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Overview

  • 4 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Dutch, Spanish
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • french teacher
  • master in politics
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

I'm a dynamic young woman. Passion number one is try new things and challenge myself. More exactly i love travelling, and while I'm at it : meet new people.I like to play Ultimate Frisbee, dancing (could be number one actually), having a good aperitif, eating, etc. I try to fight for social justice through my previous work (in an NGO) and personnal life and I like to share experiences about that matter and discuss it with other people. Recently, I started the new adventure of being a high school french teacher in Spain, following my spanish boyfriend.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I discovered it while Erasmussing in Budapest, it opened my mind. First time away from home, and it was great! My flatmate and I hosted several travellers in our living room from all over the world, they were all friendly and respectfull.
Now, everytime i'm travelling, i try to do it in a couchsurfing way. I like to travel with my bike too, i used www.warmshower.org several times (to host and be hosted). I ended up talking about travels around the world, bikeraces, etc with total strangers, giving me the joy of a warm shower too. What else?

Interests

Books, independant movies (call me hipster), local alternatives, sewing, knitting, traveling, Ultimate Frisbee

  • books
  • dancing
  • beer
  • movies
  • traveling
  • knitting
  • music
  • cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

The Cat Empire and Paco De lucia for music.
L'auberge Espagnole, Les Poupées Russes, Casse-tête Chinois (and Dirty Dancing of course) for movies.
Books: Diarios de Motocicleta

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sleeping at a stranger's place (a woman i met on a bus in Tanzania) and taking my bike to travel, being a girlscout.

Teach, Learn, Share

Music, Stories, Beers.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A tour arouns the city of Oviedo that I really like, I can also show you around other places of Asturias. We can also share a nice tea, have a good beer or sidra (the specialty here), do a bike tour, see the nice beaches of Asturias, go to Gijón, etc I also know the veggie and vegan places to eat if you're interested.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Myanmar, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Hungary, Kenya

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