CURRENT MISSION

Simply Live and love each other - Simplement vivre et s'aimer

ABOUT ME

A Belgian-Polish couple.

Michaël:

Nurse auxiliary, Animation of youth (inter)national work camp (www.compagnonsbatisseurs.be) - Aide soignant, Animateur chantier jeune (inter)nationaux.

Jola:

Working for an international NGO - Travail pour une NGO internationale

Kim:

Our little girl that loves to run all around, play with other kids and don't bother dirt herself! :) :) :) She is nearly 7 years old.

Tim:

Soon 5 years old! Born 18th of september 2011.

We love to travel. Our first couch surfing experience in France, Lorraine, was absolutely wonderful!! - Nous aimons voyager. Notre première expérience couch en France, Lorraine, fut superbe!!

We both love to shot pictures... The nature, group of people, people in their work even if I have loads of moral trouble with this last one. Do I not disturb the person if I do take a picture? - Nous aimons tous les deux la photographie... La nature, des groupes de personnes, les locaux au travail bien que cela me pose parfois des problèmes morale. Ne me sentant pas toujours à l'aise de "voler" une image.

We like to bike, walk, hike. We love the nature. So we bike along our canal but also another part of Belgium. - Nous aimons faire du vélo, la marche et la randonnée dans la nature. Du vélo le long de notre canal et dans nos ardennes.

Ice-skating is meanly for Poland. Roller skating along our canal. Le pattin à glace est principalement pour la Pologne. Le roller le long du canal.

Michaël: Animation and/or participation to work camp in Belgium mainly (once in Europe)

PHILOSOPHY

There must be sometning on the other side of the rainbow... - Il doit y avoir quelque chose de l'autre côté de l'arc-en-ciel.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We'll be more than happy to share with you some of our traveling experiences... National cuisine culture from differents places around the world... If you drop by in August you'll be able to experience our Ducass: Recognised by UNESCO. If you bike, we'll show you around part of the history of our region with its Windmills, Watermills, Castels... - Nous serions plus qu'heureux de partager avec vous nos expérience de voyage. Culture culinaire nationale de plusieurs endroit autour du monde. Si vous passez le dernier week-end d'Août, vous pourez assister à notre grande Ducasse: Reconnnue par L'UNESCO. Si vous faite du vélo, nous vous montrerons une partie de l'histoir de notre régions: moulins à vent et à eau, châteaux...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfing:
France, Remiremont (BIBIFRED, June 2008)
France, Lille (MARIAM_LILLE, September 2008)
Poland, Zakopane (Halina, September 2008)
Spain, Catalunya, Sitges (Imme, November 2008)
Spain, Catalunya, Terrassa (RIS_EZ, November 2008)
France, Poissy, (FAB & ANNE, March 2009)

Hosting:
Andrea (from Italy, July 2008)
Yichao (from Canada, August 2008)
Benoit (from France, October 2008)
Jo (from USA, October 2008)
Peter and Marieke (from Belgium, November 2008)
Alexander and Todd (from Canada and USA, March 2009)

CS Meetings:
In a parc in 2008(Brussels)
Grand Braderie de Lille in 2008

Interests

Photography - Mountains - Jungling - Ecology - Travelling - Biking - Walking - Hiking - Skating - Starting Potery. Music: Piano - Guitard - Trompet - Tuba... National and International Workcamps (www.compagnonsbatisseurs.be) - Gardening - Renovation work at home (never-ending ;))

• culture
• photography
• cooking
• baking
• running
• walking
• gardening
• traveling
• music
• piano
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• animation
• ecology
• history
• nursing
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Marc Levy - Amelie Notomb - Ryszard Kapuscinski
Movies: Wings of desire! - absolute nr 1!
"Pump up the volume", "Seducing Doctor Lewis"
Music: Classic, Folk, poetry music
A bit of everything. Yet no real interest in electric... A lot of Belgium groups yet to discover! - Un peu de tous. Mais pas trop électric...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was riding in a tank / submarine. Brething every single day- Michaël
Safari in South Africa (Kwa-Zulu-Natal) - Jola

Teach, Learn, Share

Cooking - Baking - Jungling - Playing music - Pictures - Video - History of our town and region (still have to learn myself) Fire spitting and more...

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Poland, United States

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