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Overview

  • 8 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, German, Spanish, Swiss German; learning Russian
  • 32, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Researcher in the field of water and hygiene for development
  • Masters degree in Enviromental Sciences
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About Me

ABOUT ME

In general, I would say, that I am a very curious person and think everyone has something interesting to share, not only in Switzerland but all over the world. I care a lot about the environment and try to act consciously with regards to the people that live around my but also to the nature. I like to do a lot of things at the same time (sometimes too many).
Bicycles are my favorite way of moving around besides trains.
I like good (vegetarian) food.
I am a big fan of colorful socks :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I enjoy a lot visiting new places in the world. However, I prefer much more discovering a country and see how people actually live than visiting touristic places and stay in an anonymous hostel.

So far I have not used couchsurfing enough. I could appreciate often to be spontaneously invited by people and could experience "couchsurfing" outside of couchsurfing.

Interests

In winter I like going skitouring in the mountains and with friends we go once a week swimming in the lake in Zurich (mainly in Winter ;) ).
In summer, I like going hiking and move around by bike.
If nature is not so close I like spending time with nice people and am a big fan of board games.

  • environment
  • board games
  • traveling
  • bouldering
  • hiking
  • camping
  • sports
  • bicycle
  • skitouring
  • swimming in cold lakes

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There are a lot of experiences I could share at this points. I think in the end it would be a collection of great moments I was able to share with other people that I did not even now for a long time or which whom we had to communicate using hands and feeds because of not having a language we could talk together in but at the same time still understanding each other.
Most of these experiences I was able to collect while interrailing in Northern Europe, traveling alone in through Cambodia and Myanmar and living for a total of 6 months in Nepal.

I would love to tell you stories I experienced there when we meet each other :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I could show you different places in Zurich or around Switzerland and introduce you to some tipical swiss meals..

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Nepal, Switzerland

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