WE´RE ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEKS, SO WE`RE CURRENTLY NOT HOSTING, SORRY

CURRENT MISSION

Hugging the world.

ABOUT ME

We´re a family, and we love Couchsurfing!
We´re messy and creative and talkative, and we want to meet you all - the single travellers, the couples, the families. Every person is a new, fascinating adventure!

Tim and I are both born in 1980. We´ve been together for years now, have four beautiful children named Eva (2001), Ronja (2003), and the twins, Mehmet and Miro (2007). We also have a nice, colourful and messy home we´d like to share with you.

We have 3 rabbits and love our bycicles.

Tim works in an insurance company, while I quit my job a few years ago to take care of our children.

I and Ronja are vegan, and Mehmet is a vegetarian, so we usually cook vegan dinner, but we don´t mind if you want to bring your own animal products. We don´t drink alcohol, but you can smoke outside if you want to.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We host and surf.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We´re looking back on a long, pleasant and active history as hosts, but since we are a family of six, we have only couchsurfed once so far. When I started working a few years ago, I found it increasingly difficult to interact with our guests as I´d liked to, so we took a break. However, I´ve stopped working now and we´re once again ready to welcome the world into our home.

- In May 2011, we hosted Friederike and Jörg from Germany.
- In June 2011, we hosted Danny and Richard from California.
- In July 2011, we hosted Marianne and Christina from Austria.
- In July 2011, we hosted Carolyn and Kristina from Australia.
- In July 2011, we hosted Chloe from Belgium.
- In August 2011, we hosted Dagmara, Marek and Pjotr from Poland.
- In August 2011, we hosted Haley from California.
- In August 2011, we hosted Jia Jia and Duncan from... everywhere?
- In August 2011, we surfed with Masha and Eva in Moscow.
- In October 2011, we hosted Andre and Simone from Germany.
- In December 2011, we hosted Amelie, Nicole, Emma and Charlie from Germany.
- In February 2012, we hosted Rene from Germany.
- In February 2012, we hosted Lucy and Stuart from England.
- In March 2012, Katharina from Leipzig joined us for an afternoon.
- In April 2012, I went to see comedy with Meike in Krefeld.
- In May 2012, we hosted Dagmar and Roel from on the road.
- In May 2012, we hosted Gerard from the Netherlands.
- In June 2012, we hosted Caralyn from Montana.
- In June 2012, we hosted Azra, Nicolas, Danish and Leia from Singapore.
- In June 2012, we hosted Ahram and Hyeri from South Korea.
- In June 2012, we hosted Gustav and Thommi from on the road.
- In June 2012, we hosted Khrystina and Artem from Russia.
- In July 2012, we hosted Laura, Vernon and Channing from Taiwan.
- In July 2012, we hosted Ruairidh from Scotland.
- In August 2012, we hosted Rachel, Idonia, Melbryn, Eartha and Saskia from England.
- In August 2012, we hosted Lena, Marie and Camilla from Norway.
- In September 2012, we hosted Bart, Saral and Ryan from Belgium.
- In September 2012, we hosted Monique, Leandra, Quinn and Micah from the Netherlands...

...and some more :)

兴趣

Maraike:
Crafting, reading, playing the piano, listening to music and audiobooks, volunteering in all kinds of different fields, sewing, biking, swimming, gardening and cooking fantastic meals!

Tim:
Running, reading, riddles, learning new languages, beekeeping, board games

Eva:
Playing the piano, going out with friends, listening to music, travelling

Ronja:
Riding her bycicle (to the library and back), saving the world from destruction through environmental pollution and stupidity, inhaling all the books, visiting all kinds of science camps

Mehmet:
Dancing, reading, but mostly playing with his playmobil or mobile phone...

Miro:
Football and every physical activity there is in the whole world, cheese.

• writing
• books
• singing
• cooking
• chocolate
• vegetarian
• vegan
• yoga
• running
• gardening
• reading
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• piano
• cycling
• hiking
• soccer
• swimming
• history
• languages
• science
• volunteering

音乐、电影和书籍

Harry Potter is our family religion.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Giving birth to my twins at home.
Climbing La Tour Eiffel with my girls.
Riding a quad in the desert in Egypt with my boys.
Hiking through Norway.
Marrying my boyfriend and making him my husband.
Strolling through Moscow.
Living in Singapore for 2 months.
Living on a farm in Poland with my two toddler-daughters.
Hugging children in school. Everyday.
Teaching kids in Portugal.
Hosting two Tanzanian ladies.
Hosting all of you.
Writing a novel.
Watching my children grow.

教，学，和分享

Learning just happens and can´t be planned. Things come up in conversation, and before you know it, you´re sitting there with a guitar or a pencil or a dremel tool, or standing in the kitchen cooking something, and that´s just what I love about learning. Every good conversation involves learning.
Once, I showed a girl who surfed our couch how to sew pants for her baby. Another time, a nice woman from Australia taught me how to engrave glasses. A man from England showed me how to play my daughter´s harp, and his chinese girlfriend taught my kids how to curse in Chinese. I love learning, don´t we all?

我游览过的国家

Austria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

Germany

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