CURRENT MISSION

find the hippies, anarchists, famers, climbers and clowns

ABOUT ME

Its been almost 10 years since I joined couchsurfing! wow, looking back at all my experiences and references, I really loved it here. And now I am back.

I just finished a semster abroad here in new york state and will be traveling around the southwest and california for the winter time, until I start the PCT in april. I am a farmer, student, clown, activist, climber. hmm, maybe those were the most important keywords. but that list changes fast :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I got into Coushsurfing when I was 18. I used it to meet people in Bordeaux, France while I was a lonely au-pair and surfed the first time Paris. The next years I used it a lot, going to meetings in my home city and in other cities, learning so much from people. It was a couchsurfer who went with me on my first hitchhiking trip, a couchsurfer who showed me where to dumpster dive in vienna. we started a sustainable couchsurfing group in vienna. Couchsurfing was a non-profit back then, more of a niche, with people wanting to share their lives and homes with others. A lot has changed since, but i am grateful for the experience those years on couchsurfing gave me.
Now, I am lot more settled on where I am at and who I am looking for. Most of the time, I dont need couchsurfing anymore to find my people, my community, my network. But when I do, I have a great time and learn something new from all the amazing people out there.

Interests

Nature is my big passion. I love the mountains, hiking, rock climbing, camping and just being outside. When I hike, I always feel that I am exactly where I need to be, doing exactly what I should be doing.

I am also politically active, often going and organising protests, but also other forms of activism. Topics that are especailly of interest to me are food sovereignty, migration and asylum, anti-fashishm and anarchism.
*update: ah, it makes me a bit sad, I wrote that about 7 years ago, when i was a younger, more idealistic, active self. I still do activism, but for me the word 'often' has changed into sometimes*

I am really into topics surrounding food justice, from local to global, from austria, to europe, to the global south. Its what I study, where i invest energy do build up alternatives (food coops, farm collectives), do activism (via campesina) and make my money as a farm worker.

• diy
• yoga
• gardening
• traveling
• dumpster diving
• bouldering
• trumpet
• agriculture
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• hippie
• activism
• feminism
• farming
• climbing
• jamming
• vegetables
• anarchism
• clown
• degrowth
• woofing
• climate justice
• food justice
• antifascism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music is a really big part in my life. I have played the trumpet since i was 10 and i studied classical music in a university for two years. Now i sometimes play guitar and am trying to be more creative with my trumpet. Recently i have started playing the dijirido, one that i built myself :) I love classical music and some jazz. I love dancing to reggae roots and DUB. All i need for the perfect evening is a big Soundsystem and some herbs to keep me dancing. I also like electornic music, especially goa and trance.
i adore beirut, just listening to them makes me happy; i love fat freddies drop, tash sultana, alt-j, sufjan, and more

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Nepal, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Uganda, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Ecuador, France, United States

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