I left home in 2014 and since than I'm on my way to explore this beautiful world from different perspectives. 
In 2015 I started to live with my boyfriend on our 33feet sailing yacht "Rakafant" and so far we have sailed all the way from New Zealand to Japan. After a while, I thought its a good idea to continue studying back in Berlin, but a year later I decided that I need to get out again. So I moved to Lofoten (Norway) in September 2017 to be again surrounded by nature and half year darkness - (luckily I'm a night person). Feeling the silence again to find balance in this live, which suddenly -since I moved back to Berlin-seemed so stressed to me. 
We stayed for a year in Norway, where we worked and saved up money to buy a Colin Archer, which we rebuilt again and took it down through the sea and the german inland waterways to Berlin. 
If you want to, check out our IG: www.instagram.com/seekingdriftwood 
Here we continue with the rebuild and are living full time on our boat. We anchored up in a beautiful bay in Berlin and stay until I finish with my studies, before we head for a new adventure.

Interests

I love to expand my mind and grow spiritually, meditate and practise rituals to be consciously aware and focused.
Being in the nature and outdoors is something i totally adore. Rock climbing, snowboarding, scuba diving, surfing and hiking are my big pleasures. But at the same time I appreciate cities that offer so much culture and art (if you're in the right town).
I also LOVE cooking and am excited to share a great, plant based meal with you.
I am also working as a photographer for Sportevents in Germany and Scandinavia and am also working with my best friend unter the name "Pollux", shooting underground art performances in Berlin. 
But when I'm not working as a Sportphotographer or Eventphotographer, I also just enjoy taking landscape photo and portraits. You can have a look at my homepage if you are interested: 
https://www.kathrinhelensiurek.com or check out my IG: www.instagram.com/kathrinhelensiurek

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My first sailing experience was a nonstop 10-day sailing trip filled with seasickness and being really tired. Basically, I have been 10 days in a trance state. But when we finally reached Vanuatu, get in touch with the lovely local people, which taught us so much about their culture and believes, saw the most intense and remote places, knowing, we went there all by our own with our tiny nutshell-boat, creating our own little path in the ocean. 
That was such an unbelievable experience that I will never forget. 
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Seeing a bunch of dolphins at night in glowing blue florescence next to our boat, while sailing up the japanese coast. 
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Freediving with Manta Rey's in Indonesia.

Teach, Learn, Share

 love to meet new people and get in touch with their believes and thoughts. Having real conversations is something i totally enjoy.
I am as well very into photography and can teach you whatever I know. (Camera settings, shooting northern lights, ...) If you´re interested, we can go out on a trip together in the nature and capture landscape/portrait/whatever kind of creative photos.
My boyfriend and me started recently to practice Acro-Yoga. We are still absolute beginners, but very keen on sharing/teaching our experiences :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

a nice vegan meal, good conversations and many stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, New Zealand