ABOUT ME

I'm currently starting a PhD project in freshwater biology at the Hólar University in Northwest Iceland. I'm mainly interested in ecology and insects (and invertebrates in general).
I like to think of me as reliable, easygoing, curious about people and their ways of living... Most of the time I try to be optimistic - makes life easier.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed couches in Iceland, Denmark, Finland, and Germany - only good experiences yet! If I have space and I'm not too busy, I host people with interesting profiles. Was joining some CS meetings as well.

Interests

I like travelling and being in the nature (doesn't matter if I'm surrounded by mangroves, rain forest, coral reefs, glaciers, lava fields, or the black forest) - but at the same time I also enjoy the cultural life in cities all over the world. I love to cook (and eat!) with and for friends, and I can spend hours with a gripping book and some bars of chocolate. Or with good beer (I'm honest, it's hard to stick to "just one"...) and nice company.
I try to go swimming regularly, and I recently started archery and geocaching.

• insects
• books
• cooking
• chocolate
• beer
• coffee
• traveling
• knitting
• swimming
• archery
• biology
• ecology
• hitchhiking
• sightseeing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiking in the Westfjords, Iceland.
Midge swarms at Mývatn.
Bath in the crater lake Víti at the volcano Askja in the Icelandic highlands.
Counting fireflies in the Mooswald (Freiburg, Germany) in summer nights.
Listening to Indri calls in Analamazaotra forest (Andasibe, Madagascar).

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some really basic knitting and how to bake delicious Swedish Kanelbullar (cinnamon buns).

What I Can Share with Hosts

Coffee. Travel/sightseeing tips in the area.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Iceland, Italy, Madagascar