CURRENT MISSION

Meet, laugh, live, love

ABOUT ME

Travelling and meeting new cultures, languages and people has always fascinated me. I think other languages are great because they allow you to understand so much about other cultures and their people. However, speaking to someone in a language both understand is great - on the other hand, languages can pose huge barriers also if one does not understand the other one. Therefore, to help people understand one another and bring them together, I've wanted to become an interpreter and translator for a long time. A semester ago, I started studying Translation at the University of Leipzig. It'd be awesome to work for the EU, the UN or an NGO one day. Or to teach languages in different places all over the planet.
I think if more people understood more languages and cultures of the world, it would be a better place.
I worked and taught German at a primary school in England and at a language school in the US and worked with kids in a theater group in Germany. Theater is another thing I really like. I've been involved in UK-German youth relations for a few years. Anyway, after High School I decided I couldn't focus on languages all the time, looked for the complete opposite - and worked in the operating theaters of a hospital where I assisted nurses and surgeons. It changed my view of life and I learned a lot. However, I figured languages were still really my thing.
I'm interested in many different things and know there're many more things to come across!

PHILOSOPHY

I believe there's (almost) no problem that cannot be solved.
And in everyone's power to make the world better.
I love to bring people together, improve communication and help fight hate, prejudices and ignorance.
Also, it's my firm belief that whatever you give others you'll get back some day.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I share an apartment with a bunch of other students and we have a little guest room!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Thanks to Couchsurfing I had a great time travelling France for a while in March 09!
I enjoyed spending time with everyone I found through CS!

Interests

Intercultural communication, languages, football, music (from all over!), movies, literature, arts, politics, good weather, theater, good food.

• arts
• literature
• theater
• dining
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• soccer
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Babel, lost in translation, garden state, pulp fiction, the experiment, magnolia, o brother, where art thou?, Scrubs, Heroes

Books: Roth - The human stain, Boyle - Water music, Penzoldt - Powenzbande, de Saint-Exupéry - Le petit prince

Music: Kings of Convenience, Milburn, The Whitest Boy Alive, PeterLicht, Indochine, Coldplay, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sol Seppy, Michael Jackson, Sufjan Stevens, The Shins

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Thing seen: Children being born in the operating theatre.

Teach, Learn, Share

I think to learn, you don't need somebody to say: "Listen, I'll teach you something".
You learn just as much from other people's stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany

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