Hey there :) ! I'm Patricia, graphic designer from Montreal.

I'm a lot into "zero waste". That means I'm trying to have the lowest impact on the environment possible. The only content of my garbage bin currently is cat litter and fruit stickers. I'm a hippie at heart ;). However, I am worried that I won't be able to follow this lifestyle when travelling.

I don't eat meat. I avoid milk, cheese and eggs as much as I can. I eat fish and seafood when no other plant-based option is available. I don't want to have any kind of debate over this and I'll respect your dietary choices, please respect mines. Nonetheless, I don't mind answering any questions. I'm not exactly vegan since I don't obey to all the rules of the "vegan police" ;)

I usually go at bed around 10pm. Yes, I know, I am a boring old grandma but I usually try to sleep 9 hours otherwise I am really tired the next day.

A message to all the globe-trotters reading my profile: please be mindful of the environmental impact that you have while you're travelling! We are privileged to be able to go around the world and it comes with responsability. We should try to limit our plane travels as much as we can but, if we use the plane, it is a good idea to buy carbon credits to compensate (not ideal but better than nothing). I don't want to sound preachy or make you feel guilty, I just want to sensibilize people to this issue (not enough people know about it).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed at Jonathan's in Brussels, Belgium in April 2012
Couchsurfed at Yacine's in Lyon, France in May 2012
Couchsurfed at David's in London, England in June 2012
Couchsurfed at Jériam's in Nice, France in July 2012
Couchsurfed at Giuseppe's in Rome, Italy in July 2012
Couchsurfed at Andrea F.'s in Rome, Italy in July 2012
Couchsurfed at Italo's in Lavinio, Italy in July 2012
Couchsurfed at Andrea M.'s in Rome, Italy in July 2012

Couchsurfed at Samuel's in Toronto, Canada in February 2013
Couchsurfed at Vickie's in Detroit, USA in February 2013
Couchsurfed at Michael's and Helen's in Chicago, USA in February 2013
Couchsurfed at Tyler's in Chicago, USA in March 2013
Hosted Wei from Vancouver, Canada in September 2013
Hosted Joonas from Tampere, Finland in September 2013
Hosted Omar from Fort Worth, USA in October 2013
Couchsurfed at Dokken's in Aso, Japan in November 2013
Couchsurfed at Sean's in Nagoya, Japan in November 2013
Couchsurfed at Koki's in Tokyo, Japan in November 2013
Couchsurfed at Mayu's in Tokyo, Japan in November 2013
Hosted Emi from Kagoshima, Japan in December 2013

Hosted Erica from Sapporo, Japan in February 2014
Couchsurfed at Omar's in Fort Worth, USA in April 2014
Couchsurfed at Jared's in New York, USA in June 2014
Hosted Tommy from Milan, Italy in August 2014
Hosted Ruiqiang from Chuilin, China in September 2014

Couchsurfed at Makis's in Athens, Greece in May 2015

(no activity in 2016)

Couchsurfed at Nonní's in Reykjahlíð, Iceland in September 2017

(no activity in 2018)

Hosted Aislin from Vancouver, Canada in June 2019
Couchsurfed at Pablo's in Santiago, Chile in November 2019
Couchsurfed at Aine's at El Calafate, Argentina in November 2019
Couchsurfed at Miguel and Iris' in Buenos Aires, Argentina in December 2019
Couchsurfed at Flavia's in Buenos Aires, Argentina in December 2019

Interests

I also like to talk to people about Québec, this weird part of Canada where people speak French and little English. I want the people to know how rich is Québec's culture and why it is so different from the rest of Canada. I don't consider myself Canadian, even though I do like them ;)

I love going to concerts. This is one of the things I spent most money on (except for traveling).

Stuff I would like to do:
- Trek in Nunavut
- See the Mongolian desert
- Hike in Patagonia
- See the fjords in Norway
- Visit the Rockies

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Arctic Monkeys, Timber Timbre, Alt-J, Foals, Suuns, Brand New, Cage The Elephant, Malajube, Spoon, DFA1979, Wavves, Portugal. The Man, The Babies, Gorillaz, The Strokes, The Beatles, Deerhunter, Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, Black Lips, The White Stripes, etc.

Books: Brave New World (Huxley), Le Comte de Monte Cristo (Dumas), Never Let Me Go (Ishiguro), Animal Farm (Orwell), Green Mile (King), His Dark Materials (Pullman), L'avalée des avalés (Ducharme), Du mercure sous la langue (Trudel), Perfume (Süskind) and, of course, Harry Potter :) !

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw the sun going down behing the Alps on the Lake of Geneva at the city of Vevey, that was one of the most beautiful thing I ever saw.

I watched a jazz concert in the tiniest pub ever in Amsterdam, I danced to indie rock music in a club in Edinburgh, I passed out in Geneva, I hid myself at the back of a Smart car in Roma, I took a bus on Detroit's 8 mile by myself (and was the only white person on the bus), I rode a bicycle in the middle of nowhere in Holland, I paraglided in the Swiss Alps, I enjoyed a cruise on Annecy's lake, I sweat on the Côte-d'Azur, I had a drink in a posh bar at one of the highest skyscrapers in Chicago, I saw a live volcano in Japan and I skied in the Alps :)

The best shows I've ever seen: Billy Talent at Vans Warped Tour, Modest Mouse at Osheaga, Hubert Lenoir at Francos 2019

The farthest West I went: Driftwood, USA
The farthest North I went: Dettifoss, Iceland
The farthest South I went: Punta Arenas, Chile
The farthest East I went: Tokyo, Japan

Teach, Learn, Share

10 Foods you've got to try here:

1 - Tire d'érable on snow (tire d'érable sur neige)
2 - Beaver Tail (queue de castor)
3 - Ice cider (cidre de glace)
4 - Sucre à la crème
5 - Mile End bagel
6 - Grands-pères dans le sirop
7 - Maple baked beans (fèves à l'érable)
8 - Spruce beer (bière d'épinette)
9 - Tourtière
10 - Poutine

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Switzerland