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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
It's hanging in the air a little at the moment. Still trying that academic career thing (which is meh!) and my crafty endeavours (which are no sustainable alternative either)... so, I guess my mission is to find a better mission.
ABOUT ME
ALL about me?! Phew...well...I grew up in the lovely lovely city Dresden in East Germany. After about 10 years of Socialist conditioning (which is not at all bad - quite the opposite actually!) the Wall came down and my parents went travel-nuts. So, they can't really complain I'm not around anymore... I soon decided I wanted to live abroad, somewhere with more bush and less people - Australia! On my mission to get here I spent 2 years in the UK and 2 years in New Zealand. Finally I am here - not so much in the bush (yet?!) and surrounded by loads of people (ah wells...). I am done with my my PhD - looking at artist exchanges between Australia and Asia, arts funding, cultural diplomacy... thankfully this research gave me the opportunity to do some serious travelling (http://exploringcd.wordpress.com/) with more to come, I hope!
PHILOSOPHY
Don't cry because it's over - be happy that it happened!
Accepting that you can't have everything in life, being modest and live in solidarity with other human beings.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I have surfed a couple of times and hosted a few people (not all through this website). I have never had a place to myself so it usually depends on flatmates and space whether I can host or not...
Interests
arts, music, cooking, markets, tree-hugging ;)
- arts
- cooking
- traveling
- music
Music, Movies, and Books
very eclectic taste and lacking categorising skill (knowledge?) - just randomly naming a few things that come to mind... Aldous Huxley, Moloko, Sideways, Michael Ende, 12 Monkeys, Miike Snow, Trainspotting, Klezmer, Boy, Beatsteaks... ... ...
What I Can Share with Hosts
Always happy to cook a lovely meal :)
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam
Countries I’ve Lived In
Australia, Germany, New Zealand, United Kingdom