Guys, I'm ITALIAN, not french!!
Very important to me 😂😂😂 If you think I'm french it's cuz you read NOT A SINGLE LINE of my profile!
CURRENTLY TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD, so don't request me to host you or hang out in Paris 🤔.

[ MALES READING MY PROFILE, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU CONTACT ME:

⚠️ CS is NOT Tinder !!!

I m a very independent and strong woman; I don't need a bodyguard nor a guide/nanny/psychologist etc and If I keep traveling alone since over 20 years there's a reason and this reason is NOT to have sex around the world. I don t need to travel miles away for that! So, If you are looking for that, just skip my profile cuz u'll definitely be disappointed but I'm sure you may be lucky with next profile 😉. JUST SKIP ME.
Also, I won't accept any friendship request if I don't meet you in person first, so please refrain from asking.]

But, if like me, you think the world is awesome and the man is just renting a tiny place on earth for a set time; if you are a nice, funny and open-minded person like me 🤩 who wanna make connexions n friends, then you can keep reading... 😊

⚠️ To all my dear potential hosts,
I love to be outside ! Walking, hiking, discovering places! That's why I'm traveling! I'm not a homey, don't enjoy much watching movies, playing cards or games, etc. Being home for too long makes me unhappy and frustrated...if you look for that kind of guest, it's not me 😁😅
I'm happy to go out with you and if you cannot, I'm happy to go explore alone!

⚠️ Also and most important: you should know health is not my strength. Among all, I suffer from fibromyalgia, which is a sneaky disease (a muscle degeneration that causes severe pain and above all severe insomnia🤦🏼‍♀️) and bad weather and humidity makes it worse. So I tend to avoid rains n cold.
Moreover, I had a very sensitive spine surgery in 2021 (thanks COVID) and spent months on a wheelchair trough awful sufferings.
Since then, my life drastically changed and my situation got much worse lately 😔; I got stuck in Lebanon for 8 months in 2023 and it's been a horrible period of my life 😓.
Sadly, I had to get rid of my beloved backpack 🎒 😭; I should no longer carry or lift any weight and whenever I do it it's at my own risk but I have no choice as I'm homeless since over 6 years 😂! So don't be surprised if I'll ask you to help me with my luggage and thank you in advance 🙏.
Traveling has become very complicated and a real challenge every day. Car/buses/boat rides exhaust my spine.
I suffer from chronical pain, sleeping is also a problem (I have a bad and light sleep thus I'm NOT a morning person) so please consider I probably cannot go party the whole night 😅 and I need extra rest in the morning.
(For instance, during my bad days, I cannot even open a bottle of water or pull a door, or hold a pen nor write).
Please, please, be considerate towards my sleeping time...in the evening I am REALLY TIRED.

But apart from that, I'm strong 😏; I'm blessed enough to still have my smile 😊 + a lot of energy to discover this beautiful world and actually nothing makes me more frustrated n impatient than staying inactive at home. I'm no longer a party animal but still need to go out, meet people, explore.
I can walk for hours, hiking etc and I'm very excited to be still on the roads despite all the challenges!! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻.
I wanna just enjoy the present!

I have a very tiny budget and I usually don't take taxis so please if your place is super far from all public transports or not easy to reach, just let me know so I won't injure even worse my spine 🙏

... And yes my profile reflects my personality.. it's very long, cuz I talk a lot ...be ready 😳😂😂😂😂

CURRENT MISSION

just one life and so many places to see n to go to...
I m very ambitious only when it comes to happiness and self improvement; I just wanna be a good person n, every day, a better version of myself.
I consider myself as a real traveler. I live the local life and stay mainly with locals. I don't travel to meet my neighbors, not my aim (even if I met extraordinary travelers everywhere in the world). I love hitchhiking (being hitchhiking everywhere in the world) and to me traveling is opening yourself to other people and cultures, not counting countries or rushing from a place A to a place B to take the most beautiful IG picture for others to admire. I travel for myself, I take my time, I don't rush, I don't count. I'm a slow traveler, I can go back to the same country 5 or 10 times if I like it, I can get lost in the middle of nowhere if I feel happy. Happiness is my goal in life as well as being consistent to myself n others.

