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Overview

  • 16 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning German, Spanish
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Journalist
  • Master in literature
  • From Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION
L'enchantement

At the first sight you may think that
- I have a lot of curly hair
- I wear a lot of colors
- I look like a bit serious/a bit silly/a bit shy but smiling a lot

More deeply what can I say... I love to think.
Think about life, philosophy, love, art, relationships, my job, my next up-coming trip...I'm a literature passionate, just finished a master about the kitsch as a social phenomenon and mass cultures through Milan Kundera and Philip Roth's novels.

I'm eating more than books, I'm also a movie/music/art lover, always open to live challenges and new experiences.

Meeting travellers is for me the best to keep exploring and living adventures even if I can't move from my home town for a while. I like discovering new thoughts, new ways to live, having dinners, laughing...

Just send a sign if you want or need to!

PHILOSOPHY

I've read somewhere that getting bored is important in life. I found very nice to encourage this flow of thoughts that you only can catch when you do nothing. Let's do that more. In the bed, in the streets, in the train, in the line of the grocery store.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Guys, this is just a wonderful platform. How can I be original, feeling the same as everyone about CS : that it is the best way to travel and meet the best people on earth?

It's also the best way to say : « Hey you the world and the life, I'm trusting you, I like you a lot and that makes me happy! »

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted a few times in Quebec.
I've been hosted in France, Portugal, Czech Republik, Scotland and Switzerland.
I met people from CS in Bali, UK, Rimouski...

Interests

Trips, books, movies, music, laughing, going out, learning and going forward.

  • arts
  • books
  • literature
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • philosophy
  • sociology
  • laughing
  • meeting new people
  • hanging out

Music, Movies, and Books

I love pop culture as I love contemporary art... I could say I'm a very eclectic person.

Writers : Yvon Rivard, Dany Laferriere, Nancy Huston, Philip Roth, Milan Kundera, David Foenkinos, Nicolas Dickner, Margaret Laurence and on and on and on...

Music : Alt-J, C2C, Woodkid, Milky Chance, Ibrahim Maalouf, Stromae, Balkan Beat Box, Patrick Watson, Chinese Man, the Arcade Fire, Klô Pelgag, The Barr Brothers, MGMT, The Cat Empire, Gorillaz, Radiohead, Valaire, old jazz, old reggae... ;)

Movies : Laurence Anyways, Mommy, L'auberge espagnole, Forrest Gump, Microbe & Gasoil, Timbuktu, Paris je t'aime, My neighbour Totoro (lovely Hayao Miyasaki!), Kill Bill, Pulp fiction, Inglorious bastards, ...Tarantino!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was enjoying my life having my two legs into the Pacific with a friend, a day of December in Santa Monica, California, watching the sun sets. Suddenly, eight or nine dolphins started to jump from the water in front of us... Hi nature! Just magical.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Germany

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