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Overview

  • 8 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning German
  • 29, Female
  • Member since 2014
  • On the road, mostly
  • 18 credits in Baccalauréat en Arts visuels et Médiatiques...
  • From Pointe-aux-Outardes, Quebec, Canada
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About Me

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 my land and beach, work in a beautiful natural park and like to travel from time to time!

Looking forward for my first ever solo trip in Europe in March 2023 🇳🇱🇩🇪🇫🇷

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Curriculum Vitae of travels ;

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

I find languages mysterious.

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!

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.

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 make art! Let's give it a try would you?

What I Can Share with Hosts

- a delicious (probably vegetarian) meal (or a basic meal, sometimes I fail my recipe, oups!)

- 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!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Dominican Republic, Portugal, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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