CURRENT MISSION

日本人ようこそ！

ABOUT ME

We're a young couple, now parents to three beautiful children : Adrien (age 6), Camille (age 4) and Robin (age 2).

I was born and raised here in Nice.
I'm an open-minded person, curious and easy-going, always ready to learn new things and share new experiences.

Alex is originally from Avignon.

We met in Japan and both of us are in love with that country. One of my dreams would be to be able to live there someday....

At the moment I'm on parental leave to take care of my children. Alex is an engineer and works in university as a researcher.

PHILOSOPHY

On devrait avoir deux vies... l'une pour apprendre, et l'autre pour vivre.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfing experience :
July 2008 : stayed at Sylvain's in France for 2 days
July 2008 : stayed at Maria's in Netherlands for 2 days
July 2008 : stayed at Jelena's in Netherlands for 2 days
December 2008 : stayed at Bjorn's in Sweden for 4 days
December 2008 : stayed at Carl's in Sweden for 1 day

Hosting experience :
May 2008 : hosted Xiaohong Zhang from China for 3 days
September 2008 : hosted Kazuyo from Japan for 2 days
October 2008 : hosted Keiko from Japan for 3 days
October 2008 : hosted Junghwa An from South Korea for 1 day
February 2010 : hosted Monika and Yôko from Japan for 2 days
February 2010 : hosted Jun from Japan for 5 days
March 2010 : hosted Giulia and Jeremy from the UK for 1 day
May 2010 : hosted Amelie from Canada for 1 day
June 2010 : hosted Rachel from the USA for 3 days
July 2010 : hosted Erin and Philip from the USA for 1 day
July 2010 : hosted Whitney and Jordan from the USA for 2 days
July 2010 : hosted Franny and Mike from the USA for 2 days
August 2010 : hosted Hye Young from South Korea for 2 days
September 2010 : hosted Tara and Liam from Australia for 5 days
September 2010 : hosted Anri from Japan for 3 days
October 2010 : hosted Fei from China for 4 days
October 2010 : hosted Rita and Sun from China for 2 days
October 2010 : hosted Yu from Japan for 2 days
December 2010 : hosted Daisuke from Japan for 2 days
January 2011 : hosted Takuya from Japan for 3 days
January 2011 : hosted Joanna, Davy and Sammy from Canada for 2 days
March 2011 : hosted Reno from Japan for 3 days
April 2011 : hosted Saki and Yui from Japan for 2 days
June 2011 : hosted Yuka and Daishin from Japan for 2 days
July 2011 : hosted Hsin-Yi from Taiwan for 2 days
August 2011 : hosted Tomie from Japan for 2 days
September 2011 : hosted Megumi from Japan for 2 days
November 2012 : hosted Nozomi from Japan for 3 days

Interests

My babies and my companion, and the lovely family we're building, above anything else.

Everything about Japan and Japanese culture (language, traditions, food of course, ...)

Eating !! ^^ I'm particularly curious about how people in other parts of the world eat, and I love tasting new foods. Also, traveling, making new friends, parenting, karaoke, nature, animals, languages, cinema, video games, cooking, reading a good book, hiking, meeting new people, learning, loving, life.

And.... Eating (whoopsie, said that already), sleeping, listening to my Ipod, photography, chatting online with my friends, going to concerts, seeking treasures...

Alex is fond of cats, video games, japanese animation, sci-fi books, guitar, good music. Basically he's fond of anything that can be played (cards, rpgs, board games, party games, video games...)

• animals
• cats
• culture
• books
• photography
• concerts
• education
• dining
• cooking
• partying
• movies
• video games
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• music
• guitar
• karaoke
• hiking
• surfing
• animation
• teaching
• engineering
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies : Cinema Paradiso, Soylent Green, Into the Wild

Music : Damien Rice, Radiohead, Norah Jones, Suga Shikao, Spitz, Aznavour, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Ennio Morricone.

Books : Gone with the Wind (Margaret Mitchell), Le Petit Prince (Antoine de St Exupéry)

I love reading ! Feel free to recommend any book you liked !

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Giving birth to the most wonderful babies ever.

And I had the most extraordinary time of my life visiting Japan for a month in 2007. <3

Teach, Learn, Share

So let's see... I can teach French language, and basic french/provençal cooking tips.

I've learned to make my own yogurts, ice-cream, bread and pasta.

I have tried to learn knitting a dozen times, and always failed. So if you know how to knit and would like to teach me, that would be sweet !

Photography I would really like to improve my skills in.

I want to learn as much as I can. Feel free to teach me anything you want !! Oh and, needless to say, Japanese couchsurfers are more than welcome at my place, I'll be more than happy to learn everything they will teach me.

For the rest I know an awful lot about infants, babies and toddlers and especially breastfeeding and natural/proximal parenting (babywearing, cloth diapers, home-made natural care products, baby massage, co-sleeping, organic meals, non-violent education, etc).

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Democratic Republic of Congo, French Polynesia, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France