Hello! I am a French exchange student and I am currently studying at Princeton University. The uni is great but I want to get out the "orange bubble"!

I am a bookworm (don't let me in a bookstore!) and I love to speak about literature no matter the country and the type. I love also dancing, cooking, baking (and eating as well), going to museums, listening to music and walking (when I travel I can spend the whole day walking in the place I'm discovering). And on a family level, I enjoy spending my time saying silly things with my brother (this includes saying our favorite movies' lines).

I'm keen on foreign languages as well: I've started Chinese at Princeton. I've also had one year of Russian but I'm afraid I've forgotten everything... I've also studied a bit of Italian at high school.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to share, meet new people and see what's behind the tourist guide. Places, buildings, museums, parks ... are worth seeing but I want also to meet the people inhabiting them and living there.

Interests

• dancing
• walking
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• history
• tea
• laughing
• dark chocolate
• cooking and baking
• dogs and cats

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS:

Claude Michelet (don't ask me to select one novel, that's far too hard)
Jean-Michel Guenassia (same)
Catherine Hermany-Vieille (same)
Joel Dicker (all 3 novels)
The girl who saved the kingdom of Sweden + The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson
The help, Kathryn Stockett
The elegance of the hedgedog, Muriel Barbery
Photography and history books
Harry Potter series, Joanne K. Rowling

MOVIES
Love actually (in English of course), Richard Curtis
Anastasia (childhood's memories), Don Bluth/Gary Goldman
Itinerary of a spoiled child, Claude Lelouch
The devil wears Prada, David Frankel
Sarah's key, Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Populaire, Régis Roinsard
The Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson

MUSIC
Movies' music and songs
ABBA
70s and 80s songs
Kim Wilde
Rock
Amy MacDonalds
Celtic music (and dance!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I went to Denmark, I swam in the Baltic sea nearly all day long: try it!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you French of course. I'll show you how to make French brioche (my grandmother's recipe) and many other dishes. I'm more than willing to talk about France and about Auvergne, my native region (which, by the way, was ranked among the 10 top regions to visit in the world). And I can describe my experience as an exchange and Princeton student (lots of funny things I promise).

What I Can Share with Hosts

If you want to talk to me about your country, habits, lifestyles, food, I'll take it! I will enjoy seeing the places tourists usually don't. If you are less "social" and want more free space I'm also ok with that.
And of course if you wish to speak about literature, history or any other topic I'm in.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Denmark, England, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States