I'm Hélène, French living in the Basque coast (Bayonne).
I'm currently spending one year to take time for myself and change my way of life, especially a profession and a housing in accordance with wellness and environment respect.
I currently voluntarily work for a cooperative and participative market wich put in direct contact local producers and consumers. The aim of the association is to give a fair remuneration to producers and to make affordable quality products to consumers.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on Couchsurfing to meet people from different cultures to exchange, share and discover different ways of living and thinking.

Interests

I am very curious and interested in a lot of different things.
I enjoy sports and discovering new activities, especially outdoor activites. In the Basque country I am used to trek and discover new places in nature and mountains. I love cycling as well and I practice squash, beach tennis, Basque pelota...
I am very interested in aletrnative lifestyles with human, animal and environment respect.
I like creating stuff, homemade things etc. I'm used to make origami, I create wooden things and I make my own soap.

• dancing
• cooking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• sports
• languages
• squash
• creating
• treking
• japanese culture
• alternative lifestyles
• beach tennis

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: French cinema, Tarantino, Tim Burton, Hayao Miyazaki and ghibli movies, Pedro Almodovar...
Music: electro, folk, indie, rock
Books: Pierre Rabhi, Sarah Marquis, Mike Horn... adventure and philosophy books.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I traveled alone during a week with my bike from Bayonne and went along the Atlantic coast during 500 km to reach Rochefort. It was a very enriching experience.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would like to learn more about alternative lifestyles: permaculture, ecoconstruction, aromatherary, non-conventional medecine, holacracy...

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my skills in IT, communication and visual creation (Photoshop, Illustrator etc).
I am good in cooking and baking as well :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Ireland, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Ireland, Spain