CURRENT MISSION

to get inside the head of my cat--I mean, what IS she thinking when she looks at me like that??

ABOUT ME

I'm a global nomad and citizen of the world.

PHILOSOPHY

it's always a learning experience...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Like to host and be hosted, also through Hospitality Club (joined in 2004- (username kristina), and also show people around sometimes or join them for a drink if I have time (when NYU isn't keeping me occupied). I sometimes attend local camps and meet-ups.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

see above. Also, once I had a Berlin HC party at my house (back when HC Berlin was still small enough for most to fit in an 80 square meter flat) Attended the very first HC meeting in 2004 in the founder's grandmother's backyard in Dresden.

Interests

To talk to interesting people,people-watching, music and singing, read, paint/draw, see films and theater, read, go exploring,nature and hiking/camping etc., multiculturalism,socio- and historical linguistics, AMerican comedian Bill Hicks, history,geography,issues around globalization,cats, ride my bicycle, jog, yoga, drink good wine and eat good food, travel (naturally), environmental and human rights issues,homeopathy and eastern medicine, cats, Knut the baby polar bear (not so baby anymore but boy was he ever cute!!!), the mountains and the sea, have a good laugh and good chat...

• cats
• singing
• theater
• human rights
• dining
• wine
• yoga
• partying
• drinking
• clubbing
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• hiking
• camping
• geography
• history
• medicine
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: donnie darko, magnolia, american beauty, kolja, amelie, k-pax, being human, the secret of roan inish, being human, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind,underground, what the bleep do we know...many more, have to think...

all kinds of music.

Books: Love novels but at the moment only reading school stuff

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed 25 mountains over 4,000 meters (14,000 feet)

Teach, Learn, Share

There's always something to learn from everything and everywhere and everyone

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Hungary, Serbia, United States

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