CURRENT MISSION

to travel around the world, meet a lot of people, learn languages and enjoy life!!

ABOUT ME

Hi everyone :) I'm Clara!
Now.... some casual stuff about me ;)
I'm 24 years old, grew up in the southern part of Germany, but home is Stockholm, where I spent my summers, because half of my family is Swedish and the other home is Berlin, where I moved after graduation. My closest family and friends live there.
I moved to Leipzig (Eastern Germany) to study Art History. For half a year I moved to Budapest (for Erasmus) and had a really spectacular time there. Right now I live in Argentina...spending half of the time in Mendoza and half of the time in Buenos Aires....yes, right guess....to dance Tango, so if you want to meet for coffee or tea in Berlin, unfortunately I'll not be back before spring 2015! But then I'll gladly show you around the city!!

I really like traveling and discovering new countries and cities, meeting interesting people from all over the world, so I think that's why I always feel the urge to get away! I love to learn new languages and I hope to improve the ones I already know. My father is from Sweden, so I speak Swedish quite fluently and German (it would be a shame if I couldn't), English, French, Italian, a little bit of Hungarian and by now quite well Argentinean Spanish ...

I would describe myself as easy going, open minded, adventurous, easily getting enthusiastic about nearly everything, love to laugh ;), spontaneous...so on...
I started to couchsurf in June 2010, when I was traveling around in Europe. That was a fun time! I have already hosted a few people and I hope to have the chance some day to host more.
So long...

Interests

Tango (my passion ;)!!!, Photography (analogue), Movies (watching & talking about them), Art (I love to draw, paint and create) and Art History, Music (I play the piano), acrobatic Yoga ;) and "normal" Yoga, Reading, Swing Dance (Lindy Hop, Charleston, Shag and Balboa), exploring foreign countries, learning languages, outdoor adventures (like hiking, slack lining...)

• arts
• photography
• dancing
• tango
• coffee
• yoga
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• piano
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• bungee jumping
• art history
• history
• languages
• study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Rear window, 12 angry men, Raging bull, Att angöra en brygga, Mannen som slutade röka, Le mépris, Das Leben der Anderen, Mon oncle, Äppelkriget, 5 myror är fler en 4 elefanter, Midnight run, Charade, Emma, Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain, Traffic, 451 Fahrenheit, How to steal a million, Pillow Talk, Der Lauf der Dinge, Slumdog millionaire, Smultronstället, Chinatown, Dead men don't wear plaid, A serious man, The Hours, Die Legende von Paul und Paula, North by Northwest, The conversation...

Directors:
Alfred Hitchcock, Jacques Tati (my favourite), Jim Jarmusch, Hasse Alfredson & Tage Danielsson, Jean-Luc Godard, Clint Eastwood, and many more...

Music:
Música de Tango (obviously ;)), Ratatat, Bonobo, Calexico, Alt-J, Waldeck, The Shins, The Bird and the Bee, Portishead, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Egokind, Lisa Ekdahl, Coldplay, Eels, Sofia Karlsson, Monkey Safari, Catpower, Sophie Hunger, Nirvana, Tegan and Sara, Georges Brassens, Gonzalez, DePedro, Feist, Yann Tiersen, Johnny Cash, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, Keith Jarrett, Kent, Norah Jones, Air, Maximo Park, Ween, 2Raumwohnung, The Cardigans, The Whitest Boy Alive, Satie, Wir sind Helden, Andrew Sisters, The Paragons, Habanot Nechama, Sascha Braemer, ...

Authors:
Ray Bradbury, Dürrenmatt, Jane Austen, Herman Hesse, Bronte Sisters, Douglas Adams, Max Frisch, Earnest Hemingway, Nick Hornby, Gustave Flaubert, Albert Camus, Heinrich Böll...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There isn't THE moment (like a bungee jump or so :D) but there are these moments when this cold sea wind gust blows into your face and in these moments I just smell and feel the fresh air and couldn't feel more alive.... ;) These moments leave me awestruck ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Germany, Hungary, Sweden, United Kingdom

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