Wildlife Technician diplomee, working in a beautiful Natural Park on the North-Shore of Quebec, Canada!

I got lost so many times trying to find my place. Travelling in my own (big) country, hosting friends and visitors… I now own my house, enjoy walks on the beach, work in a beautiful natural park and like to travel from time to time.

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Curriculum Vitae of travels ;

2023 ; First solo trip in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 and Germany 🇩🇪
2022 ; Roadtrip in Portugal. 🇵🇹
2020 ; Dominican Republic. 🇩🇴
2017; Canada - Québec (a.k.a. home). 🇨🇦 Spent 4 beautiful months in beautiful Gaspésie in Quebec. Hiking, camping, chilling near the sea...
2016; Canada - from one ocean to the other. 🇨🇦 Hitchhiked accross Canada. From Montreal to Tofino on the Vancouver Island, and back home!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I hope to meet people, discover something new, and I really enjoy helping travelers fall in love with my country, my province, my town, etc.

It also looks like a really great opportunity to meet people, have a talk, learn about the city and learn from the host! Everyone has something to share. More than a bed or a room, a simple welcome could become a memory for a lifetime!

Interests

Botany, Nature, Arts, Books, Food and drinks (oh yeah)

• arts
• books
• poetry
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• camping
• languages
• parks
• botany
• herbarium

Music, Movies, and Books

Yellow Days / Mor Mor / kow loon / Low Hum / Daniel Belanger / Jermango Dreaming / Meltt / Ben Howard / Artic Monkeys / the XX / Patrick Watson / Beirut / Alt Jay / Dope Lemon / Tame Impala / Beach House

Dans les forêts de Sibérie - Sylvain Tesson
Lattitude Zero- Mike Horn
L'écume des jours - Boris Vian
Fanfan - Alexandre Jardin
(and any identification books of flora and fauna)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Allowed myself to give up, and try again.

Teach, Learn, Share

One of the thing I like to do is learn expressions from other languages. I’m looking for words you can NOT translate! Feels like magic! Here is my collection :

ℹ️ Coup de tête : French. Taking a spontaneous decision out of impulsivity.
ℹ️ Tourner autour du pot : French. When you hide something and try to talk about a subject without telling « it ». Taking too much time to explain/talk before telling something.
ℹ️ Schadenfreude : German. Being happy about a loving one's misery. (Or, when you laugh because your friend hit his head or fell.)
ℹ️ Fernweh : German. The desire to be far from your home. Wanting to be far away. (And you guys probably always have this feeling)
ℹ️ Vorführeffekt : German. When you want to show something to someone and then it doesn’t work!
ℹ️ Hygge : Danish. The feeling of having a good time / having a warm or cozy feeling. « Here, it is hygge »
ℹ️ Saudades : Italian. It means more or less « I miss you » but stronger. It can also mean to be nostalgic from someone or something. « I have saudades of you »
ℹ️ Cazzimma. Italian. A characteristics that belongs to a person. He/she has to be full of strength and a way of positive thinking that will help he/she to pursue his/her purposes. « She is cazzima »
ℹ️ Meraki. Italian. Doing something with devotion, enthousiasm, enjoying what you are doing.
ℹ️ Safadinha. Portuguese. Teasing, playful, being when someone is a bit cheeky but heartbreaker.
ℹ️ Casa de Herrero Asadon de palo. Spanish. It is when you work at something, in a certain domain, but your house does not looks like you work in it. Example: an ugly/messy interior’s designer house.
ℹ️ Gezellig. Dutch. “Coziness”. Expresses a certain pleasant circumstance or feeling a form of coziness, friendliness, homeliness, familiarity, quaintness.

I would love to share music, stories, books. It would be a pleasure to cook delicious meals with you... even if we fail our recipe. We could even make art! Let's give it a try would you?

What I Can Share with Hosts

- a delicious (probably vegetarian) meal
- a wonderful time playing lots of boardgames and card games
- exchanging about our culture, languages and more
- helping with chores or projects!
- would love to get to know your town with your help, maybe take a walk with you or anything else!

Also, I do live outside of the nearest town. So if you need a lift, it would be my pleasure.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Dominican Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada