Canada . Joined in February 2017

Hi there! My name is Axel. I am vegan (for the animals and the environment first.). My partner in life, Vicky, became vegan after we met. Our daughter Chloé (6 years old now in 2017) was born and raised vegan. We also have a male rabbit named Judy, and a female named Wendy. And they are vegan! Ha ha. We are French (from Paris, France) and came to live in Montréal in January 2014. We are now Canadian citizens as well. :-) We speak French, English, and some Spanish. No need to say we are an outgoing family since we are on this web site! I am super nice with good people (but jerks don't want to get in trouble with me...). THE FLAT AND THE SURROUNDINGS We live in a wonderfully nice, very quiet and comfortable flat, clear and sunny, with a big double living-room, a nice and modern spacious kitchen. It has 2 terraces and 1 balcony. The flat is in one of the top areas in Montréal (beautiful streets, shops, food, nightlife). It is extremely well situated. We are less than 5 mn away from the metro station (which is very rare in Montréal), and a 30 mn walk from downtown. Very close to big parcs (10 mn walk) with baseball, football and tennis grounds, and several parcs around the house (the closest having free water games and being at less than 2 mn). We are very lucky (but we earned it). There are several vegan restaurants in the area (it is actually a sort of vegan friendly area), the closest one being the famous "La panthère verte", at less than 1 mn walk from our door. There is a bike station (Bixi) at the door. We have a nice chimney and often do fires during the winter. We have a piano and a guitar. We are non smokers and the flat is smoke free. The flat can NOT be accessed with a wheelchair. It is easy enough to par a car for free in the streets sourrounding the flat. Montréal is a top city. Very sunny. There are parcs everywhere. It is very green and fun during the summer : Free outdoor swimming pools and water games everywhere, tons of free music/theatre festivals, street pianos, parties everywhere, several beaches accessible by car or public transportation, a big amusment parc (named "La Ronde"), etc. You can ski during the winter : cross-country skiing on the mountain at 15 mn on foot from the flat and the nearest slopes are 30 mn by car from our door. There are also free ice rings everywhere in the town to practice your iceskating skills ;-) WHY WE ARE ON VEGVISITS? Mainly to help good people travel. Also we will use it sometimes to visit ourselves. SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS We have a room for guests with a queen bed (for 2). Very comfortable. There is some space available in the cupboards for guests' clothes and stuff. The room is bright and pleasant. It has a big balcony (more than 10 square meters/110 square feet, so almost a terrace). We will provide the sheets. Also, we cand lend you some towels if you don't have yours. The only thing is that we have to go through this room 2 or 3 times a day, as the terrace is the backdoor of the house, so we use it sometime to come in or go out. So it is actually halfway between a private and a public room, let's say 80% private-20% public. It has a door, so 100% private at nights ;-) This room has a semi-private bathroom (as we have our own bathroom upstairs). Additionnally, we also have several others 1 person and 2 persons inflatable mattresses that we can put in several places in the flat. Several people that slept in the room during the summer told us that they sometimes heard a very light hum from the neighbour's AC (it is on his terrace). But it is a very light and regular hum (more like a white noise actually) so it never prevented anyone from having a very good sleep. WHAT WE CAN SHARE WITH GUESTS Food (if they are not ogres). Space, terrace. Wifi, TV, Netflix. Piano, guitar. Ice skates. Jokes, happiness ;-) FAVORITE MUSIC, MOVIES, AND BOOKS? Axel: Horror and science-fiction books and movies. Violaine: Thrillers. Metal, rock, pop, dance, country, classical music. COUNTRIES WE HAVE VISITED Belgium, England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Wales, Burkina Faso COUNTRIES WE’VE LIVED IN Canada, England, France, Germany, Spain