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Frédéric Brodeur

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CS Team Member Ambassador Alumni
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Montreal Collective
Canada
Quebec
Shefford


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General Information
Frédéric Brodeur is a CS Ambassador Alumni!
Frédéric Brodeur has been vouched for
VERIFIED MEMBER Identity Checked, Location Verified (3) more info
Couch availableYes
CouchSurf requests replied to100%
member sinceMarch 9th, 2005
profile views57,095
age36
genderMale
membernameFred
occupationActuary
educationActuarial Mathematics but now my education is more coming from the people I meet!
grew up inGranby, Québec, Canada
ethnicity2/3 Québécois & 1/3 Français !
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Languages

  • FrenchExpert
  • EnglishExpert
  • SpanishBeginner
  • French (Canada)Expert

Groups I Belong To

Montreal 17886:56051
Why: Près d'où je viens et où je viens faire un tour à chaque année...
Quebec 25084:3071
Why: Québec... mon pays... que j'ai toujours hâte de retrouver!
Verification Address Editors 14:63PARIS 61968:114491
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Couch Information



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Couch Available: Yes
Preferred Gender: Any
Max Surfers Per Night: 2

Shared Sleeping Surface: No
Shared Room: No


We live in Shefford. It's a township close Bromont and Granby.

Our "couch" is a guest room in the basement so you will have your own bed.

We have a cat call Luna. We don't smoke and you will need to go outside if you want to smoke.

There's no public transport to get here so you need a car or at least a bike (the Route Verte pass at 3km) to come to our house. Eventually if you come from Montreal and you don't have a car, and if we are available, we can pick you at the bus station "Autoparc 74 Granby/Bromont" (see bus information on this website Transdev Limocar.

Around Shefford you can do many activity : skiing at Bromont, visiting the Granby Zoo, having a ride on the wine route, going to the Yamaska National Park, taking a bike ride on l'Estriade (a part of the Route Verte), playing golf (many courses around), ...
If we are available it will be a pleasure to show you some stuff around.

Main activity at home : watching the fire, playing pool, taking a jacuzzi, relaxing, ...

The best time is during the weekend but we can also host you on weekday. The only thing it's during the weekday, we will be less available to show you around. We like to host at maximum for 2-3 days generally.


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Nous habitons à Shefford. C'est un canton situé près de Bromont et Granby.

Notre "couch", c'est une chambre d'ami situé au sous-sol équipé d'un lit double.

Nous avons une chatte qui s'appelle Luna. Nous ne fumons pas et si vous souhaitez fumer il faudra aller à l'extérieur.

Il n'y a pas de transport en public pour vous rendre à la maison. Ca prend une voiture ou au minimum un vélo (la Route Verte "l'Estriade" passe à 3km). Eventuellement si vous venez de Montréal, que vous n'avez pas de voiture et que nous sommes disponible, nous pouvons aller vous chercher à la station de bus "Autoparc 74 Granby/Bromont" (voir les info à propos des bus sur le site de Transdev Limocar).

Les principales activités autour de Shefford : ski alpin à Bromont, visiter le Zoo de Granby Zoo de Granby, faire un tour sur la route des vins, aller au Parc National de la Yamaska, faire un tour de vélo surl'Estriade qui fait partie de la Route Verte), jouer au golf (il y a plusieurs club autour), ...
Si nous sommes disponible, ça va nous faire plaisir de vous montrer des choses autour.

Les principales activités à la maison : regarder le feu (à l'extérieur ou à l'intérieur selon la saison), jouer au billard, prendre un jacuzzi, relaxer, se faire un bon repas, regarder un film, ...

Le meilleur moment pour nous visiter est durant le weekend mais c'est aussi possible en semaine. Par contre, en semaine, nous risquons d'être moins disponible pour vous montrer autour.
Généralement, nous hébergeons pour un maximum de 3 jours.

