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Overview

  • 13 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Portuguese, Spanish
  • 41, Other
  • Member since 2012
  • Interior Architect (Lauren) & Screenprinter (Jonathan)
  • No education listed
  • From Lauren : near Versailles; Jonathan : near Montpellier
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Conheça o mundo por olhos desses que vivem lá - Conocer el mundo a través de los ojos de los que viven allí - Know the world through eyes of those who live there!!!

ABOUT ME

Hi,

We are a french couple (28 & 30 years old),we like travelling and decided to discover the world during one year...We get back on september 2012 and now we live again in France!
We met a lots of people around the world during this trip and hope to do the same now we are back. It mean receive people from around the world in Paris (Montrouge is very close!)

I hope to see you!

Lauren & Jonathan

PHILOSOPHY

Simply believe on life. Each day is a new one...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We hope to host and help to discover Paris for all people who are interested on :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

For the moment, a few in Argentina and Brazil but so interesting...

Interests

Jonathan is a serigraph or screen printer (he print graphism on clothes) and me (Lauren) I'm an interior architect. Just in case, if you want I can give you some advice for your home!

We like cooking, movies, music, eating,... to be continued!

  • culture
  • architecture
  • cooking
  • clothing
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Sorry I have just names in french!

Movies:
- french favorites :
Le père noël est une ordure, Les bronzés font du ski, la Grande Vadrouille, Nos Jours Heureux, le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain.
- in spanish : "all" Almodovar, Carnets de Voyage, Dans ses yeux.
- to travelling: Mémoires d'une Geisha (in Japan), Into the Wild (Alaska, USA, nature), A bord du Darjeeling Limited (India) and Carnets de voyage (yes again!) (South America)
My favorite "old" movie because we are fan of Audrey Hepburn is Holiday (Vacances romaines)

Music: a lot but two favorites:
- Feeling good - Nina Simone
- Sunrise - Norah Jones

Books:
- For me all books about design, travel, photography or architecture.
- But to travel, the best is Flash - Charles Duchaussois
I love stories about India, so fascinating:
- Compartiment pour dames - Anita Nair
- Ma soeur, mon amour - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Noces Indiennes - Sharon Maas

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Too much to be telling here! Maybe when we met!!!

Teach, Learn, Share

We hope to progress in languages of all the world on a funny and interesting way with people from everywhere.
But first we want to share culture and simple things.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Croatia, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France

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