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  • 26 references 17 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in French; learning Dutch, English
  • 47, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • physiothérapist, nurse, teacher and working in a flower s...
  • well educated (thanks mum :))
  • From nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

learn...taste...discover and acquire maturity whith children eyes

ABOUT ME

I like blue sky and feeling of freedom,.... I like getting lost in new cities and finding my way in the forest, I like bright colors on the top of a mountain and smell of the ocean, I like pure white snow falling and sunrises and rainbows,I like dancing, shouting, smiling and smiling again :)

I've eyes open to the world...I'm curious and i'm never tired to learn...

Addicted to music, litterature, travells, ideas and passion in all forms, adventurous, experimental.
I love constrasts and diversity :)If i could be a animal i would be a chameleon :)

PHILOSOPHY

"to infinity and beyond" :) thanks to buzz light year

Be happy with your own self and the world will smile you :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

last year I had the chance to meet nice people in a "CS party" ....sooooo here am I :)

Interests

so much interest :)

I like nature and plants, nature inspire me...
I see "land art" as a pure expression of life.

I love japanese art of "ikebana" and japanese tea ceremony. I love green tea sooooo much
my favourite is "thai ping hou kui"

Reading is also a pleasure, usually i start two or three books at the same time :) as you see it's not easy for me to choose :)

I like also yoga, meditation and oriental philosophy :)
This summer i started "Poi" jungling with nice persons in germany and i want to improve my abilities :)

I like to watch the sky and...and dream a lot...

The sky is also my favourite playground :) I practice skydiving (free fly) and i like this pure feeling of freedom...I know why birds sings :)

Climbing :) I can do my best for a 5c :)(i'm a beginner)

and scuba diving... yahououou :) "like a friend said to mee heaven is not in the sky...the party is under water..."

I like cooking and i try to cook "organic" as much as possible :)
I like to discover new taste, new spices, new colours

  • animals
  • birds
  • arts
  • books
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • chocolate
  • wine
  • red wine
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • partying
  • drinking
  • flying
  • flowers
  • reading
  • music
  • scuba diving
  • skydiving
  • rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm a great fan of music. Music is life, good vibes and sweet emotions. I love diversity.
And "every little moment has a song :)"

Electro music
Sounds like James Holden stuffs (Border community record), Nathan Fake (the sky was pink), booka shade,Ada,isolee, Apparat, Sascha Funke, Laurent Garnier, underworld ,
freaky one like afex Twin (I like music from Warp) Autechre, squarepusher, Plaid,

I like Björk
Opiate , Alva Noto, scanner, mùm, boards of canada, Air, cinematic orchestra, animal collective...

I'm a great fan of Coco rosie and devendra banhart.Bon Iver, Fleet foxes, local natives, Dinosaure jr,PAVEMENT!!!!....
I like Van Pelt and the Lapse, Blonde Red Head, Sonic Youth, Joy division, The smiths, Velvet underground, , the Notwist

All the good stuffs from New-York (I have some friends members of Duchess, The gang, The Holy CHildhood, Ted Leo and The Pharmacist)
Feist of course....love this girl :)

Post Rock : Mogwai, explosion in the sky, 65 days of static, sigur ross, M83, Mono

Jeff Buckley "hallelujah" ...no comments...if you know this song... you know the feelings...

I also like jazz but i don't know a lot about it, I started to appreciate. I listen to Bebel gilberto, Nina Simone, Duke ellingthon, Ella fidzgerald.

Music from the Balkans and also gypsies like Thierry Robin

And if i need great emotions for sure i listen to classical music...Mozart....
The Double Life of Veronica: Zbigniew Preisner music sounds really special to me...

Films

One of the best ever seen : "lost in translation" from sophia Coppola.
"Little Miss Sunshine" :)
An old one..."peau d'âne" from Jacques Demy (1970) I was a child and it was just magic :)
Groundhog Day...I like Bill Murray a lot
Tim burton's movies
I also like Michel Gondry "eternal sunshine of a spotless mind" "science of sleep"
David lynch...
I saw "the taste of tea" from Ishii Katsuhito with a close friend and it was special.
Kusturica.."Black cat white cat"
Princess Mononoke and other films Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
I love animation films from pixar...my favourites are "toy story" and "the indestructibles" ;)

Books...so so many but i will try..
"L'écume des jours" Boris Vian.
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being"Milan Kundera
"Lunar Park" Bret Eston Ellis
"99 Francs" Frédéric Begbeder
"L'élégance du Hérisson" Muriel Barbery
"The shadow of the Wind"Carlos Ruiz Zafon
"La ballade de l'impossible" Haruki Murakami
I like also Erri De Luca...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

skydiving in a perfect blue sky in front of the Atlas, caring injured people and learning about life, climbing in a top of a mountain with great friends,Falling in love

Teach, Learn, Share

i can teach a lot about flowers and plants...
how to make a delicious and healthy lunch ...
the Cardio-pulmonary reanimation
how to Whistle with fingers :)

we can jump of a plane and beeing head down in a cloud :)we can climb on a top of a mountain or dive deep in the ocean, we can dance till the sun goes down and we can eat tons of chocolate and ice cream, drinking red wine... laughing and laughing again...

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Senegal, Spain, Thailand, Togo, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Benin, Netherlands

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