CURRENT MISSION

working to be able to travel, working 4 days a week and make the most benefit of life

ABOUT US

We are active and joyful people, very open to the world and simple. Melissa is a physical therapist and work in a small hospital. Philippe is an agronomist. We like life, laughing, dancing, traveling, gardening, cooking, and sometime relaxing if we have extra time (which is hard with our new baby). We also like healthy and organic food ( mostly from our garden during summer). Melissa likes practicing yoga, meditation and read spiritual book. She also like to bike road and cyclotourism. She did some biking trip ( Tuscon/Arizona, Cuba few times, France and Switzerland). Philippe run, bike and enjoy manual tasks.

PHILOSOPHY

Living the present moment !!! We are the master of our lives.

Paulo Coelho:
Tout l'Univers conspire pour obtenir ce que vous désirez.
Ne laisse personne venir à toi et repartir sans être plus heureux...
Om Mani Padme Hum

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like to host people in my house and I know in return, I'll be hosted by others people at one moment I will need it during traveling.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Only positives experiences so far !! We became good friends with some past couch surfers.

Interests

Traveling, cycling, hiking, ultimate frisbee, tennis, swimming, outdoors activities, cooking, canning food ( from my garden), dancing ( african dance, salsa/merengue, ever tried flamenco/tango/gumboots and baratanathyam), weaving, meditation, yoga, climbing, camping, gardening my own organic food, listening music.

• books
• dancing
• flamenco
• tango
• dining
• cooking
• organic food
• yoga
• marathon
• running
• meditation
• gardening
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• skiing
• rock climbing
• tennis
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Movie: Into the Wild, Café de Flore
Music: Habib Koite, Zavier Rudd, Angus & Julia Stone, Jack Johnson, Laureena McKennitt, Pierre Lapointe, Takana Zion, Tiesto, The Idan Raichel Project, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Bedouin Sounclash, Louise Attaque, Snatam Kaur, Deva Premal and lot more !!
Books: Le pouvoir du moment présent de Eckart Tolle, Les femmes qui courent avec les loups de Clarissa Pinkola Estes, tous les livres de Paulo Coelho

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Biking Cuba !
Climbing the Mont Ventoux in bicycle, my cyclist dream !!
Participing in a Canadian Marathon of cross-country skiing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I learned to play a little bit balafon when I was in Mali ( and I have one on my living room)!
My goal is to learn to play ukulélé ( when I'll go to Hawaii I want to buy one) and learn to play peul flut ( from mali).

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Italy, Mali, Mexico, Senegal, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Senegal

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