USA THIS YEAR, AUGUST!!

I'm a French woman who loves to explore the world and meeting its people. Traveling without connecting to locals is useless, this is why I prefer solo travel most of the time.

I was a Tour Guide for three years in Normandy and Brittany, places full of history and heritage!
I spent a year in the USA (first New Rochelle near New York then Mclean near Washington DC) and I loved it. I came back to France in August 2015 and already miss the American lifestyle but honestly, not the food or wine lol

I'm a very friendly and devoted person but I kick away people trying to take advantage of it. I'm very helpful, I love talking to share experiences, people say I'm funny so I hope they don't say it just to please me :D

I now work for a small luxury cruise ship company and explore many remoted places of our beautiful planet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am unfortunately not able to host people because the place where I live is not mine.
Also my new job can call me last minute for leaving a few days later. Yesterday I was wondering how I would keep my time busy for three month, newt thing I know is "Aurélia, are you interested in going to Norway for 40 days?" ^^

If I'm not available when you come and can't find a host, I can also share a free access to a booking site where you'll have up to 45% of savings on hotels :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In the past I have put some nice guys up (from France, Italy, Ireland...) and went once at someone's house on La Réunion Island.
I love Couchsurfing (both ways) because it's a great adventure to travel and meet locals who make you discover their city and places they know.

Interests

Music, cooking, drawing , hiking, shopping, reading (history, arts, travels..) and learn about heritage. I also like to chill out on the weekends: going out to have a drink, meet people, practice sports etc.
I love extreme sensations which includes: theme parks with roller coaster and other thrilling attractions, bungee jumping, paraglinding, parachuting.. And I'm always looking for new and unlikely things to do!

• arts
• cooking
• drinking
• shopping
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• drawing
• music
• hiking
• bungee jumping
• sports
• history
• tourism
• au-pair
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm open-minded so my repertoire is very broad!
My parents taught me well so you might be surprised that I love Queen, Pet Shop Boys, Tears for Fears, Pink Floyd, Toto, Police, Chris Isaak Sting, Rolling Stones, Metallica, The Cranberries...
I also love Placebo, Coldplay, Mika, Lilly Wood and The Prick, Daft Punk..
The only kind of music I have "difficulty" with is Rap and Hard metal.

In France we have some good bands and solo singers that I like a lot: Bernard Lavilliers, Laurent Voulzy, Louise Attaque, Louis Bertignac, Calogero...

My taste evolve with new sounds around the world, so I'm all ears ^^

I love watching movies and again I'm very open minded, except for Horror Movies. I doesn't scare me but I find them ridiculous at some point.
My favorite movies are: The Fifth Element, Back to the Future, Star Wars, Bruce Almighty, Into the Wild, Harry Potter, Whiplash.. and so many others!
In french; OSS 117, le Dîner de Cons, les Anges Gardiens, les Trois Frères..
I also love animation movies and TV shows (Desperate Housewive, Homeland, Devious Maids, Drop Dead Diva, Doctor House...)

My "books" are mostly Travel, History or Arts Magazines: Grands Reportages, Geo, National Geographic... But I like Thriller Books (The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen is my favorite) , Comic books (Tintin, Lucky Luke)...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The best time of my life was when I saw the Pyramids of Giza, in 2004. I was 14 and my heart was deeply beating.
The second best moment was in January 2013, I had holidays in la Réunion (French island next to Mauritius and Madagascar. We went hiking with a friend in one of the three Circus, called Mafate. It was a hard time (very sportive, a lot of differences in height) but the landscape was stunning. I was send into raptures.
I also was lucky enough to see the volcano erupting

LAST CRAZY THING I DID: STEP FOOT ON THE ANTARTICA CONTINENT

Teach, Learn, Share

I don't have the pretentiouness to "teach" things to others but as I already said previously, I love sharing about many subjects and spend time with people.
I also like people to share their stories, interests, dreams...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Fun, fun and fun!
I'm not meeting you guys to bother you or get bothered, just sharing fun moments!
People describe me as a funny person and very generous.
I'm gonna make you laugh, I'm going to cook for you and we'll have so much fun!

Countries I’ve Visited

Antarctica, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, England, Guadeloupe, Indonesia, Italy, Martinique, Portugal, Réunion, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States