Hi! My name is Eden. I don't have much experience with couch surfing but my family has hosted many couch surfers. I grew up with the norm of having strangers in my home. Before couch surfers, we had exchange students and before that the occasional friend. I loved having guests who filled our home with their travel stories and favorite meals. I always dreamed of creating my adventures as these guests did. And now I am embarking on them.

I love to cook and try many different recipes from other cultures. I enjoy hiking, swimming, and dancing and I could listen to music for hours (always looking for suggestions). I enjoy meeting new people and strongly believe that "a stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet" (yestheory).

I am clean, quiet and a positive person with a love for the building of friendships across the world. I love to use Couch surfing as a cheaper way to travel but also as a way to see new places through the eyes and ways of locals.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am currently studying abroad in Spain and my time is coming to an end. I want to have some time to travel and figured couch surfing would be an affordable and fun way to do so!

Couch surfing offers me unique experiences, a place to stay and cultural immersion, the most important to me when traveling. It matters more to me the people and energies I surround myself with than the place I go.

Interests

• dancing
• cooking
• reading
• live music
• hiking
• snowboarding
• art projects
• water color painting
• headstands
• interesting convos

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Shins, The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, Louis the Child, GRIZ, Clozee, Kendrick Lamar, The Beatles, ODESZA, Sufjan Stevens, Amy Whinehouse, Pretty Lights...the list goes on. I LOVE music :)
(Genres: EDM, Indie/Indie rock/ indie folk, Rap/Hip Hop, R&B)

Movies: Stealing Beaty, The Hundred Foot-Journey, any Quentin Tarantino movie, Howl's Moving Castle, Across the Universe, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Isle of Dogs,

Books: Call Me By Your Name, His Dark Materials Series, The Name of the Wind, The Highly Sensitive Person, The Hate U Give, I'll Give You the Sun, The Stranger, ACOTAR, Silence, The Four Agreements, Ready Player One

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

21-day backpacking trip in New Mexico. It was a program called Rayado, with the motto of "Expecting the Unexpected". Everyday was its own adventure and taught me a lot about what i am capable of :))

Moved to Germany during a global pandemic.

4 months in the French alps, partying, snowboarding and working with kids on holiday! Created some of the best memories ever.

Solo traveled around Western Europe for a month & 1/2: Paris, Zurich/Lachen, Rive del Garda, Munich, Cologne, Gent, London

Flying a plane in Versailles (with a certified pilot of course😆)

Took a Social Psychology class in Spanish with only an A1 level in Spanish

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to do a headstand.
I want to learn how to make a favorite/common dish from your culture, country, family. I would love to repay this by doing the same :)
If you speak Spanish I would love to practice
I am by no means an excellent artist, but I love to be creative and will happily paint or draw you something!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can make some mean banana, chocolate muffins and I weirdly enjoy organizing/cleaning (if you have a project in your home, a pile of unorganized papers, a shelf of art supplies, unorganized Tupperware...I'm your girl).

I am by no means an excellent artist, but I love to be creative and will happily paint or draw you something!
Share stories and culture

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Spain, United States