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Catherine Samson Catherine Samson
36, Female
Shefford, Quebec
Canada
Friends since June 2007
"I surf his couch when i was in Paris and after several months a exceptionnal relation of love was built."
Friendship Type: Best Friend
I vouched for Frédéric Brodeur
Met in person   Hosted30+   Surfed30+   Traveled30+  
Anick-Marie Bouchard Anick-Marie Bouchard
30, Female
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Friends since June 2004
"We met on Quebec's National Day in Paris, two lost Quebecois in the crowd !"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for Frédéric Brodeur
Met in person   Hosted15   Surfed30+   Traveled30+  
CARROTSHAKE CARROTSHAKE
104, Female
Paris, Ile-de-France
France
Friends since July 2006
"Fred made my birthday a party. mmm. party. in fact, fred makes everything a party..."
Friendship Type: Close Friend
I vouched for Frédéric Brodeur
Met in person   Traveled2  
Jean Schurger Jean Schurger
33, Male
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Friends since September 2005
"On party with comon friends"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person   Surfed4  
EDIAM EDIAM
35, Female
Paris, Ile-de-France
France
Friends since March 2007
"Picnic, parties, we integration, drinking, laughing"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for Frédéric Brodeur
Met in person  
Julien Kubryk Julien Kubryk
33, Male
Puteaux, Ile-de-France
France
Friends since November 2006
"Well, it is almost impossible not to meet Frederic when you live in Paris. My first CS meeting was his birthday party !!!"
Friendship Type: Friend
I vouched for Frédéric Brodeur
Met in person   Traveled2  
SOLOMIA SOLOMIA
30, Female
Paris, Ile-de-France
France
Friends since November 2006
"I first met him at his birthday party, then in so many parisian CS events"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
I vouched for Frédéric Brodeur
Met in person   Traveled3  
FREDDYPARIS FREDDYPARIS
37, Male
Paris, Ile-de-France
France
Friends since December 2006
"by work meeting first and by a lot of CS parties"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for Frédéric Brodeur
Met in person   Traveled1  
MACHOULIA MACHOULIA
29, Female
Rueil-Malmaison, Ile-de-France
France
Friends since October 2006
"Finally met Fred at the halloween party in Paris and had a lot of fun!!! He's a very open-mided and friendly guy! See you soon Fredericaaa! :D"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for Frédéric Brodeur
Met in person   Traveled7  
Jerome LI-THIAO-TE Jerome LI-THIAO-TE
29, Male
Budapest, Budapest
Hungary
Friends since October 2006
"We met in Belette Bar in Paris during a CS meeting :)"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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Frédéric Brodeur
Québec, décembre 2011
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Personal Description

Born in Granby (Quebec, Canada) where I lived until 1995. 3 year for a Actuarial Mathematics diploma at Quebec City and a way brought me at Paris in summer 98. Initially went there for traveling, I started to work there a month and half after my arrival.

I stayed in Paris for 13 years and last summer we left Paris and came back to live at Shefford in Quebec.

I was a CouchSurfing addict in Paris I hosted more than 200 people. Now we will continue to host but less often... anyway Shefford is less visited than Paris! ;)

How I Participate in CS

1) Hosting, Surfing & Meeting
2) Work to fix the city database
3) I took part in french television report and in documentary. I will try to help the media in France when they contact us.
3) Attended at the CouchSurfing Collective in Montreal.
4) Was a Global Ambassador and location team leader during many year... now still participate on some task but I have less free time to help.

CouchSurfing Experience

Who I hosted and where I surfed...

My CouchSurfing Stats (update February 4, 2008)
Hosting
- Number of Surfers : 194
- Number of Night*Surfers : 724
- First day I hosted : May 5, 2005
- Last day I hosted :

Surfing
- Number of Place : 16
- Number of Night*Place : 77
- Day of my First Surf : May 13, 2005
- Day of my Last Surf :

Where come from people I hosted... [number surfer]
Argentina [2], Australia [6], Belgium [1], Brazil [6], Canada [11], Czech Republic [6], Finland [3], France [19], Germany [4], Greece [1], Hungary [5], Italy [2], Lithuania [2], Mexique [2], Netherlands [7], Norway [1], Poland [3], Portugal [1], Quebec [55], Russia [1], Slovakia [2], Slovenia [2], Spain [2], Sweden [6], Turkey [2], United Kingdom [8] and United States [32]
Number of nationality : 27

Where I surfed... [number place]
Belgium [2], France [4], Germany [1], Ireland [1], Netherlands [3], Quebec [4] and United Kingdom [1]
Number of nationality : 7

Interests

Environment, Trip, Idealism, Meeting people, Quebec Politics, medieval stuff

Philosophy

Live in harmony with our small planet!!!

