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Overview

  • 24 references 23 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Spanish
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Instructor for guide dogs for the blind.
  • degree of English
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Consume less. Live more.

ABOUT ME

I think of every situation as an opportunity, a unique moment. I try to be as optimistic as possible, because I think the way you see life changes the way life goes.

I try to keep in mind at all times "Kindliness, respect, peace, open-mindedness, love".

I am a vegan, a nature lover, a music enthusiast.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

so far, I have hosted :
- Toni & Sara from Brazil
- Thierry from France
- Sven from Belgium
- Shane from Canada
- Anke & Hilde from the Netherlands
- Sam from Belgium
- Mao from Taiwan
- Alice and Tyler from Canada
- Daniel from Brazil
- Mase, Hida, Frank and Louie, from Denmark
- Nils from Germany
- Soren from Denmark
- Ieva from Latvia
- Raoul from the Netherlands
- Teresa from Poland
- Arlène from France
- Min and Judy from China
- Jesse from the Netherlands

and I have surfed at :
- Victor's in London (UK)
- Andy's in Oban (UK)
- Rima's in Isle of Skye (UK)
- Tommy's in Scoraig (UK)
- Tamara's in Thurso (UK)
- Malcolm's in Orkney Island (UK)
- Vojtech & Jirinka's in Aberdeen (UK)
- Jana & Eva's in Aberdeen (UK)
- Seb's in Villefranche (France)
- Gislaine's in Toul (France)
- Pinja's in Helsinki (Finland)
- Lili's in Erfstadt (Germany)
- Marek's in Copenhaguen (Denmark)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I always had very good experiences with my couch surfers, better and better I'd say, and it's always a real pleasure for me to host people, when I can.

Interests

Music, movies, singing, piano, yoga, writing, having fun, travelling, sewing, painting, drawing...

i am really into animal welfare, I'm a vegan. I love to discuss it with people, if they're genuinely interested.

i like to talk about travels, experiences, funny anecdotes, movies, music, but also the meanings and reasons for things, human behaviour... pretty much anything really.

  • animals
  • dogs
  • culture
  • writing
  • singing
  • animal welfare
  • cooking
  • vegan
  • yoga
  • instructor
  • politics
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • painting
  • drawing
  • music
  • piano
  • languages
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies : Garden State, Elephant, Into the Wild, Darling, Paris je t'aime, La science des rêves, Paranoid Park, Life of Brian, Holy Grail, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Match Point, Black Swan...
Woody Allen, Almodovar, Gus Van Sant, Monty Pythons. Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Zach Braff.

Series : How I Met Your Mother, The Office (US), Desperate Housewives (I know... sorry), Scrubs, Six Feet Under,The Simpsons, Furutama, Benidorm...

Music : Ben Kweller, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Beatles, Adam Green, The Beach Boys, Dionysos, Girls in Hawaii, Sigur Ros, The Buzzcocks, Radiohead, The Cranberries, Belleruche, Portishead, Belle&Sebastian, Herman Dune, Aurevoir Simone, Nick Drake, The Libertines, Eels, Cold War Kids, Les Ogres de Barback, La Rue Kétanou, Mano Solo, The Ramones, Nirvana, Queen, Simon & Garfunkel, Janis Joplin, Nora Jones, Aurora, Arlissa, Aquilo, The Strokes, Melody Gardot, Yael Naim, Kyle Landry, Ludovico Einaudi...

Books : Maintenant qu'il fait tout le temps nuit sur toi, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Antigone, Harry Potter... Oscar Wilde, Mathias Malzieu.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent a couple of days in a remote scottish village that had electricity thanks to wind turbines, water thanks to a spring, and no roads or contacts with the rest of the world.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach French, piano.

I'd love to learn other languages, anything interesting really.
I'd love to share culture, music, movies, interests, points of views...

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook a vegan meal, play music/sing together, show them around, go for a walk in the countryside, watch a good movie with them, play a game together...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, England, France, Scotland

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