CURRENT MISSION

Journeying peacefully between continents and arts

ABOUT ME
I have been traveling for the last 2 years while practicing my art as a
fine art photographer, and working as a web-based freelance writer and translator.
My works can be seen here: www.christine-muraton.squarespace.com
and here: https://www.facebook.com/ChristineMuratonPhotography

I'm laid-back, love some good risks once in a while and improbable situation, but also a casual conversation around a cup of tea about politics, arts, philosophy etc.
PHILOSOPHY

learn and create

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just to let you know, my shameful 0% response rate was caused by my change of email adress : I was simply not aware that I was receiving requests ! ;)

I'm not living anywhere in particular these days, but I always meeting people around the world

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Until now I mostly hosted or have been hosted without Couchsurfing as an intermediary. In those cases I simply asked people met on the road, or accepted the offers of those refusing to let me sleep outside with my tent or hammock. My three favorite ones:

- sheltered by a shepherd on the top of some french mountain after he almost stoned me thinking, in the dark, that I was some intruder waiting for him. Ended up tasting his home made 'Chartreuse', for those who know this delicious beverage that usualy only monks prepare.
- Been offered a sofa by a Swedish guy I met in a desolated train station in the middle of Norway. He was just coming back from a six month trip in Asia and told me the tale of his adventures.
- Every hostels being fully booked in London, I just started to ask random people in the streats to host me, until I met a group of German, and Polish guys and girls that let me sleep in their hostel bedroom without the staff noticing.

Interests

Nature, art, philosophy, meditation, and travelling, photography, among many other things.

• birds
• arts
• writing
• photography
• meditation
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• freelancing
• languages
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I think it all depends on one's perception but,
Managed to get a friend suffering from vertigo to clim with me on the roofs of Paris and enjoy the fantastic view.

Hitchhiked accross Norway and survived a night in the snow.

Saw the sun rising, accompagned by the song of thousands of awakening birds in Tahiti's mountains.

Discovered meditation

Taught French in Burma/Myanmar

Teach, Learn, Share

Photo sessions.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Germany, India, Italy, Laos, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, French Polynesia, Morocco, Myanmar, Norway