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Overview
About Me
I love to travel, meet new people and learn languages. I am studying at University and this year, i am doing two exchanges: one in Italy and one in Costa Rica.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
I love the idea of visiting new places and meet people on the way. I think it is fantastic! I wish to create new friendships and share knowledge and language skills.
Interests
I like a lot of things and also to discover new things.
-Sports:
The ones that I practice the most often are jogging, gym, crossfit, spead/road bike, volley ball, kayak, tennis, natation, hiking in nature, etc.
The sports or activities that I do less often but would like to improve are climming, mountain bike, fishing, camping, "arbre-en-arbre" , squash, Ski, snowboarding, raquette, etc.
The ones that I can't wait to do are DIVING, scubadiving, SURF, snorkelling, kite boarding, horse ridding, etc.
-Dance:
I am a big fan of lantin dance :D = Salsa, Merengue, bachata. I also like other types, but latin is the one that comes more natural to me :)
- Traveling: I love to discover new places and way of living, traditions, food, languages, etc. I also love to learn about the history while travelling.
-Passion: I am studying in development, so I love to participate in humanitarian projects, NGOs and all other international help projects. I wish to participate in the reduction of poverty and death rate. I also love to get involved in project to protect the environment and others to reduce the pollution.
- culture
- dancing
- bachata
- education
- environment
- dining
- crossfit
- traveling
- socializing
- cycling
- fishing
- hiking
- kayaking
- camping
- scuba diving
- skiing
- snowboarding
- sports
- tennis
- racquetball
- teaching
- history
- languages
- tourism
- squash
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: A bit of everything, i like to discover different style of music. I am a big fan of 8tracks that makes me discover new songs, groups and style of music.
For movies, I usually don't have a lot of time for it, but i enjoy it so much when I do.
recently I watched peaceful warrior (about a young gymnast Dan Millman). I can also tell you that I loveeeee "CHEF" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeF16MCDJtM) comedy directed by and starring Jon Favreau with Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson.
Books: theses years I have been reading a lot for university, so reading as a hobby has been replaced by active activities ! hehe but I do have books that I absolutly want to read:
-I am Malala
- Nelson Mandela
- Cien años de soledad de Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- more books of Paolo Coelho
- etc.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
- travel one month pack-sac plus hich-hickining with my friend in France. We did Paris, Alsace, Nice, Lion, Marseille et la Camargue.
- I did many times children camps as an Animator. The ones that really impacted me were in Nemaska with Cree people (Their culture was so interesting for me). Another one was 3 weeks in Villa Traful, Neuquén, Argentina, as an animator and also nature guide, a role that I loved.
- Studied one year in Argentina. In this school, we were about 600 hundred persons, so I met people from all over the world. I feel really lucky, because they are solid friendship that I will keep forever. I am so exited to visit them one day and they know I am there for them! During this period, I visited Chile for a month, Uruguay and Mexico on the way back to Canada.
- I tried to be flight attendant for AirCanada, did part of the trainning. Even if I failled the trainning because it was really intense, i was unprepared, it was far from my house, we had to be there 6days/week, I loved to feel that It could be an option, whenever i want I can repass the formation and do this job for couples years.
- I am doing two University exchange. One in Italy and one in Costa Rica. In Italy, it is amazing because I live with an Italian family. I teach them english and make them speak to me in english all the time. It is a really good experience and I know it is really good for them. The couple did a great to for their daughters education and life experience. On my side, I took my 4 courses in Italian to improve the language. It is a challenge but I know it is the way to learn.
Teach, Learn, Share
these 3 verbs are my life!!
What I Can Share with Hosts
As soon as I have the opportunity, a fix place, I will definitely host people !!
I love to help in every way I can!
I can share my languages, my experiences, i can refer contacts and tips...
every information i can.
Countries I’ve Visited
Argentina, Chile, France, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, Uruguay
Countries I’ve Lived In
Argentina, Canada, Chile, France, Italy, Mexico