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Overview

  • 56 references 39 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning German
  • 45, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Working on a French biodiversity monitoring program
  • Uni. / The everyday life
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Mora, mora

ABOUT ME

A bit shy.
Still a child.
I like cats and donkeys too.
I'm a surprisingly big salad eater.
Cats like me, donkeys I don't know.
I hate coffee flavour, but not coffee lovers.
I'm more a contemplative-listener than a verbalizer.
I don't like to belong to a group, CS is my exception.
I like my independence, but enjoy good company as well - I'm definitely not a lonely person.

PHILOSOPHY

Not exactly philosophy of life, but:
I'm fascinated by randomness and all life situations related to chance and coincidences.
This doesn't make me willingly a good planner.

I find inspiration when staring at people in the metro and love gaze exchanges.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By being a link in CS network.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted and have been hosted by a couple of people through CouchSurfing now. Mostly fabulous experiences.

Interests

Architecture, Design, Photography, Modern Art, Landscaping, Board Games, Movies, Bird-Watching, Mushroom Hunting, Wild food, Kiting, Ping-Pong, a bit of Juggling and Rollerblading, City-walking, Backpacking, Traveling, Dreaming... Sharing all these with others.
And Salad, of course!

To stay healthy I need to feed myself with alternative news website (especially the French one Rue89).

When traveling I like to take my time - no matter if I don't visit all the highlights mentioned in a tourist book.

  • cats
  • arts
  • books
  • architecture
  • design
  • modern art
  • photography
  • dining
  • coffee
  • walking
  • drinking
  • news
  • movies
  • board games
  • traveling
  • juggling
  • backpacking
  • hunting

Music, Movies, and Books

In a nutshell: "Minimalism"; Minimalism that is in architecture, painting, literature, music... is what touches me the most.
A list of names among others (some below are very important to me):
- Music: Steve Reich, Fela and Femi Kuti, Bach, Tony Allen, Ali Farka Toure, Antibalas, Cocorosie, Panda Bear, Bonobo, Camille, Lhasa
- Movies: "M" by Fritz Lang, "Rosemary's baby" by Roman Polanski for the old ones. Most of Jim Jarmush's films.
- Books by Paul Auster, Albert Londres, Albert Camus
- Painting and Sculpture: Klee, Folon, Miro, Chaissac, Vieira da Silva, Giacometti, Brancusi, Arp, Hajdu
- Photography: Saul Leiter, Lucien Hervé
- Architecture: Le Corbusier, Niemeyer
- Crazy Artists: Gordon Matta-Clark, Sophie Calle, Yayoi Kusama

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I survived a plane crash, two earthquakes and a hold-up.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to make different fermented drinks: tibicos, kefir, kombucha and some other non alcoholic drinks as well.

I am interested in learning how to better play Go.
And in giving a try (except drugs) to pretty much everything I don't know (especially with food).

What I Can Share with Hosts

Share... well it depends on you, me, the day, the alchemy...
I have a good amount of MP3 that I'll be happy to spread.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, United States

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