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Overview
About Me
I grew up in a small City in Germany in a beautiful Area with lots of nature around, called pasewalk. Its between the baltic See and Berlin. Thats why i spend also a lot of time in the capital for weekends, holidays or practicas. During my youth I often take part in workshops at bröllin, a very old rural castle for artists all over the world. It gave me an insight in different creative works like theatre, drum and music, film and dance. Not to forget all the interestic people I met, giving me a sight into there work and lifestyle. After passing my a-level I decided to do a volunteer year in Colombia,bogota. Here I worked on a social project with children and youngsters in the the south of the city.
After my return, I started to volunteer at this castle I already talked about for three month.
I went four month to Israel, Palestine and Egypt and worked at farms and guesthouses and I was building a mud house.
I finished my studies of social work in Leipzig and worked in different social and cultural projects. During my studies I proofed my Spanish during a semester stay in Granada. I lived for nearly 5 years in a communal housing projects in leipzig with 35 wonderful people where we could trust each other, share and develop in our freedom we enjoy there. We have a culture place which we organize together as a collective. It's a bar and we make queer, Soli, Techno or downtempo party's with awareness concept, reading circles, concerts, woman * circles and we offer the place for different political or social Organisations. We take part in various festival, building floors, a float or an amphitheater. We love the strong social connection we have with each other.
Some time ago I startet to rent a garden with a hut. It took some time to renovate it but now it's so beautiful that i can live in there for summer. I start gardening but still have to learn a lot.
An anti sexist and anti racist attitude and Engagement is important for me.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
"Travelers and their levels. - Among travelers you can distinguish five levels: the, of the first and lowest level are those who travel and are seen - they are actually getting traveled and are like blind at the same time. The, of the next really see the world by themselves, the third experience something as a result of seeing and the fourth experience the experience into themselves and carry it with them. And finally there are some people who reach the highest level and have to embed everything what they have seen, after it has been experienced and settled,into their actions and deeds once they have returned home. - All people go through all five levels throught out their lives. The lowest purely as liabilities, the highest as the actors without all the rest of remanent inner processes." Friedrich Nietsche
Interests
I am interested in music, art and traveling. I love to go to festivals or concerts. I like to take my time to visit museums and let inspire me or just enjoy the creativity from other people. I like to hear story's from different people and try to find out what's important for me and my life in contrast and exchange.
- arts
- concerts
- festivals
- dancing
- traveling
- music
- social work
- volunteering
Music, Movies, and Books
Since some years i collect and explore different genres of music. As well as i was inspired by all the wonderful people who are dj Ing or producing music I also startet to play some dj Gigs.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Once I did practical work for 2 weeks on a huge container ship. It was amazing to see how everything works. By the way I saw there the most beautiful starry sky ever in the midest of nothing else than water and water again. I think we see each day so much incredible and amazing things that we should value all of these little moments as well.
Teach, Learn, Share
I always want to improve my language skills as well as I could teach what I learned already. I teach yoga and I am interested in bodywork and meditation. Some times i am working as a cook and serve meals for various days for a big group. I love cooking!
Countries I’ve Visited
Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Countries I’ve Lived In
Colombia, Germany