volley, gym, surf, run),
Everything that contain raspberry inside,
French bakery,
Cheese
Avocado
Bagels
cinema
Smoothies

• perfumes
• concerts
• music festivals
• festivals
• dining
• cheese
• bbq
• running
• partying
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• camping
• surfing
• snorkeling
• bungee jumping
• skydiving
• snowboarding
• sports
• basketball
• swimming
• business
• languages
• science
• sightseeing
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
The Butterfly Effect, L'Auberge Espagnole (french movie) , Les Poupees Russes (french movie), the Beaver, La vita e bella, Mulholland Drive, Inception, Leon, Waterworld, Into The Wild, Dikkenek, C'est arrivé pres de chez vous, Spirited Away, Finding Nemo, The Lion King, The Goonies, Slumdog Millionaire, The Lord of the Rings, Polisse (a great french movie), What dreams may come, Bellflower, I Daniel Blake ....

Music:
Jack Johnson, Colbie Caillat, Selah Sue, John Legend, Hocus Pocus, Wax Tailor, Irma, The Kills, Jamiroquai, ALoe Blacc, Bonobo, Ratatat, Beyonce, Adele, M.I.A, Tumi and the Volume, The Kooks, The Fat Freddy's Drop, Lenka, Soko, Cee Lo Green, Bernhoft, C2C, Seynabo Sei, Sylvan Esso, Christine and the Queens, Parcels, James Blake...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I don't really know if I made something really unbelievable but for sure many things that will remain for life.

Bungee jumping alone.. once with a friend.. and last time with two friends (when the weight limit was 200kg and we scored 199 ^^).

Climbed the Great Wall of China.

Driving by car from Montreal To New York city with some friends and get into the Big Apple at night and find our hostel without a GPS or a map.

I made a humanitarian trek in 2010 for 2 weeks. From Paris to Marrakesh accross France, Spain and Morocco. I went with a girl that I met for the occasion.
We had to find aids and grants to buy our car (the famous Renault 4L that you can see in my pictures).. find school stationery, sports equipments, food that we brought in our car to poor children and families in the moroccan desert.

Road triping around Newzealand and Australia in a Van with bunk beds inside !

Snorkeling the Great Barrier Rief and meet giant turtle, Nemo etc

14 000 ft skydive above Mission Beach (with 1min free fall !!)

Swim in the crystal clear waters of the Bahamas

Camping in New Hampshire and saw Mooses!

Visit the NASA Space Center in Houston

Rodeo in a ranch in Texas

Surfing in Hawaii and meeting with some of the best female surfers in the world!

Seeing the sunset above the clouds on the Maui volcano in Hawaii!

Hiking the Napali Coast of Kauai

And now ready for the biggest adventure yet: backpacking trip around the Americas for 7/8 months !

Teach, Learn, Share

Anyone funny, down to earth, open minded, ready to share, chill out, party, who traveled and can share his experience!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Tips, food, stories !

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Philippines, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, France, Germany, United States