I'm Charlotte from Germany, a student of International Relations and the Post-Soviet Space turned policy advisor ✨

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on Couchsurfing because if I'm in a foreign country, it's one of my first and foremost interests to not just go there as a tourist, touching only the superfice of the country, but to immerse myself in the culture - and what better way to do that is there than staying with a local?

Interests

I could fill a book with this list, but I'll just point out the most relevant ones:
- traveling
- studying foreign languages
- reading, reading, reading
- politics and current affairs
- (vegetarian) cooking and baking (and eating)
- taking advantage of Berlin's amazing cultural scene (operas, museums, galleries, theaters, ...),
etc, etc. I can talk about pretty much anything🌞

• culture
• books
• cooking
• vegetarian
• politics
• reading
• classical music
• opera
• backpacking
• international relations
• languages
• travel
• nature
• social justice
• feminism
• museums
• socialism
• current affairs

Music, Movies, and Books

Reading has always been my greatest pleasure in life - some of my all-time favourite authors include George Orwell, Anna Akhmatova, Min Jin Lee, Alexandra Kollontai, Edgar Allan Poe, Andrew Solomon, Anne Applebaum, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Haruki Murakami.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- one year as a Rotary Exchange Student in Misiones, Argentina - backpacking through Asia after high school - going on a one-week bike ride down Taiwan's east coast, sleeping on the ground and in a 7-Eleven and getting stranded in Taitung because of a typhoon - couchsurfing through the wonderful countries of Iran and Kazakhstan

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach - any of the languages I speak, I guess? And I love cooking and baking and am always happy to do either 💞
Learn - Local recipes!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Fun times, I hope ☺️

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Belgium, Estonia, Germany, India, Scotland, Taiwan