Hello everyone!
My name's Myriam, I was born in southern France but I'm currently living in Orléans (near Paris) where I work as a teacher in secondary school. Actually I teach French, Latin and classical Greek and I love it!
I'm very keen on languages, especially the ancient ones, but I'd love to learn more modern languages as well. As for Spanish, I understand it quite well (C1) due to my mother family who comes from Cantabria (in Spain), but I still speak it badly, so I try to improve my level going in Spain as often as possible.
My English level is average, as I didn't speak it for a while (B2). My level in Icelandic and Polish is basic.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I really believe in the fact that when you visit a country, if you want to understand it and benefit from it properly, you have to be immersed in the culture and among the people. I also believe that's so suitable for the open-mindedness.

Interests

- Learning languages
- Music (I am a pianist and an organist), especially baroque. But I love a lot of kind of music anyway (rock, folk, electro...)
- Gardenning
- Nature
- Folk/traditionnal things
- ...

• culture
• literature
• cheese
• gardening
• music
• teaching
• languages
• mythology

Music, Movies, and Books

- As for music: mentioned above!

- Movies: "Let Me In" (Swedish movie), "V for Vendetta", "Dédale" (French movie)... But I am not a real cinephile.

- Books: "The Miserables" (Victor Hugo) ; everything from Albert Camus ; "The Little Prince" (St Exupéry) ; Marcel Detienne's works too. A lot of things.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bowing down in front of a camembert in a Sainsbury's with a friend in London, a day when I missed too much French cheese haha...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Ideas, opinions, all kind of tastes (included in cooking!), whatever, as long as there is respect and tolerance. Oh and, sharing jokes is always funny!!

Countries I’ve Visited

England, France, Italy, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France, Spain