Hello there ：)
My name is Elsa（Chun-Yi, Wu 吳君怡） and come from Taiwan(R.O.C). Now is on the third year of University and major in languages. I speak fluent Mandarin（my mother tongue）, English and basic German (roughly level A2-B1).
My personality is spontaneous and open-minded. I've visited 13 countries and love Europe especially! I like the high-cultured, humanities and diversity there.
To me, solo travelling is a way to find myself, explore the world, gain more particle knowledge, have contact with different people instead of only studying books.
I have done "work &travel" twice. In total I've stayed with 4 hosts. One was in 2017 summer in Germany🇩🇪（July-Sep), the other one starts since Feb 2018. Through these experiences, I find out how narrow my perspective was. Last year I did work&travel for the first time, it was a tremendous culture shock. But this time I have more profound thinking. Besides this change, there are many travel stories I would like to share with you :)

I'm interested in culture and languages exchange. Sharing our perspectives together must be really nice.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

life is all about new experiences!
I really do believe that the best way of travelling through a country is to get in touch with locals - and becomes friend with them. It opens an unique possibility to see the country through their eyes and understand the people

Interests

traveling /reading / cycling /singing （but I'm not really good at singing, just like humming xD）

• animals
• cats
• culture
• writing
• politics
• cycling
• history
• languages
• solo travel
• reading books

Music, Movies, and Books

- Music: pop (Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Rita Ora), disney hits, classical opera songs
- Movies: I like history movies especially! （my favourite movie is "Sense and Sensibility"）
- Author: Hermann Hesse, Roald Dahl, 余秋雨, 謝哲青

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- solo traveling in Germany over 2 months
- hitchhiking and stayed with one of the drivers's house almost 3 weeks. it's really fortunate of me to find a German "second-mom" !
- Workaway （work & travel）
- in the middle of night walked through North German forest （in summer of course）

Teach, Learn, Share

travelling stories! /perspective / Mandarin if you want to learn ;) /different cultures between west and east

What I Can Share with Hosts

language and culture exchange :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, China, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Scotland, South Korea, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Taiwan, United States