About me:
I am an 29 year old Occupational Therapy student and have travelled a lot in my life, especially with my boyfriend Julian! That is why we actually share this account, so you will read his name on here a lot! As I will be travelling for school by myself in the next moths, I tried to introduce myself a bit more!
I guess the most important characteristics about me are the following:
empathetic, artistic, sensitive, very open, vegetarian, cheerful but also melancholic, crazy, addicted to dancing, supportive, driven but relaxed, chocolate-loving (!!!) (and food in general) and always eager to learn!

About us:
We are an austrian couple ambitious of traveling our planet and getting to know nice people! We live in a small house with our own garden where we grow foods, make fires with friends or just enjoy watching birds and insects doing their thing. At the moment Ines is studying occupational therapy, a profession focusing on helping other people to master their daily life on an emotional and physical level. Julian studied Biology (Ecology) and is currently finishing his master thesis.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

In our point of view a huge positive part of traveling is getting to know people. We want to see new places and faces and we are happy whenever we get the possibilty to make new friends

Interests

Music, YOGA, Arts, Photography, Nature, Cooking, Dance (especially Flamenco), MOVIES, rock climbing and bouldering, reading, meeting new people, Travelling of course, Languages, Gardening and much much more....

• wildlife
• birds
• arts
• culture
• singing
• photography
• dancing
• flamenco
• education
• cooking
• vegetarian
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• history
• languages
• philosophy
• rivers
• mountains
• nature
• permaculture
• plants
• organic gardening
• sun
• handcraft
• smiles
• natural medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Ines:
Music: Beirut, The Decemberists, Feist, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Florence and the Machine, Cat Power, Van Morrison, Bon Iver, The Smiths, Nahko, Trevor Hall, Xavier Rudd, Honne, and so much more...
Movies: I like independent movies, classics,...
Books: With reading I'm even more open, there is so much that I love and I'm always looking for new recommendations!
Stefan Zweig, Jostein Gaarder

Julian:
Book: Ralph Waldo Emerson, all he wrote, Laotse Tao te king, Stefan Zweig, Thoreau...
Music: Burning Spear, Bob Marley, Bim Sherman, Chronixx, Culture, Nakho Bear, Trevor Hall, The Mighty Oaks...
Movie: I hardly remeber any movie

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

We are following our dreams.

Ines: I went to Tanzania, Africa and was able to learn about the Maasai people and get to know them a little bit. I was thrilled by their hospitality and their way of life. Even if some things are problematic about this country and some traditions, I think we can learn a lot from people like them! Also, hiking through this country was one of the most amazing experiences in my life!

Teach, Learn, Share

We try to learn a lot of things, or at least we're not afraid to try something! Ines plays the ukulele, Julian plays the guitar and the djembe, we do gardening, Ines makes stuff from trash (means she loves to recycle and build new things from old things!), she loves to restore furniture, sing, take photos, sew, experiment in the kitchen (we are vegetarians, so there's a lot to discover there!) !

Ines is super interested in languages and also artisticaly skilled. Julian knows a lot about plants and natural life, herbs and farming. We both just like to see and learn new stuff.

Each one Teach one!

What I Can Share with Hosts

openness and interest, kindness
cooking together and having a good time
interest in your way of life!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Maldives, Montenegro, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Croatia, United States