ABOUT ME

I'm a french woman that has been living for almost 20 years in Berlin.
I used to travel a lot. Not so much since 2020. Now I want to discover and try to understand the world again!
Next trip: Pakistan, India, Nepal!
Even if I stay in a hostel, I tend to contact local people just to hang out and ask them all the stupid questions that crossed my mind during the day. When traveling, I'm more interested in the daily life and culture than the touristic highlights.
I have a solid traveling experience, mostly solo with a backpack. I love to think I'm self-sufficient, autonomous and respectful of other people mindsets. I smile a lot for no reason. I'm a social person, but I also enjoy being on my own.

PHILOSOPHY

No rules, just values.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

To be honest I mostly surf (but when I host, I try really hard to do my best).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm totally addicted. I have tried to travel without these last years and it just doesn't feel the same.
Since I have to work sometimes while I'm traveling I may stay at some hotel but I still want to meet up with the locals.
I know this sounds cliché but it is such a great opportunity to get to know a country, its people, culture, history, food and contradictions - so many things that make traveling worth.

Interests

Music, beer, chess, cigarettes, coffee, politics, vinyl, comics, freeform radio, languages, modern history, brutalist and soviet architecture, cemeteries, swimming, biking, cheese, walking with no destination, sleeping in the grass, urban pick-nick, books.

Music, Movies, and Books

Books
Bolano, Tavares, Hrabal, Pessoa, Mo Yan, Artaud, Orwell, Atwood, Musil, Zola, Aleksievitch, Balzac, Vargas Llosa, Flaubert, Céline, Saramago, Tokarczuk, Bloy, Tchekov, Dostoievski, Yu Hua, Erri De Luca, Garcia Marquez, Aymé, P.K. Dick, Andric, Cioran, T. Bernhardt, Lautréamont, Capek, A. Moore, O. Tezuka, etc.

Music
A lot! Preferably on Vinyl: Punk, No Wave, Blues, Dub, Hip Hop (mostly 90s), Classical (mostly piano, mostly Russian), Anatolian Rock, Congolese Rumba, Folk (American), Rock Steady, Experimental Electronic, Algerian Rai, Ethio-jazz, Slavic Women's Choirs, Bossa nova, Free Jazz, Funk, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Well, I can name a few "amazing things" that i haven't done : been to Cairo without entering the pyramids, to Cusco without getting any close to the Machu Pichu, to China without seeing an inch of the great wall, to Granada without getting tickets for the Alhambra...

Teach, Learn, Share

... Open a beer with a lighter?
I can definitely help you with French (and to a lesser extent with German and English).
I need to practice more in Russian, Turkish and Spanish so I'd be glad to try to have a conversation in these.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm a very bad dancer. I am a good listener (I think) and an acceptable chess player.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macao, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, France, Germany

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