CURRENT MISSION

To discover the creative niches of the world through travel and experience.

ABOUT ME

I consider myself to be an adventurous young woman with an unquenchable thirst for travel and new experiences. I love meeting people with different points of view and different life experiences, as it helps me to better advance my own knowledge of the world and helps me to keep an open mind.

PHILOSOPHY

"Traveler, there is no path; paths are made by walking."--Antonio Machado
"Voila la carrefour de la vie...Choisissez."(Translation: Before you, the crossroads of life, choose your path." --Honoré de Balzac
"Si vous voulez que la vie vous sourie, apportez lui d'abord votre bonne humeur."---Spinoza
"Bread and cheese make rosy cheeks" --- fortune cookie
"Life is a handkerchief"--- friend of a friend

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently traveling and meeting some awesome people via CS. While I do not currently have a couch to offer, I have plenty of time to make new friends over tea or coffee.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

This is currently the beginning of my couchsurfing experience.

Interests

painting/drawing, languages, photography, wine, great food (always something new and cultural), learning to cook, taking walks/hikes, local seasonal activities and festivals taking place wherever I am traveling

• photography
• festivals
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• cheese
• coffee
• walking
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• drawing
• hiking
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Godfather, While you were sleeping, Beauty and the Beast, Aladin, The Sound of Music, STAR WARS (the old ones), Return to Me, L'Auberge Espangol, ALL Pagnol films

Books: To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee), The Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne), A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens), The Mysterious Stranger (by Twain), Hamlet (Shakespeare), Les Fleurs du Mal (Baudelaire)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent a breathtaking autumnal afternoon high in the Alpes-Maritimes riding in an original WWII American Jeep visiting the places my grandfather traversed in the Second World War as a young officer with the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am skilled in a hodgepodge of artistic skills, sewing, drawing and painting, Leather craft, Millinery (hat making), and some fabric dyeing processes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Hungary, Italy, Monaco, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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