Music, Movies, Books

Movies : Shrek, Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride and others movies from Tim Burton, Lord of the Ring, Willow, Labyrinth, Excalibur, Star Wars, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Big Lebowsky, The Rules of Attraction, Lost in Translation, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Amelie, C.R.A.Z.Y., Cruising Bar, La Grande Séduction, Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain, Les Invasions Barbares, Jeux d'Enfants

Music : Our Lady Peace, The Cranberries, Les Cowboys Fringants, Jean Leloup (ou Leclerc si vous préférez), Indochine, Paul Piché, Kevin Parent, Richard Desjardins, Louise Attaque

Books :
Le Petit Prince, The Hobbit & Lord of the Ring, Le Cycle du Graal, Hubert Reeves

Types of People I enjoy

Almost everyone except the lazy ones, liars and dishonest people.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach : Pool, Roller Skating, Making Soap Bubbles, Actuarial Mathematics... hum, not sure people want to learn the last one!!! ;)

Learn : I want to learn about everything!

Share : Peace and no stress philosophy... and also I like to share a meal with a good wine or just a good beer !

One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done

Getting married!!!
Also... paragliding at Chamonix in France... climbing the Machu Picchu in Peru... swimming in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland... and of course beeing a member of CouchSurfing.org !!!

Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org Project

Just Love It!!! CouchSurfing changed my life!!!

Locations Traveled

TRAVELED: Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland (Republic of), Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United States
LIVED: Canada, France


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References (181)

  • 174Positive
  • 7Neutral
  • 0Negative
  • 26From Hosts
  • 80From Surfers
  • 27Traveling
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Aymed Nedjar
From Aymed Nedjar
 Constantine, Algeria
 Sep 5, 2009
Only met online Hosted 2 days Surfed 1 days Traveled 2 days 
Positive

good

Josh McNorton
From Josh McNorton
 Vancouver, Canada
 May 18, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 5 days  
Positive

it was many years ago, but I still remember how amazing a host he was!

Michel Charest
From Michel Charest
 Montreal, Canada
 Apr 15, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 4 days  
Positive

Merci à Frédéric Brodeur et Catherine de m'avoir si bien reçu et hébergé pour quelques jours! Ce sont des personnes vraiment extraordinaires!

RICOTHEFROGGY
From RICOTHEFROGGY
 Nantes, France
 Nov 17, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

was nice to meet Fred, after knowing him through the CS website... instead of offer him a couch, i offered him a ride to someone else couch... he's an excellent navigator and Fred, when you want we engage on rally championship ;)
Fred give smile and happiness... joyfull guy. it's a big big value, so keep that smile ! Hope to meet you again soon !
cheers !

Benjamin Agostini
From Benjamin Agostini
 Verdun, France
 Nov 16, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

T'was a pleasure meetin' Fred in Nantes!
We had interestin' discussion CS and its fonctionnalities. I really appreciated him 'n hope he'll have a few time to surf our couch!!!

PEDROLEOUF 
From PEDROLEOUF
 Paris, France
 Nov 16, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

We met while the 2nd French Ambassador Meeting in Nantes. Reunions, talks, and... drinks!
As all Quebec people I met, his girlfriend and he are very friendly and open minded.
Nice to meet you ;-)

Emilie MAUPU
From Emilie MAUPU
 Nantes, France
 Nov 16, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

They are our first couchsurfers ! They are lovely people. His wife is always smiling. Frédéric is a comic guy with a communicative laugh...
Pol and me enjoyed them immediatly. We would like to see them again, and again, and again :-)

Vanessa
From Vanessa
 Paris, France
 Oct 2, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

I met Frederic maybye 2 ou 3 years ago with Superyami in Paris. He was the guy from Canada with blue hairs sometimes! Very nice person, i remember we had a funny time in a restaurant(Pizza Hut)with others and serials of laughs because of his jokes(and my show too!).

NICOLOVERBOY
From NICOLOVERBOY
 Paris, France
 Aug 26, 2008
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

Fred is simply an institution for CS Paris. It just takes part of the CS Paris furnitures. Just kidding. We know each other from a long time but i discover how great this guy was when I get Ambassador cause then I realize how great was the job he was doing so take care my friend see you soon.

Brad Murray 
From Brad Murray
 London, Canada
 Jul 19, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

I think the main reason Fred choose to host myself and my sister was because the Rocky Horror Picture Show's star and I share the same first name.

It could also have been my love of all things french, or my dashing good .. taste for vin.

regardless, he hosted the two of us and it was a great and wonderful time. We didn't get much time, as my sister and I only had two days left in our Paris adventure, but the time we had was wonderful. We had flower shaped ice cream and futon shaped cheese on bread.

wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.

thanks a million!

--b


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