Hello ! I'm Julia, 28 years old and I have lived 2 years in strasbourg (france). I traveled last year around Central america for several months from Colombia to Guatemala, it was a really great experience!!! I dream about one thing, continue to travel as possible.
I'm think i'm very positive person and i always smile , I love travel around the world and in my flatmate where I had lived in france, there were often couchsurfers , so I think i have the state of mind of a CS ;-)
I'm open_minded and i love to discover new things and new persons.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Well, i am searching new persons to meet around the world and live life as simple possible. I think CS is the best way to meet people who wants to share some kind of way of living, some experiences and some good moments in their country. Well i'm new on CS, I hope find crazy and nice people !

Interests

music, travel, read, meditation, good food, meet people, walk, the nature, natation, think positive

Music, Movies, and Books

books: The Alchimist and Aleph, Paulo Coelho; Sylvain Tesson ;The power of now, Eckart Tolle

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was in Peru when i was 19, my first trip alone, it was amazing ! Well, i was ill so i didn't visit the machu picchu.. but the population was so nice with me that i forget this little episode ;-)

Eat the best chicken in the world in Togo where some kind people invited us to share a meal and we stayed all night for watching the most beautiful stars in the heaven ! A magic moment/

Stay 10 days in the jungle in Colombia on the pacific coast, such an amazing experience with animals, sound of the pacific and birds with nothing around!!!

Eat a scorpion in Tailand

Teach, Learn, Share

Live your dreams !!! it may be awesome

I'm in love with this poem of Pablo Neruda :

"Muere lentamente quien se transforma en esclavo del hábito,
repitiendo todos los días los mismos trayectos,
quien no cambia de marca,
no arriesga vestir un color nuevo
y no le habla a quien no conoce.

Muere lentamente quien evita una pasión,
quien prefiere el negro sobre blanco
y los puntos sobre las "íes"
a un remolino de emociones,
justamente las que rescatan el brillo de los ojos,
sonrisas de los bostezos,
corazones a los tropiezos y sentimientos.

Muere lentamente quien no voltea la mesa
cuando está infeliz en el trabajo,
quien no arriesga lo cierto por lo incierto
para ir detrás de un sueño,
quien no se permite por lo menos una vez en la vida,
huir de los consejos sensatos.

Muere lentamente quien no viaja,
quien no lee,
quien no oye música,
quien no encuentra gracia en sí mismo.

Muere lentamente quien destruye su amor propio,
quien no se deja ayudar.
Muere lentamente,
quien pasa los días quejándose de su mala suerte
o de la lluvia incesante.

Muere lentamente,
quien abandona un proyecto antes de iniciarlo,
no preguntando de un asunto que desconoce
o no respondiendo cuando le indagan sobre algo que sabe.

Evitemos la muerte en suaves cuotas,
recordando siempre que estar vivo
exige un esfuerzo mucho mayor
que el simple hecho de respirar.

Solamente la ardiente paciencia
hará que conquistemos una espléndida felicidad."

___________

in english:

"Dies Slowly...

Dies slowly he who transforms himself into the slave of habits,
repeating every day the same itineraries,
who does not change a brand,
does not risk to wear a new color and doesn't talk to whom he doesn't know.

Dies slowly he who makes of television his guru.

Dies slowly he who avoids a passion,
who prefers black to white
and the dots on the "i" than to the whirlpool of emotions,
those ones that recover the gleam of the eye,
smiles from the yawns,
hearts from the stumbling and the feelings.

Dies slowly he who does not overthrow the table when is he is unhappy at work,
who does not risk the certain for the uncertain
to go toward that dream that has been keeping him awake.
Who does not allow, at least once in his life, flees from wise counsel.

Dies slowly he who does not travel, does not read,
he who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself.
Dies slowly he who destroys his self esteem,
who does not accept somebody's help.
Dies slowly he who passes his days complaining of his bad luck or the incessant rain.
Dies slowly he who abandons a project before starting it,
who does not ask over a subject that he does not know
or who does not answer when being asked about something he knows.

Dies slowly he who does not share his emotions, joys and sadness,
who does not trust, who does not even try.
Dies slowly he who does not re-live his memories
and continues getting emotional as if living them at that moment.

Dies slowly he who does not intent in excelling,
who does not learn from the stones from the road of life,
who does not love and or let' s somebody love.

Let's avoid death in soft doses,
remembering always that to be alive demands an effort much bigger
than the simple fact of breathing...
And only through perseverance do we conquer the splendid happiness..."

What I Can Share with Hosts

For couchsurfer: Please don't request me if you only search a free bed, be a little interested by my profil !

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, Togo

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, France