ABOUT ME
Well, some words about myself: I ...

- am easy-going, open-minded, spontaneous, unfancy, very patient, mostly extrovert

- prefer outdoor over indoor, change over continuity, beer over wine, imagination over pure logic, dogs over cats (after dinosaurs)

- recently started to like Brussels sprouts

- have a look-alike

- get goosebumps from eating shortcrust pastry

- love meeting new people (surprise surprise!)

- quit my job and will be living/volunteering at different places abroad from June 2024 to June 2025 (that's the plan at least, let's see what life brings 😎)

PHILOSOPHY

Change is the only constant.
Don't find yourself, create yourself.
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. (Mae West)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet new people - experience places with locals - show visitors my beautiful city

Interests

linguistics, learning vocabulary (somehow relaxes me e.g. after a stressful day), teaching, travelling, outdoor activities, photography, festivals and concerts, cinema, geography/biology, hanging out with friends, meeting new people from all over the world

• concerts
• festivals
• traveling
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:

- best chill: Mert Demir, Maro, Miguel, Gilsons, Liniker, Teddy Swims, Octave Lissner, Parcels, RY X, Hazlett, LANY, Ben Khan, James Blake, Jamie Woon, Chet Faker, Selah Sue, Tiago Jorc, Tribalistas, Mahmood

- always rocks: Burnaboy, Wizkid, Rema, Lenny Kravitz, CamelPhat, Fred again, Sophie Tucker, The Police, Aerosmith, Thin Lizzy, Pearl Jam, Kings of Leon, Foreigner

Movies:
- The Guilty, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Triangle of Sadness, la Sociedad de la Nieve, No Country for Old Men, Capernaum, Parasite, The Innocents, Le Otto montagne, Cidade de Deus, El secreto de sus ojos, Mar Adentro, Into the Wild, Babel, Lion, Prisoners, Monster, Relatos salvajes, The Salesman (Forūšande), The Revenant, Selma, Her, Django Unchained, Jurassic Park
- Series: El Secreto del Rio, Somos., Friends, Stranger Things
- Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Javier Bardem, Whoopi Goldberg, Kate Winslet, Adam Driver, Leonardo DiCaprio, Gael García Bernal, Robin Williams, Emma Mackey

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

meeting the first couchsurfers I ever hosted after 11 years, volunteering, becoming a German teacher for kids at a hospital, working as English teacher in Istanbul, playing in an Indonesian music video, living in a Kyrgyz family, working as mascot (e. g. Oreo cookie), celebrating Carnival and New Year's Eve in Brazil, watching lucha libre in Mexico City, running a half marathon, enjoying being all by myself, living on O'ahu (Hawai'i) and hiking stairways to heaven, attending a Javanese wedding, hiking with my brother in the midnight sun on Lofoten, celebrating Christmas away from home (on the beach/in the jungle), rooftop camping in Namibia

Teach, Learn, Share

Yes please! I can tell you about my home country, you can learn German (or other languages) with me since I'm also a German teacher, and I wanna know more about your country and mother tongue - no matter which one it is, I'd like to learn it!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, United States