Hi! My name is Amelia. I'm an Australian student, living in Ireland mostly, about to come back from my Erasmus year in Berlin. I suppose the first thing you should know about me is that I love three things above everything else: travel, music, and eating. Therefore, I spend a lot of time bopping here and there, cooking, and playing tunes (by myself, and if they also play, with other people!)

I'm currently a student at University College Dublin, and just finished my Erasmus year at the Freie Universität in Berlin. Over the summer, my boyfriend Andrew and I (a native of Dublin himself!) will be travelling through the Baltics, from Tallinn all the way down to Riga and Vilnius, hoping to meet lots of new people! I love having adventures and making new friends from all over the world, so I hope this summer will be good for that!

I speak English (mother tongue), German (C1), and a little Spanish (B1/2ish). If you wanna help me learn a language, I'm always game!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new people while seeing the world. It's no secret that staying with locals (or people who live there) gives you insight into a place, but it's also an experience in making new life long friends in different corners of the world. Cooking together, wandering together, enjoying life together! I hope to meet lots of you on my way around!

Interests

• animals
• music
• live music
• electronic music
• hiking
• languages
• travel
• food
• meeting new people

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I love Regina Spektor, the National, Mitski, Joni Mitchell, and Arcade Fire (but I always love hearing different kinds of music.) I also really like jazz :)
Movies: I love the Hayao Miyazaki films, the Don Hertzfeldt movies and also Wes Anderson.
Books: It's be hard to pick a favourite, but right now I'm really into Raymond Carver and Kurt Vonnegut.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It's kind of hard to pick a thing you've done and call it amazing, but I suppose one cool thing I did was coming to work on this llama farm in Bavaria. A couple years ago, a couple of friends and I just came out here for no particular reason and worked for a few weeks. We got to travel through beautiful rural Germany, and we had some weird and wonderful adventures on the way.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love cooking, German, piano, ukulele... so if you want to learn any of those, I'd love to help. Otherwise, let's go exploring together!

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Germany, Ireland, Mexico