Hello, there!
I know my name is long to read, but I prefer to be called Banu (which means lady). My desire to explore the world made me move from Azerbaijan, and I decided to land in Copenhagento study my master's for last 2 years. One semester of my studies I did exchange in New Zealand, hiking, roadtripping around and loving it. When coming to traveling, I like to be planned but also enjoy being spontaneous and taking risks.
Currently I am back to Copenhagen, now working full time and planning occasional trips on longer weekends. my goal is to save as much so i can have a longer career break while travelling on a van. Not yet decided where and how but i know my love to nature and exploring is calling for me:)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love how people with different backgrounds are connected with one main similarity, which is love for exploring the world we born into. I love meeting new people from here, or getting to learn so much through their lens of seeing the world. I think staying in hostels is also so fun but sometimes it is so commercialized that i dont want to be part of it. My aim is to reach a place in life where i can host so many surfers myself, doesnt matter it will be a van or room or a couch, but i i will be there :)

Interests

• #hiking
• #coffee
• #jazz
• #mountains
• #singing
• #cat

Music, Movies, and Books

I love listening to soft rock, jazz, and classical music. My favorite music is "Still Loving You" from Scorpions. Unfortunalely, i couldnt go to Scorpion's concert this september because they cancelled, still healing from this fact :((

My favorite book is "The Gadfly" by Ethel Lilian Voynich and as a film, I love "Shutter Island". My favorite TV series is Breaking Bad :) But i very much enjoy documentaries about politics, history, culture and conspiracies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

For myself, it is that i decided to exchange in New zealand, met amazing friends, explored amazing places and cried a lot of times in front of the beauty of the nature
For the world, I adopted a cat

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to share my knowledge from my hiking experiences, the work that i do and the things that i learned about different cultures. I am an active listener so i believe i hold an interesting conversation.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share interesting facts about my home country, crazy hikes I did in New Zealand
and hold sweet night discussions.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Sweden, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Azerbaijan, Denmark, New Zealand, Romania