I‘m Dominique, occupational therapist and special needs education student from Berlin.

I love traveling, gathering with people, inspire and getting inspired and belive in cultural exchange as our way to find peace, empathy and understanding!

This is why I decided to leave and go explore the world. The last year I‘ve been traveling and volunteering in the Middle East, learned so much and appreciated each and every moment!

Now my boyfriend Mohamed (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/mohamed-elafify) and I are off for a new adventure: We want to travel and feel Eastern Africa. From South to North. We are more than excited and look so forward to meet you?;)

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

For me couchsurfing was always a great experience because it combines so many things I love: meeting people (and living together for a certain time is the perfect option to get to know each other!), socializing, traveling, sharing thoughts, inspirations, food, experiences, getting an authentic impression of the country, it's culture and the life, learning about cultural characteristics and languages, living sustainable...

兴趣

• arts
• traveling
• pottery
• minimalism
• guitar
• piano
• hitchhiking
• ukulele
• sustainability
• sewing
• veganism
• crocheting
• secondhand
• noplastic

音乐、电影和书籍

Music: world music, balkan beats, electroswing, indielectrock, hip hop,... it really depends on my mood. E.g.: Il Civetto, Skazka Orchestra, Tinariwen, Moop Mama, Muchatrela, Schnipo Schranke, alt-J, Jose Gonzalez, BOY, theAngelcy

Movies: I love documentaries or movies about "the real life". E.g.: Earthlings (not that i enjoyed watching it, but super informative and important!), Moonrise Kingdom, 17 Filles, Can't be silent, Im Weltraum gibt es keine Gefuehle

Books: at the moment my arabic learning book Yalla nihki 3arabi ;D, Siddharta, Not that kind of girl by Lena Dunham, Manuscript found in Accra, 11 Minutes

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Discovering the world! Sounds a bit cheezy but it's like this! ;P

我游览过的国家

Armenia, Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Oman, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

我居住过的国家

Germany, Lebanon