CURRENT MISSION

Starting a new life

ABOUT ME

This time I (Cathy) am on a solo trip. Curious and open-minded, I like to travel around the world, meet new people and taste local traditional food and beverages.
What I enjoy the most: sitting around a table sharing some tea, beer or wine or a homemade dinner, talking about anything, listening to music playing board games.
I'm learning photography.

We've been on the road for 3,5 months on a road trip across Canada and the USA (20 500 km long, from Montreal to Vancouver by NYC, Chicago, New Orleans, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Las Vegas, San Francisco, etc) and have just settled in Vancouver for a while. We've surfed a lot during our trip and now we would like to host CSers from all around the world. We opened in december 2011 a french bakery in the Mount Pleasant area, so we work a lot and can't host as much as we'd like to, but we'll try to whenever we can!

PHILOSOPHY

Carpe diem

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

With David we couchsurfed and hosted a few years ago then got too busy with work.

Now that I'm back on the road I hope to meet with fellow travellers and locals to explore and grab a coffee or a drink.

Interests

I've been a baker for 6 years, I enjoy baking and cooking and learning new recipes. I'm a slow-traveller, I like to just hang out somewhere, snap pictures and experience the local life more than rushing to see everything in the guidebook (which I don't even have)

• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• baking
• movies
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• music
• soccer
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, The Monty Pythons...
Music: pop/rock/folk (Queen, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Arcade Fire, The Pixies, Pink Floyd, Jeff Buckley, Noir Désir, Tom Waits, Damien Rice...)
Books: James Ellroy, Ian Rankin, Stephen King, Michael Connelly...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Leave everything behind us to build a new life in a country (a continent) we had never set a foot in before.

Almost hit a baby bear when driving in Yosemite NP.

Opened a small french bakery in Vancouver on december 2011.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would be happy to give some tips on baking and French cuisine.
We'd love to learn some words in some languages we don't know.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food and stories :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Ireland

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