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Overview
About Me
Hi everyone!
After I completed my Law studies, I decided to get out of the "Right" track and fulfill my passion for contact and languages: I am now an English & French Teacher.
To describe myself, I'd say I am a: sociable, easygoing and active person !
In addition to my passion for foreign languages, I love travelling, meet new people and keep on learning!
I also like to:
-cook some fresh and mostly veg' meals
-go hiking and see chamois and marmots
-sing with several voices/ play the guitar
-swim rather than going to the gym,
-hitch(-hike) when I'm out of gas
PHILOSOPHY
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken- Oscar Wilde
"L'avenir tu n'as pas à le prévoir mais à le permettre" - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is an adventure, dare it."
Mother Teresa
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
My first CS experiences were in Marocco and Spain (Barcelona, Grenada).
Since then, I've always met really very cool and original people- either in France or abroad.
I love this travelling opportunity where you can truly share and live the way of life of the inhabitants ;)
Music, Movies, and Books
I'm fond of music, and I listen to all kind of music (depending on my mood):
Imani, Jarabe del Palo, Tracy chapman, keziah jones, the lumineers, Nina Simone
ray charles,rodrigo y gabriela, still corners, Beirut
Movies: Demain, Nous trois ou rien, Imagine, L'auberge espagnole, mauvaises herbes, Captain fantastic
Tv series: Friends, The Big Bang Theory, How i met, scrubs
Books: A marche forcée, le monde en stop, Mille petits riens, les voies de la liberté, Fatou Diome, Le voile de Téhéran
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
-Hitchhike from the Bolivian fronteer till Rio de Janeiro (not that close!);
-Savour a cigar and a pina colada at the end of the day in Cuba;
-Hitch-hike to St-tropez and finish the day as a guest in a celebrity house;)
-Swim in a lake (quite cold!)at 4000m and taste some yak cheese in Nepal!
Horseride in a ranch in Texas,
-Visit the beautiful Greek islands before the recession;
-Drinking maté in Argentina;
-Discover southern Spain with a "3 seconds tent quechua"/camping on the beach, and a bunch of erasmus friends
Teach, Learn, Share
Some French unusual words to spice up a conversation:
-capillotracté: tiré par les cheveux (plaisanterie)
-désuet: qui est tombé en désuétude, qui date d'une autre époque,
-erratique: instable, ne manifeste aucune tendance cohérente ; aléatoire
-éclectique: qui rassemble une grande variété de tendances, qui choisit dans des catégories très diverses (goûts éclectiques)
What I Can Share with Hosts
My travel & CS experiences...
Countries I’ve Visited
Argentina, Bolivia, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, India, Israel, Madagascar, Malta, Martinique, Poland, Saint Lucia, Seychelles, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam
Countries I’ve Lived In
France, Spain