ABOUT ME (CURRENTLY TRAVELING)

Hello there !!!
My name’s Renée, an easygoing and very funny Italian woman 😁 coming from Paris where I lived for too long!
I left there in October 2018 to travel around the world but many challenges came along the way since that moment and the last years have been a struggle 😩...
I m a very happy person, funny and curious, who enjoys a looot her own company. Everything I can do with somebody, I enjoy it alone as well 😁 (even more ahah). I use to say I'm my best company. It can sound pretentious but it's actually true that u can't fully trust nobody but yourself...
I'm a huge HUGE food lover; I also like enjoying a good glass of wine and I love tasting the local cuisine. To me gastronomy is part of the culture (I'm Italian and in Italy the gastronomy has a very important place in our life), it's one of the blessings of this life and I'd be glad if you could make me discover some local delicacies 😋 😋😋 !
I also love immensely people, the reason why I'm often disappointed cuz my heart is pure so are my intentions and despite my age I keep on believing people around me are as genuine as I am.
Whenever my health allows it, I enjoy life to the fullest, I love meeting people all around the world and soak up into different cultures; I m a very adventurous person as well and animals and nature are my best friends. My big passion in life is scuba diving but I also love walking (i can walk forever lol) n hiking and give myself big challenges!
My family and friends use to say I'm crazy cuz of my personality n life choices; life is short and I look careless and free, but I'm also very concerned about the important things in life and over mature, anyway life shouldn't be taken seriously!
I love meditating, going out with friends, dancing, reading and laughing... I need sun in my life to be happy, better if by the seaside. I hate rain and seeing children starving on TV, violence on animals or old people be left alone or abandoned while they gather so much wisdom n memories to share...
My dream is living in Africa or Asia, cuz I know I belong to those places and recently I discovered a big, big love and fascination for the middle east and its amazing, fantastic people! 😍
Since COVID happened, nothing has been like I planned.. Tough times and a lot of challenges... Now I'm looking forward to meet people with a million good vibes and I know that thanks to them I'll be back to my true self...

PHILOSOPHY

- I believe in the power of universe. I believe we are energy and we attract energy. I believe our thoughts raise different energies.
- I believe in karma. All you do, good or back, sooner or late will get back to you. Be good and do good.
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- The world is a beautiful place. Man is sick n crazy to spoil all this.
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A sunny day is a lucky day !
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- Every day is a gift. Never give up.
- Everything happens for a reason!
- The one who doesn t like wine🍷cannot go to heaven!!!
- Life is too short to be shy or on a diet!
- When you give to others, you never lose and God will give it back to you 10 times.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had both the best and the worst experiences of my life in CS but I still believe in this marvellous community! Good people are everywhere around the world!
All I can offer you is my smile, my time, my stories and, if you want, a true friendship for a life time 😊😊😊 !

Interests

traveling and traveling
sea n sun 🌊🌞
music
art
food!!!!
nature and animals
scuba diving
meditation
reading
laughing:-)
being happy

• animals
• arts
• dancing
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• nature
• laughing
• different cultures
• scubadiving

Music, Movies, and Books

I love self-help books
I love MUSIC; any kind of music but jazz and classic

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

so many... i m a happy and crazy person !!!
among all:
- I swam by accident next to a crocodile in Australia!...very very very close!!!!
- I stole a bicycle in Kyoto ! (Not really proud of that, but that s a long story... lol)
- I spent 2007 New Year s Eve in jail in San Diego ahahahah
- I drank water from Ganga river in Varanasi (...and had the runs the next 8 months !!!!!...👍🏻👍🏻)
- I got bitten by a giant tortoise in Seychelles and almost lost my finger (still have the scar) 🥺🥺🥺. His name was Tyson, wonder why 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️
- Skydiving over the Great Barrier Reef ❤
- I worked in Bollywood, Mumbai
- I enjoyed eating "balut" in the Philippines, a duck foetus still in the egg. The 16th days old one comes with the feathers and all the stuff, but still I enjoyed it! (Sorry vegans 🫣😥😥😥)
- I was the lucky guide of the Obamas ❤
- I walked next to 5 buffaloes and still here to tell you about it 😅
- I got chased and attacked by a gorilla in Uganda 😱😱😱, an oryx in Namibia, an elephant in South Africa n another one in Botswana.
- I flew over the Blue Hole (Belize) / Nazca lines (Peru) / Napali coast (Hawaii) / Bungle Bungles (Australia). Just amazing 🤩
- visited the New 7 Wonders of the World
- survived 2020 and 2021 😂

Teach, Learn, Share

The past is history, the future is a mistery but the present is a gift 🎁

What I Can Share with Hosts

I always have a spare smile for anybody I encounter on my path. And I can offer you my time 😊, that is very precious to me. Time is luxury.
I'm currently traveling around the world and I can tell you lots of crazy stories and share my experiences with you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Réunion, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, Italy, Lebanon, Spain, United States