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Overview

  • 2 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Spanish; learning Portuguese
  • 48, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Environmental Consultant / Auditor
  • Environmental Engineer / Civil Engineer
  • From Moers, NRW - Germany
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

saving the world - combating global warming

ABOUT ME

..hmmm, addicted to traveling the world and meeting new folks?? YES!!
Am always on the mission to make this world a better place and meet likewise people across the globe :)
I enjoyed fun and work related trips to over 35 different countries so far and am keen on getting more stamps in my passport soon!
Home town? I feel home everywhere I meet open minded and interesting people and where I can enjoy culinary art!!

PHILOSOPHY

Life is too short to be miserable! Seize the day and remember that each moment of each day there is a new beginning :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

am new - so I have to think about this....
News will come soon ;)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

prior joining CouchSurfing I already surfed in Mexico, Costa Rica, Egypt, etc. but without a real idea that there is an organised world out there of surfers ;)

Interests

Photography, traveling, cooking, languages, yoga, reading, hiking, music, meeting interesting people.....
visited 37 states (16.4%)Create your own visited map of The World or Free android travel guide

  • arts
  • photography
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • news
  • reading
  • traveling
  • stamps
  • music
  • hiking
  • rock climbing
  • languages
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

3 big YES in my life!!!
YES, Love the movies... all without blood and extreme violence though please!
YES...my live is dominated by music, listen to it all the time, back home, in the streets, on the tube, at the office - wouldn't survive without my iPod :D
No techno or electronic ... can do with everything else I guess! Always open to new tunes from cross the globe.
YES!! What would life in London be like with murky weather but without good novels in the shelf?? Just finished a 1000-pager and started the next!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Having a relaxing hot jacuzzi tub experience in a lake in the crater of an active volcano in Mexico - great after climbing up for more than 5 hours!!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love speaking other languages as this keeps me fit and alert, I always learn new words still after years and years of speaking 3 languages what I would say fluently. I would love to get the opportunity to help foreign language learners to overcome their shyness to speak in another language! I found out myself that nobody judges you if you don't know how to express a thought perfectly, but will encourage you to keep on trying :) Can help you brushing up your conversation skills in German, English and Spanish...would need a patient somebody to listen to my Português ;)
Most recent challenge I got myself into is trying to learn Mandarin.....

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Peru, Russian Federation, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Germany, Mexico, United Kingdom

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