Currently I am a Social Worker in Cologne and am also writing my Master Thesis in Psychology. Next year I will start a 3-year training to become a Psychotherapist.

I've had some experience living abroad (a year each in Spain, Catalunya and Israel) and travelling (8 months through South America). I am extremely grateful for those experiences. I got to learn so much from opening up to different ideas and people and stretching my comfort zone. It showed me in a sense how small and irrelevant I am / how relative different ways of doing things can be. It showed me how delicious certain foods are, how wonderful differences in cultures are and how beautiful life can be! :)

You could say that I'm a very curious and active person. I want to be present. I love trying and learning new things, meeting new people and growing from experiences. I'm easy-going and easily interested in things and activities.
Human interaction fascinates me - almost nothing can beat an amazing conversation.

Traveling for me has a lot to do with meeting local people. That's why I love Couchsurfing. Creating friendships, sharing life. I really want to connect with the place I visit. Can you help me with that? :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Travelling to me is about making a new kind of human interaction possible. It's about seeing things from a different point of view. Couchsurfing is a great way to do that.

Interests

I am crazy about Lindy Hop / Swing Dancing!

But I try to stay an evenly spread out nerd all around.
(Psst: let's go outside!)

• books
• swing dancing
• movies
• board games
• hiking
• outdoors
• lindy hop

Music, Movies, and Books

Hiatus Kaiyote, Radiohead, Aretha Franklin, Pink Floyd, Gorillaz, Stevie Wonder, Alt-J, The Streets, The Beatles, Dave Matthews, John Butler, Jimi Hendrix, Fever Ray, Fleet Foxes, Björk, Old School Hip Hop

Everything Everywhere All At Once (!), The Fall, Memento, Mr. Nobody, American Beauty, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, The Dark Knight, Mr. Nobody, Lost in Translation, Inglorious Basterds, Cinema Paradiso....

Factfulness, Sapiens, The Corrections, Americanah, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Nemesis

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Being an honorary judge for a beauty contest of a small village in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest.
That was crazy, hilarious, fascinating and so much fun!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can show you how to dance Lindy Hop, I'll cook a German dish for you.

And I'd love to share some thoughts, laughter, thankfulness and a drink or two.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Israel, Spain