CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy life!

ABOUT ME

My name is Iris, I am 32 years old and I live in Ghent, Belgium with my three cats: Taketo, Nobu and Carla.
I have a large family,never lonely!
I am open minded and curious.
I love talking, singing,blading,decorating, inviting friends,dancing,camping,gardening (on my tiny little roof garden), traveling, eating, drinking cava, my cats, my friends, some of my students :), MUSIC, the sea, the sun ...

PHILOSOPHY

Try to live my dreams yet go with the flow.
My life is music and music is life :)
人生で最も美しい事、それはいつも夢を持ち続ける事。

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would love to meet people from all over the world, offer you a place to sleep or guide you around the beautiful city of Ghent.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had the opportunity to try cs out while traveling in Japan in July 2009, it was great!
I stayed with a Japanese family while I was studying there in 2002.
It was a great experience!
My preferred way of travelling is backpacking and I love meeting local people. I think couchsurfing is a good way to meet people from all over the world and to experience their culture: going native with the natives ;-)!!

Interests

I love going to flee and flower markets, decorate and redecorate, go for a drink with friends, dancing and music.
In summertime I love traveling and going to festivals or camping with friends.

• cats
• culture
• singing
• festivals
• dancing
• drinking
• gardening
• flowers
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• backpacking
• camping
• paragliding
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Books : the unbearable lightness of being, Buddhist Offerings: 365 Days - Wisdom: 365 Thoughts From Indian Masters:Danielle & Olivier Föllmi (great pictures and real wisdom),...

Music : anything jazzy or funky: Angie Stone,India Arie, Melody Gardot,Lizz Wright, Macy Gray, Leela James, Ayo,John Legend, Sinead, Sergio Mendes, Diana Krall,Tracy Chapman, Marvin Gaye, Malia ...

Favourite CD's: Sex'n'Jazz (gare du Nord)- Mad about Blue (Alex Callier)- Africanism

Movies : trois couleurs (Kieslowski)especially bleu, dare mo shiranai (nobody knows),Amelie Poulain (feel good movie: love to make people around me happy) ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Paragliding on new year's day in Antalya, jungle trekking in Thailand, the desert in Rajasthan, the sun in Belgium ...

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium

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