CURRENT MISSION

Discover the world, meet new people and learn about different culture !

ABOUT ME

HI :)
I m Justine !

I am from France and I love travelling, meeting people from everywhere and most of all discover new cultures and countries ! I am Friendly, sociable, easy going. I enjoy being in an international atmosphere ! We can learn so much from our different experiences and cultures ^^

I am not looking for anything else but Friendship here, I am usualy very friendly, please make sure you don't misinterprete my intentions :)

I like to go out day or night ! sightseeing, walking, biking, going to exhibitions , concert, dancing !and Latin dancing in Particular!

I ve been to quite lots of countries on the 5 continents, I was supposed to go discover South America in 2020, Colombia, Ecuador..Brasil, Argentina..but... got cancelled :(

I like to live in a country to discover its people, its culture, its routine. I lived before in the US, Australia, Taiwan, China (4 years^^)and Costa Rica. I could travel to many countries around these places and really enjoyed it :)
All this probably creates a weird Frenchy me haha :) sure I am open minded and love life for all the experiences I got the chances to live !

Now.. well, I am back in France.. I was a Purchaser till February 2020 but decided to change direction to find a job more Human and open minded.. I found that kind of job in Toulouse, South of France ! I've been living in Toulouse for 3 years now and I enjoy it ! I can say it is my favorite city in France !

I also took a French Teaching for foreigner training recently so.. Let me know if you need French lessons :):)

If you read my profil till now, wow !

Something I experienced with people in my travels push me to say this : I am not looking for anything else than friendship using Couchsurfing. I love to make new friends and that's all.
Also while traveling, i got in contact with people who answered my traveling request in a very nice way, giving me a lot of information and offering me a couch and that's adorable. I'm so thankful to the CS community about it. But any travelers should know that sometimes, when you travel, it's not that easy to coordinate flights, the friends you just met in the plane, the planning you already made and the time that flies. and it's not always possible to meet, have a coffe or be hosted. So If I did not say "YES for sure, see you here at that time", please don't get angry if plans change. :)

Voila !

PHILOSOPHY

Disfrutar la vida !

Don't dream to live but Live your dreams !!! (Taken from another Couchsurfer of course...;)

Don't be sad because it's over, be happy because it happened :)

Learning a language is not about learning a skills, it's about gaining a country.

My favorite thing is to go where I have never gone. - Daniel Arbus

Learnt this poema while on a Free Tour in Porto, Lisboa and love it !
Viajar! Perder países!

Viajar! Perder países!
Ser outro constantemente,
Por a alma não ter raízes
De viver de ver somente!

Não pertencer nem a mim!
Ir em frente, ir a seguir
A ausência de ter um fim,
E da ânsia de o conseguir!

Viajar assim é viagem.
Mas faço-o sem ter de meu
Mais que o sonho da passagem.
O resto é só terra e céu.

Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa 20/09/1933

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

With Couch Surfing, you have friends all over the world and I love this feeling ! I could travel anywhere, I'm sure to meet awesome poeple:)
Love to go to Couch Surfing Meetings on Week ends or days! and make New friends ! I'm so Happy to have CS friends when I arrive in a New city ! I can now host a bit more also with the new appartment I have.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
April 2012, In our dormitory in Beijing, I don t know if we broke the rules or not..(!) but we hosted 2 couchsurfers after a great couch surfing event !a Great exprience ! It s always hard to say good bye in the end ..!

2013-2014 : I has one of my best CS experience in Guangzhou ! We were lucky to have great activity organizers and we made some video clip, Pool Parties, Santacon, pic-nics...best time of my life ! Couch surfing in GUANGZHOU is Big ! and People there are awesome ! Check it out! :)

2014 - in Saint Malo - FRANCE - Was an other great couch surfing experience ! I arrived in this city without knowing anyone again, and by organizing CS event, I got to meet amazing people who are great friends now. We were organizing CS meeting every wednesday in a different bar and it got quite popular among the community there. I left St Malo for now but I know If i happen to go back to this city, Couch surfing meetings are still on ! And it's such a pleasure to see former and new CS people again !! :)

2014-2015 :
Wuhan CHINA : participating to CS meetings made me meet some other great new friends to enjoy to city with ! I hosted very cool people also from china, colombia, germany...!
Xiamen CHINA : My nice chinese host land me her flat for me and my friend ! And introduced us her friends! We had a great night on the beach and at Helens ! As if we had belonged to Xiamen life for a week end !

2015 : Arriving in Manila, and having my host guiding me to his Party ! such a great feeling to know you are expected when you arrive in a new city !
I love couch surfing so much for this... the world is really full of interesting people I'm dying to meet and get to know more.

2020 : My friend and I were hosted by amazing Mexican And colombians hosts in Toulouse :) we went to the lake, shared dinner with their friends. Very very nice time and a great start for my soon to be life in Toulouse!
2020-2021 : Arriving in Toulouse, I also met 2 great CouchSurfers who became my very good friends and introduced me to many more friends in Toulouse :) this is how quick Couchsurfing helps you create your new social network :)
My second host in Toulouse also took me on one of the best and hardest 2-days Hike of my life ! We climbed the mount MontCalm in the Pyrenees, arriving to the top was not an easy thing but what an amazing beautiful moment it was ! MAGIC. From now on, I do a lot of hiking :) Toulouse is perfect for it, so close to the mountains :))

In 2023: I travel a lot for work and when I have some free time in the country I go, I love to use HangOut or participate in CS meetings to meet locals and learn more about the place I am in and the culture :) I can host also when my schedule allows it ;)

Interests

People !(socializing give me energy:) travelling, SUN, beach (I love the sea), mountain, inter cultural exchange, music, art, painting, drawing, piano, hiking, tennis, ski, salsa, good wine ;), cinema, I m very curious about everything

Music, Movies, and Books

I love music :)
I listen to anything, (except French Rap..) I like happy music :)

Movie? I should know much more..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- I've done My first "by my self" trip at 16 and went for 3 weeks to Canada to visit my Canadian Friend
- Party night in Manila with CS host in between 2 Flights connexion !
- Starting 2020 confinment in Costa Rica after fleeing Canada ... and long story ..😋🌴🎉
-Machu Pichu hiking Trip !!
- Taiwan tour road trip with my friends from ZhongYangDaXue :D
- Zhang Jia Jie !! the inspiration of Avatar movie ! What an amazing natural park in the center of China, never seen this kind of Nature before, China has SO much to offer when you get out of the cities !
- 23 hours of Hard Sit train to Yunnan with my friend Carolina ! We met so many people during this trip, so much culture exchange with local, hitchjiking, biking trip, so much fun I lost the return plane.. was definitly one of my best travelling experience in China.
- Harbin !!! The Frozen paradise...
- PuertoRico ! I love the latin vibe, colours, weather, people... definitly my kind of place :D

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to teach Languages ! French, ENglish, Spanish, salsa dancing..
I 'm not a cooking fan but I can make teach a few French recepies : crepes, quiche, tartiflette.. :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Some French/English/Chinese lessons ! French cooking, a piano lesson ? My good mood, positive energy, my culture, travelling adventures

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, Costa Rica, France, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

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