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Overview

  • 96 references 78 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning German, Polish, Spanish
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Living... and writing about it =)
  • University of Strasbourg (studying International Production)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Let's put some good music on, have a smile and just go anywhere by the sunshine !

PHILOSOPHY

" Although the road seems endless
And pointless as may look
I reckon there are reasons
To walk the road I took "

"Always look at the bright side of life... !"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

A friend went to the edge of the world thanks to couch surfing, he had a wonderful trip and experience... so he urged me to do the same. And he was a man of great advice !

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been at Nicky's Harlem Palace in New York for two months and everyday I regret not waking up there. I met a lot of amazing couchsurfers at this magical place for that and I can't wait to come back ! I've been then throughout England, Scottland, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Switzerland and Italy thanks to Couchsurfing and awesome hosts, and I feel like now I want to help out and welcome people at my place... which as been a nice experience for the last 100 times it happenned !
Unfortunately, my roomates are not really into couchsurfing (but I'm working on it !) and I have to put my hosting on hold for the moment... sorry guys :'(

Interests

Living !
Dreaming !
... I also like having a drink in one hand and a good book in the other, or spending an evening in front of a nice, out of the ordinary movie but most of all I prefer hanging out with friends and having a blast on a great tune !

  • books
  • dining
  • drinking
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • electronic music
  • creative writing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies : Hook, Jagten, Burn After Reading, 99Frs, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Rock'n'Rolla, Gangs of New York, Edward Scissorhands, The Fountain, Le Diner de Cons, Sleepy Hollow, Leon, Gran Torino, The Butterfly Effect, Limitless, Jurassic Park, Sweeney Todd, The Green Mile, The Pianist, ET, Donnie Darko, Adam's Apples, There Will Be Blood, Exit, Old Boy, American Beauty,One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Hot Fuzz, Django Unchained, No Country For Old Men, Pi, Pulp Fiction, Les Visiteurs, Snatch, Death At Funeral, Inception, Fight Club, Bernie, Kill Bill, Memento, Pirates of the Caribbean...

Music : System Of A Down, KoRn, Rammstein, Ska-P, Bob Marley, Metallica, Rob Zombie, UB40, Akurat, Emancipator, Ocho Macho, Moby, Mindless Self Indulgence, Brother Culture, Tetra Hydro K, Massilia Hifi, Mahom, Puppetmastaz, Jangle Machine, Brain Damage, Bonobo, Asian Dub Foundation, Vibronics, NOHA, Radikal Guru, Viza, Watcha Clan, Dub FX, SOJA, The Presets, John Butler Trio, Yodelice, Queen, Fidel Nadal, The Black Keys, Flogging Molly, Infected Mushroom, Turisas, Polkadot Cadaver, Neurobox, Shaka Ponk, Talco, 10 Ft Ganja Plant, Ondubground, Panda Dub, Farben Lehre, Tabu, Muse, Serj Tankian, Dog Fashion Disco, Prohom, Tryo, Loituma, Kollar Klemencz, Foals, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Patrice, Lyre le Temps, Steel Pulse, Le Peuple de l'Herbe, The Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Caravan Palace, Samarabalouf, Crystal Castle, Deadly Hunta, Damian Marley, Kanka, Franz Ferdinand, Chinese Man... and Woodshock of course !

Books :
"99 Frs" Frederic Beigbeder
"Le livre du voyage", "L'Empire des Anges" Bernard Werber
"The Four Agreements' Pablo Ruiz
"Le Concile de Pierre" Jean-Chrisophe Grangé
"Dieu voyage toujours incognito" Laurent Gounelle
"A Song of Ice & Fire" G.R.R. Martins
"Hannibal" Thomas Harris
"Running Man" Stephen King

Series : Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, Bo Jack Horseman, White Lotus, House of Cards, Saturday Night Live, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Oz, Braquo, Dexter, Breaking Bad, Futurama, Flight of Conchords, 30 Rock, Desperate Housewives, The Simpsons, Lost, The Office UK & US, How I Met Your Mother, The Walking Dead, Parks and Recreations, American Dad, Le Petit Journal, Groland...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visited 31 states

Traveling the world to meet the persons that I admire and who inspired me the most, enjoying how truly impressed and amused they are when you're telling them what you've lived to be there, shaking their hands.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can guide in Strasbourg for sure, especially if you're a little "underground" and like indies stuff and electronic music. I can introduce you to awesome bands and show you some movies or series I think are amazing (french stuffs included !). I can help you out to meet people in Paris or to introduce you to people you'll get along with...

What I would like to learn is some words from your language, to know you better as well and getting what makes you unique and a great company to enjoy. If you can make me listen to great music from your country, I'll be more than happy to listen... or to try out your food !

What I Can Share with Hosts

I make you taste some of our specialties, here in France, and also from my region, Alsace !

And if you like home-made cooking, as I am a vegetarian, I can make you try or show you how to make very precisely seasonned and balanced meals ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, United States

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