Marie Pauwels's Photo

Unverified Profile

  • Payment not verified
  • Phone not verified
  • Government ID not verified

Not Accepting Guests

  • Last login over 6 years ago

Join Couchsurfing to see Marie’s full profile.

Overview

  • 35 references 30 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French
  • 43, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • I'm a florist , it's a passion!
  • lessons of life
  • From Antwerp
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Travelling in spain

ABOUT ME

I'm an optimistic person,i like surrounding myself with colours,flowers,..Dreamer,i'm very creative,but also a bit lazy:)i admire people who have a passion in life and live it their own way..

I am now living in my grandmothers house,and renovating it by myself. That's a big lesson in having patience and doing things one step at the time!
But i love decorating and painting,my house is my litlle playgarden :)

PHILOSOPHY

Life can be a party every day, but you have to hang the balloons yourself :)

~Sometimes you have to disconnect from the past to have a future ~

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just love the CS concept! Untill now i only had great hosting experiences, i am glad to help travellers on the road,and they bring me their lifestories and good vibrations...

BUT let me clarify, after a recently bad hosting experience... Don't use CS thinking hosts are only free hotels. I like people who have respect to one another,and who are responsible enough not to end up in the hospital with an alcohol-poisening.(that's what happened to girls who stayed here and went to a party)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Last year i went alone to The Netherlands for 2 weeks, couchsurfing sure makes a simple vacation very special!!
It's amazing on wich short time you connect and bound with people. I love sharing views of life with one another. Meeting new people on Cs enriches you as a human being i think.
2 years ago when in just discovered Cs,i had surfers in my house all the time,it was a great time! I must say that CS changed my life in a very positive way!

Interests

Love to go to concerts ,all kinds of music ; I adore flamenco ,it takes you away to another world. Elvis also stole my heart. Photography /mozaiek /painting furniture /my cats prrrr /dancing funny through the house /a good cup of café latte in good company /...
I also discovered a dance called Lindy Hop,wonderfull how much energy it gives you,i loooove rock 'n roll swing music off the old days.

  • cats
  • photography
  • concerts
  • dancing
  • flamenco
  • partying
  • flowers
  • traveling
  • painting
  • music

Music, Movies, and Books

NatKingCole on a cold autumn day,Norah Jones,Otis Redding,Vaya Con Dios,Amy Winehouse,Elvis,Bill Haley,
Yann Tiersen,Absynthe Minded,Carlos Gardel,Billy Holiday,Chris Isaak,Imelda May,Jack Johnson,Kitty Daisy&Lewis,Hildegard Von Bingen(beautiful!!!),.. But rockabillymusic is my favourite!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelling through Indonesia must have been the most beautiful and intense time of my life! To be continued

Teach, Learn, Share

It is my dream to travel around,but somehow i always see other people doing it ,and i stay here in Belgium,longing and dreaming but never having the guts or oppurtunity to go away for a few months.
Meeting all these nice couchsurfing people gives me inspiration,one day i will spread my wings! :)
I hope one day to live somewhere else then in Belgium,
but everything happens when you are ready for it,so first finish renovating my house..

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Greece, Indonesia, Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium

Old School Badges

  • 6 Vouches

Join Couchsurfing to see Marie’s full profile.

My Groups