My name is Hélène, I am born in France. I love traveling. I lived 2 years in Trois-Rivières in Quebec.
I've been working in humanitarian since 2012. I did 9 months mission in Goma DRC as administrator (H-R, Financial and accounting services). When I am not on the field, I live in Lyon, France or I travel.

I enjoy visiting countries, learning new customs, new way of thinking, new knowledges and meet nice people.

I smile to life as much as possible :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love sharing and discovering new cultures, new countries.
I've just done one year traveling in England. It was a very nice and interesting experience.
So, I would like to going on practicing English and meet people who comes from everywhere in the world.

Interests

I love sharing times with my friends, receive them at dinner. I love cooking and eating every kind of meal.

I do a lot of cultural entertainment as going to concert, dance, cinema, show, restaurant, museum, meetup people for conversation exchange, and also walk in a the city/in the nature...I like diversity.

I like to take my time as well (read a book, practice yoga, swim and after go in sauna, listening to music, lie down on the grass under the sun...or do nothing at all).

I never get bored.

• cooking
• yoga
• traveling
• language exchange
• biking
• charity
• walking around
• live concerts
• learning english
• trying new things
• culture entertainment

Music, Movies, and Books

I enjoy listening to Jazz music in festival and clubbing (At Montreal in Quebec , Vienne - Nancy-Chambéry-Lyon in France). I also like Hip Hop, Latino music, African-caraibeen music, world music ...and else.

One of my favorite film maker is Tim Burton with his loyal actor Jonny Depp. I like going to cinema and watch a lot of differents movies though.

Paolo Coelho book's as "The Alchemist"; "Brazil Red" of Jean-Christophe Rufin; " The pillars of the earth" of Ken follett, "Léon l'Africain" Amin Maalouf, "La sobriété heureuse" Pierre Rahbi...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A life-size role play with a hundred people during my professionnal training as humanitarian in the moutain at the end of the winter.
we had to manage every things from A to Z, the people too, with the difficulties of contexte (cold, few watter, the effort, the unexpected...) Very interesting, I have learned a lot about myself and the other.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach some way of cook and French.
Share a drink, visit of the city (I can give some tips about Lyon my hometown), museum, some attractive activities and else.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I offer my good mood and my love of cook.

We can share friendly moments, a good meal, discussion, a drink, a walk...
I can be usefull if you need help for general maintenance, cooking (that I love very much :P ), child care...

It will be a pleasure to see you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Belgium, Canada, England, Greece, Guadeloupe, Italy, Mali, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Rwanda, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, France