ABOUT ME

This is always a hard question! I guess i can say that i am addicted to traveling, i've been doing it since i was a child, first with family and now with my friends and boyfriend. A holiday without me leaving my home, even not long or not far, is a little boring to me. And now i found CS, the best way to travel, and it really makes me happy.
Apart from this, i am interested in a million things. People say I am open minded and tolerant because i love hearing about other people's point of views on the world, their culture and philosophy of life without ever judging.
I am easy going and have fun easily. People often tell me I am shy when they first meet me and it is true it can be hard for me to talk to people I dont know. but if i feel the person is worth it then i just make the effort and everything becomes so great because in the end, i just love meeting people and making new friends.

PHILOSOPHY

I never make an opinion too quickly about someone or something. I ask questions first, learn and see for myself. It is very hard for me to really hate someone, I try to find qualities in every single person, which is maybe not always the thing to do, but i can't help it.
I try to stay curious all the time because i think that if you stop being interested in what is around you, then you rapidly end up doing nothing. I dont say I am always super active all the time, I also like taking my time, to just relax not doing much (I can be pretty lazy some days), but I just think it cant become an everyday thing.
Then I of course want to live my life at 200%, experience a zillion things, party as much as I can, laugh as much as possible!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf whenever i can because now i feel its the only real way to travel. I REALLY wish i could host more, if it was just up to me i would do it with no hesitations.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

All my couchsurfing experiences so far have been amazing. I have only met nice, open minded, fun and welcoming hosts. I dont think i can relate a specific story because each experience is unique and wonderful in a different way every time.

Interests

Books and Comic Books
Visual Arts (sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, cinema.......etc)
Learning about the world
Partying all day and all night with loud music and a lot of people (although i am not such a fan of night clubs... I prefer doing it outside or at friend's houses or at my place. I host parties all the time :) )
Listening to people

• cats
• arts
• culture
• books
• photography
• festivals
• partying
• clubbing
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• drawing
• origami
• music
• hiking
• skydiving
• visual arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Almodovar, Woody Allen, Christophe Honoré, Tim Burton, Tarantino, Godard, Kusturica for my favorite directors I think. But then i just cant make a list of movies, there are way too many i love.

Music: Drum n Bass, Trans music, Rock n Roll, Chanson Française, Dubstep, Reggae, Dub, songs from the 70s, 80s, 90s....

Books: Camus, Beckett, Boris Vian, Celine, Perrec, Pennac...

The Portuguese poet Pessoa

Steinbeck
Philip Roth
Joseph Mitchell

Tolstoï, Dostoïevsky

French graphic novel authors: Manu Larcenet, Lewis Trondheim, Joann Sfar, Marjane Satrapi

Moebius, Miyazaki, Yuichi Yokoyama

Charles Burnes, Frank Miller, Alan Moore

it is very hard to make a list, these are only a few of the authors i like. And like for the movies, making a list of titles is just impossible.

My favorite book of all time may be The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving and Sandboarding in Namibia
Hiking in Mustang, an old kingdom which used to be forbidden to foreign visitors (Nepal), summer 2008
Traveling in South India for 5 weeks in summer 2011
AFRICA BURNS, Tankwa Town, South Africa, April 2012 (art and music festival)
Hiking in Annapurna Conservation Area (Nepal) September 2012
Bungee jumping, Chang Mai, Thailand, May 2015
BOOM FESTIVAL, Portugal, summer 2014 and 2016
Sailing across the Pacific from the Galapagos to French Polynesia, April 2017

Teach, Learn, Share

I know that if you look at a chicken intensely in the eyes, it will fall asleep (don't try it with a cat though).
If we ever meet, I can teach you origami, how to make bracelets with wool or elastic bands, and little cubes out of french subway tickets.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Haven't hosted yet, but as a guest, I think a good host is not necessarily available all the time but needs to be ready to help in any way he can. When I traveled in Ankara, my host helped me get out of the city to see Cappadocia, helped me plan the trip to get there and find a place to stay even though he was working. That was amazing of him.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Scotland, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States