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Overview

  • 3 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning German, Italian, Spanish
  • 33, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Student in Communication
  • like Alice in a nicely fucked up Wonderland ^^
  • From Rouen
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Live fast, Love more, Die hard and Enjoy! For a start at least

ABOUT ME

Huuum..not easy. I kind of a dreamer, want to believe everybody's good & all that crap, I grew up in Peter Pan's world and still drop by every now & then to say hi to captain hook.
Other then this, I'm always full of energy, used to be hyperactive as a kid. Now i'm better, cooled down a little and learned the joyces of siply chilling, have a beer or a glass of wine while eating cheese on a piece of baguette (the perfect French cliché hehe ^^). I love to laugh, especially to make fun of the "tall blonde stupid girls" group people tend to think I'm part of. If we meet, you'll see what I mean ;)
Other then that, I'm happy to tell ou that I'm a cigarette-smoker, but totally respects people that do not, and even if like better to smoke wherever I am, I obviously don't mind having to go outside to smoke when I'm at people's house...

PHILOSOPHY

I'm Cookie Monster !! (from TV cartoon Sesame street)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now, I came back to live at my mom's place, so not hosting anyone, but I would be happy to meet new people, so feel free if you have some time to spend in Rouen and no one to show you around !!
I also surf people's couch every time I travel, I think CS is the fucking greatest way to have good experiences, whenerver & wherever...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

For my first CS experience, I spent 3 days in Lille (27/28/29 June 2010), I had school exams there, and I passed !! so I'll probably be able to host people on Lille next year, but not before october, just to be sure I'm settle and all..it was a very good experience, I went to Mathilde and her boyfriend JC's flat, we had a great time playing Wii : I had never played Guitar Heroe before, and God, I suck at it but still had a great time...

Interests

I'm really interested in music, I've been playing the flute for 6 years and now my big challenge is starting to play basse guitar...but I can also just sit (or dance) and enjoy.
I also like cinema and photography quite a lot, I wish I ahd a reflex-type camera but my bank account is not so thrilled about this idea so I'll wait ^^
What else ? huuuum *surprisingly* I LOVE to travel !! I've done western Europe a bit, mostly Hungary, but I've never been very much further East. I also spent some time in Canada in Vancouver and in the US, around New York mostly. But there's so many other places to see !! I wish life was longer, but even if it was, we probably wouldn't get enought time to visit everything...

  • photography
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • wine
  • cheese
  • beer
  • movies
  • tv
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • camping
  • bungee jumping

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies : Fight Club / V For Vendetta / Into the Wild / Watchmen / Love Actually / Gladiator / 24h Party People / Big Fish / C.R.A.Z.Y / Edward Scissorhands / Gran Torino / The Butterfly Effect / Las Vegas Parano / O'Brother / Sleepy Hollow / Sin CIty / The Big Lebowski / This is England / Virgin suicide....

Music : U2 / Animal Collective / Arcade Fire / Arctic Monkeys / Belle & Sebastian / Ben Harper / Birdy Nam Nam / Bloc Party / Bob Dylan / Blondie / Caravan Palace / Count Five / Crystal Castle / Daft Punk / Deep Purple / Dub Inc. / Empire of the Sun / Flogging Molly / Groundation / Hilight Tribe / Janis Joplin / John Butler Trio / The Kooks / King of Leon / Justice / Matisyahu / Led Zeppelin / Norah Jones...and many more, I'm always happy to discover bands or singers that I did'nt know of, so if you have some music to share, I'm your match !!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went to the Sziget festival last summer and it was..amazing !! 350 000 people on a island, camping, talking, enjoying the music - basically LIVING - together for a week. A friend did bungee-jumping from a 50 meters drop, we went to Hungarian thermal baths and met people fro across whole Europe, no lie !! that was something.
Oh and I dyed my hair a few years back. It was supposed to come out dark purple. I ended up having Barbie-pink hair for 6months. I'm ok with fucking hairdoes, but when you actually choose them...

This summer I'm planning to do a road-trip across Eastern Europe with another friend of mine : in 10 days, we'll be visiting Amsterdam-Berlin and Prague, to finally end up in Budapest for the Sziget festival...And all of this using a train pass, so we'll spend HOURS on the rails, discovering some of the landscapes of Europe...

Teach, Learn, Share

Huuum..I could "teach" english, but I doubt it will be any use to a member of the CS community, as everybody already speaks English !! I could give people a hand with German and Spanish, even if we're talking about basic things. What else..I can learn you how to make bresilian bracelets and french crêpes, or even to joggle. And I'm pretty fond of everything that has something to do with food (cooking, eating, ideas of recipies, wine...)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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