Hi I'm Cosima, a 23 year old political science student from Germany. Right now I'm studying abroad in Turku, Finland.
I would describe myself as tolerant, open minded and relaxed.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to travel, I have lived abroad two times and am doing an Erasmus semester in Finland right now. What I love about traveling is that you not only get to know new places but also new people and hopefully different ways of living. While I haven't really traveled by myself a lot I hope that Couchsurfing could help me to travel more and also connect to people.

Interests

I am interested in politics, I call myself a feminist and am interested in gender studies. I like traveling and learning about aswell as experiencing different cultures. Since I've done two exchanges myself I volunteer for an exchange organisation. I do work at the airport for them and although it can be stressful it's always nice to get to meet many different people from different parts of the world.
In school I used to play the viola in the orchestras my school had. Someday I'd like to get back to that. I love cooking and baking and I'm an ice hockey fan.
I can interest myself for many things, even if it's something I would usually not be that interested in, if someone is really passionate about something it becomes interesting to me.

• dancing
• cooking
• recipes
• baking
• politics
• traveling
• knitting
• spelunking
• hockey
• paragliding
• gender studies
• political science
• science
• study abroad
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

I used to read a lot, as a kid i practically live at the library, sadly right now I don't read fiction that much anymore. I blame it on having to read a lot for university. Thank god for audio books. I like fictional history books, crime novels, documentaries and I love harry potter, I reread it from time to time.

I am one of those persons that will tell you that they listen to every type of music, boring I know. I like some classic music but top 40 is also fine with me. I love listening to podcasts such as This American Life or Stuff Mom Never Told You.

As with music I like a lot of movies, at home I have a list of the ones I want to see and it's not getting shorter. One genre I don't like is horror movies, I am to easily scared for that. I like documentaries but also some blockbusters. Movies I have reached a lot are the Harry Potter series, little miss sunshine and hunting and gathering (ensemble, ces't tout) it is also one of those books that instantly makes me feel better.
I like to watch series such as Madame Secretary, House of Cards or Borgen.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

While working in Colombia as a volunteer for one year I had many amazing experiences. Caving and paragliding are definitely something that I will cherish for a long time.

Teach, Learn, Share

I think that we can always learn from each other, be it a new recipe, how to knit or something completely different, almost everything can be interesting.
I could try to teach you some German, although I don't know how successful I'd be, I like sharing recipes and since I went to a waldorfschool I learned something called Eurythmie which means I can show you how to "dance your name".

What I Can Share with Hosts

If you host me I can hopefully offer you interesting conversations. I like cooking and baking and if you would like I could cook or bake something for you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Finland, Germany, United States