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Overview

  • 14 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, German; learning Dutch, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish
  • 44, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Breathing, traveling, writing (papers), talking, reading,...
  • Ph.D. (on language acquisition)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to explore the world beyond Western Europe...

ABOUT ME

I dream of:

- living on a big houseboat that can move everywhere (including across the sea and in small channels)

- taking the trans-siberian railway (not sure whether to Beijing or to Wladiwostok)

- open a language therapy research center

- learning to walk on stilts (teachers welcome!!!)

- sewing a wedding dress myself (but a weird one)

- finding a place like Black Rock City in Europe
(done! there is Nowhere/Spain!!!)

- adopting a child (possibly handicaped)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had few but wonderful couchsurfers at my place, and I've couchsurfed for the first time myself in November in Boston, it was great! I also met a lot of people through couchsurfing for a chat, drinks, music etc, even in Morocco!

Interests

  • drinking
  • music
  • fishing
  • languages

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

* I swam through a rainbow under a waterfall on my birthday last year :-)

* I lived on a houseboat in Paris for one year

* I did hoola-hoop in a duststorm at Burning Man 2007

* I served Spaghetti in a duststorm at Nowhere 2008
(yeah I like duststorms)

* I created several artificial languages for my work (nelkulo!)

* I went ice-fishing on the White Sea (Northern Russia) in February - did you know your nose freezes at -20°C? and that you can actually ride on the frozen ocean with an old Oasik Jeep?

Teach, Learn, Share

I offer a free approximate translation service for short texts from/to English, German and French.
It won't be perfect, but quick!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom

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