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Overview

  • 12 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning Italian
  • 31, Female
  • Member since 2015
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  • Student of comparative cultures
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About Me

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but in seeing with new eyes. - Marcel Proust

My mom recently read an article she found in one of my grandma's women magazines to me. It said "what your closet tell us about you". My closet is a chaos. I like to say that it is an organized chaos and that I find things if I have to. I guess it's a lie I tell myself to justify my lack of discipline. But whatever. So it said that people with a chaotic closet tend to be spontanious, outgoing, happy, unorganized and okay with it. The negative part is that we also tend to try to do 3 things at a time, which makes us nervous and not too seldomly leads to minor emotional breakdowns. My mom thought the destription fits me very well and who knows you better than your mother right? Guess it's okay. Life comes the way it comes and I take it and try to make the most of it. Why worrying about an organzied closet?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to hear stories from people who have tavelled the coolest places and I leave every new place and every newly met person with an idea about my next destination in mind. This constant exchange makes me realize theres so many things I still want to see! Couchsurfing is a give and take - it is definitely a cheap way to travel and it is rich in experiences you can collect. I think eveyone should respect the value of it :-)

Interests

Skiing, running, reading.
Never can decide whether I love the mountains more or the sea, just both calms me down every time.
Love late night drunkish talks while having some red wine.

  • books
  • dining
  • wine
  • red wine
  • cheese
  • traveling
  • music
  • scuba diving
  • skiing
  • study abroad
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I read pretty much everything, all genres are welcome. One of my faveorite authors is definitely Joachim Meyerhoff, a german actor. In average i read about 2-3 books a month.

I also watch series of almost all kinds (only horror or zombie stuff is really not my thing) and veeery often. One of my faveourites are e.g. Orphan Black or Shameless.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Scuba Diving in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Seeing the Aurora borealis in Lappland. Spending all my nights in Dublins bars for two months.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share a good laugh ..just saying so much...when a chinese woman frees you from your inner demons which you didn't know you had, and you got almost eaten up by an surely vicious manatee, there's always something to talk and laugh about :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

austrian food (Spätzle, Kaiserschmarrn, Germknödel - all such beautiful and easy german words!), otherwise not the best cook! But you can always count on me for company if there's wine ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, Ireland, United States

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