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French girl living in NYC, but taking a long vacation and travelling in Europe! Freshly back from India.

ABOUT ME

Hi! Bonjour! Salut toi!

How can I start this...
I guess one of my first specificities is to be a dual French-American citizen. From my parents I directly got both French and Californian blood flowing in my veins.
I grew up in France and when I reached 23 years old, after university, I asked myself what I wanted to do and I decided the time had come to realize an old dream and take advantage of my American citizenship: become a Yankee and live in NYC, the city where everything's possible! (Well that's what they say)

I would say I'm very European (French?) in many ways and many of my friends remind it to me. I love art, small indie movie theaters, not using a car when I'm in a big city, eating and drinking wine in little cozy bars and restaurants :)

I believe I'm a pretty quiet or calm dreamy person, but who can also be a lot of fun, sociable, easy-going and open-minded. I love having pretty deep conversations with my friends but also going out and enjoy a kind of superficial amusement :)

My friends come from very different backgrounds. Already back in France one of my bestfriends was Chinese and by living in NY I got to know many various new people, from the Netherlands, Thailand, Japan, India, Germany... and different parts of the US.

When I meet travelers I love to listen to their always personal stories and consider what makes us different but also very similar.
I can also say I'm fascinated by the big travellers of our world (I admire the small ones too), as I believe it's by travelling, by leaving things behind and by confronting ourselves to a new road that we discover the most about ourselves and our deep Me. Sometimes a travel is just a story of pleasure, sometimes it confronts you to the Unexpected and can almost be painful, but it should always be an intense experience that makes us grow up.

PHILOSOPHY

"Impose ta chance, serre ton bonheur et va vers ton risque. A te regarder, ils s’habitueront." René Char

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I share an apartment with a friend who's not into the CS community so I'm not able to accomodate strangers. But I guess I can still have a coffee with you ;)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have several active couchsurfer friends and experienced it once with a friend in London! Was great!

Interests

Going to museums and art galleries, painting, listening to music & go to concerts, cinema, reading, listening to radio podcasts, yoga, daydreaming, eating and drinking wine!

• arts
• concerts
• wine
• coffee
• yoga
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• podcasts
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
La nuit américaine
L'effrontée
Let the Right One In
The Godfather
My own Private Idaho
Elephant
The Thin Red Line
Amélie Poulain
Le Goût des Autres
Mars Attacks
The Lord of the Rings
Inception
Orlando
All movies by Jacques Audiard, Jacques Tati, Kieslowski...

Music:
Massive Attack
Tricky
Keren Ann
Cat Power
Jeff Buckley
Radiohead
Joy Division
Nick Drake
Miles Davis
Nina Simone
Hope Sandoval
...

Books:
Kundera, Zola, Boris Vian...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A crazy bus ride in India: for 20 min siding gigantic moutain cliffs on a tiny road, in the evening fog, in an over-crowded bus. India in general is just amazing, I can't wait to go back one day.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United Kingdom, United States