Hi, I'm Claudia, 41 years old, grown up in the East of Germany, I live since 7 years in the beautiful south of France in Ariège next to the Pyrenées. My oldest daughter Malaika (17 years old) lives with me. We like to meet openminded, creative, inspiring people, who try not to take anything personal (also one of our lifechallenge :-D). We both like playing music, piano, accordeon... singing, drawing, painting, making jewellery, doing all kind of creativ stuff... another of one of my passions is firejoggling.... We love cooking and eating lovely meals. We love having interessting discussions... We are also interessted in medicinal plants, in human psychology and self development. And reciving nice people from different spots of the world is always mindopening. And a little bit like travelling without travelling ;-)
As well as we love to travel too....

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Its a nice way to travel and meet people. Because travelling like tourists can be boring for us.... We love to discover a place in authenticy and living with the locals is always more authentic :-)

Interests

• singing
• dancing
• cooking
• baking
• gardening
• painting
• drawing
• piano
• cycling
• skiing
• badminton
• contact improvisation
• lindy hop
• self-development
• inline skating
• medicinal plants
• joggling
• accordeon
• pingpong

Music, Movies, and Books

I love worldmusic, kind of jazzy sometimes or soulish...
Swing, piano music like Yann Tiersen, Einaudi...
film: "La belle verte"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The best thing I ever decided to live in Ariège. To leave Germany behind me. I love this region where I live. Its such a beautiful landscape and such a nice social network. We have a lot of local markets. So to get to know people here is so easy and to connect...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Can teach some piano, or singing accapella songs with different voices or show you some rhythms on the djembé. Can show you tricks with pois and fans. With or without fire ;-) I can share my knowledge about african medicinal plants to heal yourself. I can share my cooking recipes and baking recipes. German cakes are really something special!!!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Tunisia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Ireland