Hi everyone!!

I'm Margaux, a 20 years old French girl from the Alps :) I'm a master student in public affairs - I studied sociology during my bachelor and I'm interested in politics and gender studies as well. I studied in France for the past two years, went in an amazing/increadible/very exciting exchange last year in Canada (Ontario) and now I'm now discovering the amazing city of Paris!!
I'm into ice skating! My thing is figure skating - I practice and I used to be a coach, so I can teach as well ;) I'll look for an outside ring anywhere!
I really really really like nature and outdoors :) Take me for long hikes, camping, canoeing, skiing - I will always be in for an adventure.
And I like simple things and good times! I live for music and food (even better when shared!), I feel alive traveling, discovering new people and new things, having long conversation with people from different backgrounds, and challenging cultural stereotypes!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My mom always told me to be a traveler rather than a tourist :) I feel alive learning from people and their experiences, meeting new persons is the fuel of my life - I think that sharing someone's life for a day or two is the best way to grasp what a city/country/a region's culture and diversity are all about. ((Plus couchsurfing generally includes foodsharing and food makes me very happy).

Interests

• music festivals
• music
• live music
• sociology
• food
• figure skating

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm a musical omnivorous! I love music - I can't think of a better way to bound with people, and I can't think of a better way to get introduced to new tunes than meeting new people :) I'll listen to what you listen to! Any live music event, jam session and festivals will get me veeeeery enthousiastic :D
My personal favourites include good old stuff -tastes you inherit from your Dad- (The Doors, Neil Young, Cat Stevens, Led Zeppelin), and especially psychedelic rock (Pink Floyd and Hendrix are the shit). I like music you can dance on (check Parov Stelar and PostModern Jukebox) and I'll make you discover French music ;)
My favourite books include French surrealist poetry and science-fiction, but it actually reduced to academic textbooks and paper these days....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived the biggest adventure of my life just last summer! Bought a 21 years old (older than me!) shitty car in Vancouver, and travelled the US -sleeping in it on Walmart parking lots, mainly- for three month, going through the West Coast, till the Mexican boarder, to Florida, till Montreal. It was GREAT, have a look: https://www.blog-trotting.fr/voyage/989-margal-et-marin-on-wheels.
Lived my dream life in Canada for a year, skated on frozen lakes, skated the canal in Ottawa, discovered the best people.
Skydived with my whole little family in the Alps!
Ran a half marathon drinking wine (in Beaujolais) with my momma!
Travelled Europe in night trains for a whole summer when I turned 18!
Trekked all the way from Cuzco to Machu Picchu (in Peru) with my parents and two brothers when I was 12!
Hiked Mount Agung in Bali for days and saw the sunrise on the top of the world!
Travelled Corsica by foot (and camping) for a month (GR20, les connaisseurs savent)!
Scuba dived in Guadeloupe!
An rediscovering the Alps beauty every winter...

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'd be SO happy to cook French specialities for you (please lemme feed you), I'll cook my grandpa ratatouille (VEGAN/GLUTENFREE/full of olive oil thus omegas) and you'll ask for the receipe. I can give a French lesson anytime (I once was a French teacher to refugees in my hometown)! But the domain I am the most skillfull in is the ice, and you should definitely ask for a lesson is ice skating (I used to be a teacher of figure skating for lil kids) ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France