Hey there 🌻

I am Hanna, originally from the German Baltic sea but I have lived close to Frankfurt for about 5 years now but also spent 10 months in Bratislava, Slovakia and 5 moths in Cork, Ireland. I study comparative literature and as much as I like to read, I also enjoy getting to know people from all over the world. I would describe myself as curious, creative and empathetic and am also interested in politcial and feminist topics. This autumn, I will start my Erasmus semester in Bologna and am very much looking forward to my time there!

Interests

• literature
• baking
• knitting
• painting
• languages
• travelling
• nature
• sustainability
• feminism
• sewing
• trash tv

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The summer when I was 10, my dad and I took his old blue vespa from the 70ies, went on the ferry from Northern Germany to Southern Sweden and travelled for a week to visit a friend of his for his birthday. Even though it was raining quite heavily - we sent parcels with wet clothes and shoes home to Germany - I love remembering this trip. Some streets in valleys were flooded (Swedish signs showed: "Överswemning") and we had to take different routs and stayed at very cheap hotels, so it felt like a real adventure

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am very interested in (foreign) languages and probably have some fun facts and niche knowlegde on which languages are related to each other (at least in Europe but I would like to expand my knowledge). I like baking more than cooking, but at some point had to accept that I can't live on cake alone so of course I have some basic cooking skills and really like to spend the evening cooking and chatting with other people.
My grandmother taught me to knit when I was 12 and by now my knitting skills are quite advanced as I love to knit while watching films, series or reality tv, so that is definitely something I could teach.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Ireland, Italy, Slovakia