Hello!
We are an English family, travelling in our van across France. We spend a lot of time parked up in forests or by rivers or lakes, exploring wild places, foraging, reading, playing.
Our son Ezra is almost 2 years old, he is picking up new words every day, in English and in French. He is very active, friendly and outgoing.
My partner Daryl has lived in France before and speaks French fluently. He is is studying French at University so we are hoping to find some people he can practice speaking with. I am a complete beginner but eager to learn.
We are also hoping to come across some other children as Ezra is starting to miss the company of his friends.
We are completely happy to sleep in our van and can cook, drive, wash ( a proper shower or a bath would be wonderful though!) so we would be quite easy to host, we only ask for some company and a little local knowledge.
We are very much looking forward to meeting anyone who would like to meet us, French speaking would be ideal for Daryl to practice with bit even if you are just travelling through like we are, send me a message and we will try to find you!
Looking forward to making some new friends in this beautiful country.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am open minded, eager and full of anticipation. Lets see what happens next....

Hosting and surfing and meeting people through CS events. The people I have met through couch surfing completely changed my life.
Portugal, where I lived in 2013 for 4 months. I lived at Tribodar community for a few months and also traveled around Portugal meeting and working with some really inspiring people living off the land.

Interests

So many things.
The natural world is my sanctuary, I cant be too long in a city or I begin to turn into concrete.
Other interests, Music, books, films. Just finding out more about everything, Children = I love having conversations with children - so much beauty in naivety - Its good to escape from the adult world

• books
• beauty
• environment
• dining
• gardening
• movies
• socializing
• crochet
• music
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Films- --.Nausicaa, of the Valley of the Wind.-- Eternal sunshine, Fight Club, Requiem for a Dream, Fear and Loathing in Las Vagus, City of God, Children of Men, Persepolis, Amelie, Natural born Killers, Saving Grace, Donnie Darko, Mighty Boosh, Flight of the Concords, 5th Element, Attonement, A Scanner Darkly, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoki, Empire Records, Howl's Moving Castle, My Neighbour Totoro The Hours, Button Moon, The Cat Returns, The Secret Garden, The Little Princess, Romeo And Juliet, Little Miss Sunshine, Amelie, Pans Labyrinth, Sophies Choice, The Royal Tenenbaums, Shaun of the Dead, The Pianist, The Constant Gardener, Mary Poppins, Dumbo, Cinderella

Music
Joanna Newsome, Jeff Buckley, Disraeli and the Small Gods, Bad Science, Sunset Rubdown, Modest Mouse, Bright Eyes, Nirvana, Elliot Smith, Simple Kid, The Pixies,Neutral Milk Hetel, The Album Leaf, Hot Chip, Neil Young, Bombey Bicycle Club, The Decemberists, Pearl Jam, The Pixie Boys -these are pretend bands - Mc Heavies, Radiohead, Bloc Party, Counting Crows, Gorillaz, The Velvet Underground, Jurassic 5, Jimi Hendrix, Fat Boy Slim, Eurythmics, Biffy Clyro, Bob Dylan, Placebo, Animal Collective, Sigur Rós, Bob Marley, Bon Iver, David Bowie, Belle and Sebastian, Yay Tierson , Beastie Boys, Muse, Paul Simon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Simon And Garfunkel, D.J Yoda, Cut Chemist, Sufjan Stevens, Nizlopi, The Kinks,

Bookwise, Alan Watts, Bukowski, George Orwell, Chomsky, Ian Mc. Ewan - Enduring Love, Mark Kurlansky - Nonviolence, The History of a Dangerous Idea (this book is really very very interesting) Fight Club, Hollywood, The Day Dreamer, Chasing Red Bird, Angela's Ashes, I Capture The Castle, the 3rd wave,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Witnessed a piano being destroyed with an axe in the forest, the sound of creativity/destruction echoing through the trees is something I will never forget.

Teach, Learn, Share

Understanding
Empathy
Love
Light

What I Can Share with Hosts

We are currently traveling and living in our van with no room to host but if you want to camp out or park up next to us you would be more then welcome! I'm always happy to cook for people and share a bottle of wine and some conversation.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Malta, Spain, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

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