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Overview

  • 4 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning French, Spanish
  • 58, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • nursing people with special needs
  • General German a - levels, general nurse
  • From Driedorf, Hesse, Germany
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

We left our home on the 24th of June 2013 to travel the world on our motorbike and sidecar

ABOUT ME

I like fun and jokes, partying, am mostly happy go lucky, speak fluent German and English, like telling jokes, can improvise, am not a really patient person, like eating and cooking, love motorcycling and travelling, like reading, musik, play bagpipes, carry too much weight.
I am not the biggest believer in housework - prefer to spend my time in the garden

PHILOSOPHY

Live every day as if it was your last

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I know the area we live in really well and love day-trips out on the bike.
Can show lots of places of interest
I love cooking and do muck in where things need doing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

had a couple of surfers and also stayed with some really nice people - love chouchsurfing as you meet some very nice people - usually very easy going and /or mad which both suits us well

Interests

I love art, landscapes, talking to people and make new experiences. I love to ride my motorbike together with my husband. I like to watch my husband fishing. We have a pice of ground with some fishing ponds where we spend most of our free time. I make soaps. herbal remedies, love gardening and have a lot of happy chickens in my garden

  • wildlife
  • chickens
  • arts
  • cooking
  • partying
  • gardening
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • fishing

Music, Movies, and Books

I do read anything but mostly fantasy Terry Pratchett style, Travel books,
Music is just great and I love most of it
Films - I prefer something that makes me laugh

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelled the land way to the North cap on our motorbikes - 10000 Km in 4 weeks - it was a most stressfull journey but left us with a sense of achievement
Travelled the Orkney isles with our bikes - lots of wonderfull wildlife and scenery
camped on the shores of lake Baikal, crossed China, Mongolia, rode around most of Vietnam on a Honda Win, seen Anchor Wat, Komodo Dragons, stood on the rim of volcanoes,snorkeled amazing reefs, circum navigated Australia and Tasmania and most of Southamerica from top to bottom .......
Sat on a lakeside with my small pipes playing to swans and sunset
Spend 5 hours on some cliffs watching a colony of puffins

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to cook and brew and make all sorts of homemade stuff and everyone who appreciates it is welcome

What I Can Share with Hosts

experiences of a 150 000 km world trip with a motorbike and tent (3.5 years)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United Kingdom

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