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Overview

  • 15 references 14 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning German, Spanish
  • 41, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • World explorer
  • MBA
  • From Cherbourg France
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Get back to reality

ABOUT ME

I've just come back from a 2 year travel around the world with my boyfriend Youssi and have happily settled in the coutryside south of France. I am now making the most of sendentary lifestyle (storing food and bottles of wine, wondering what kind of dish I am going to cook with this food, meeting people I can meet again the next month, buying something without considering the weight...)

For the travel, we hit the road from France to Japan, mostly by land, hitchhiking, couchsurfing, hiking, or cycling. It was a huge amazing experience.
We now don't want to go back to the same lifestyle as before the travel (back to Paris, back to our office job), we are experiencing a new lifestyle and will soon see if we like it.

PHILOSOPHY

"We think too much and feel too little.
More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness." Chaplin, the dictator

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I mostly surfed, but have started hosting now that I have a house. It is a great pleasure for me to host adventurers, travelers and be reminded of the good old days!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been surfing couches all over Europe, and Asia since the last 2 years with my boyfriend Youssi. We 've mostly used Youssi's profile so you can check our references here : https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/youssi/

I surfed all kind of places (slept in massage center in Japan, in a bakery in Thailand, on a fisherman boat in Turkey, in a yourte in Mongolia...) and made great frendships

Interests

Nature : I love trekking in Mountains, finding quiet and wild spots, camping in the middle of nowhere. I care about ecology.

Life : I enjoy wondering about life, what is the meaning of life, love, happyness, religions...

Yoga : I have been practicing Iyengar yoga for 3 years

  • festivals
  • dining
  • cooking
  • wine
  • yoga
  • boating
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • camping
  • surfing
  • ecology
  • religion
  • hitchhiking
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Inspirational or non fictional books. My favorite writer at this moment is Sylvain Tesson (in the forest of Siberia, s'abandonner a vivre, petit traite sur l'immensite du monde)
"human" movies about human psychology

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Quitting my job and go traveling around the world

Trekking one month along the Lycia way in Turkey

Gathering with the European rainbow family in Slovakia

Hitch hiking throughout Europe, from France to Turkey

Having my mind blown up by Burning Man festival

Experiencing the fabulous hospitality of Iranian people

Being in love!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some yoga, how to become a no-poo, some tips about travelling or long time cycling, how to make soap in the nature with almost nothing

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Laos, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Romania, Russian Federation, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France

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