Hey! It's Maude

I have a wanderer's soul and I am always seeking for new adventures. ''Fernweh'' describes a state of mind that I often feel. It's an awesome German word that litteraly translate to ''far sickness'' and defines the desire to travel around the world.

I am very empathic and I would say that I'm a good listener as I am always interested in what others have to say. I may bea calm and quiet person, I can even be considered as shy. But I’m not, I’m simply observing the world as it is, and if you take the take the time to know me better, you’ll know that I am very friendly and I often find ways to make good jokes and laugh instead of worrying.

I am currently studying translation because I like languages very much. A new language is a new philosophy.
I can say I am a polyglott now, and it's something I never thought possible just a few years ago. So everything is possible with some efforts. Furthermore, I learned Swedish because one morning I decided to do so and thus perservered on this path!!

If I could live forever I would probably had enough time to speak all the languages that exist and read every single book under the sun. I spend a lot of time reading; books fascinate me, it allows your imagination to flow while entering the mind of any author.

I love music, I constantly listen to music, I wouldn’t say I’m much of a musician, I mean... I tried, but several factors did that it didn’t happen, but one day I’ll be good at playing music. I actually listen to a lot of music genres, from classical to metal; I listen to everything in between if it catches my ears and I realized that it made me an open-minded person.

Arts passionate me. I appreciate the work of others a lot. I am a creative too and I used to draw and paint everyday, but now that I have less time, I can only do it once in a while. I think it’s rewarding to create things in general.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I would like to meet interesting people while I’m traveling. It’s also nice to have many options while traveling and even if I was rich I wouldn’t spend my traveling days in a five stars hotel because I wouldn’t learn anything from it. I think Couchsurfing is a unique experience that allow people to meet people they wouldn’t have the chance to meet otherwise.
I can't have guests for now, but in the future I would like to.

Interests

• culture
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• history
• visual arts
• learning languages
• good food
• coffee & tea

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
The Big Lebowski is one of the funniest movie I have ever seen.
I like Edward Scissorhands (and all Tim Burton's movies as well)
Ingmar Bergman is also amazing!
Naturally, I have a lot of exposure to French Canadian cinema, but when I think about it, it is particularly good.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In the past years, I had many opportunities to do theater scenography; backstage work, scene setup, makeups and costumes.

In 2017, I had the chance to do a Spanish immersion in Spain and a German one in Germany. It was then part of my academic progress. It's there that I developped my taste for long journeys.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Finland, Germany, Morocco, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, United States, Åland Islands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, Spain