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Overview

  • 23 references 18 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Danish, English, Spanish; learning Swiss German
  • 30, Female
  • Member since 2014
  • Student
  • International Baccalaureate (IB High School)
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About Me

I'm currently a student at Aarhus University and working part as a waiter. I currently live right by the train station in Aarhus. Between September, 2014 and April, 2017 I have travelled a lot and was recently bartending in a Schneebar in Switzerland.
I think of myself as a positive person and I try to view mosts things as good or learning experiences. I have learned and experienced many different viewpoints while travelling and I do my best to be open minded. I do enjoy political discussions, and talking with folks of different opinions.

I get quite a few requests a week, and my flatmate hosts too so I will often decline because of that and lack of time. If you experienced that I didn't write any reason for declining it might be that I was in a hurry, or just thought your message was a copy-paste one ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Eventually, I want to be able to host others when I get flatmates who will let me, so until then I have had to take a loan on that karma, haha :)
But seriously, I love meeting new people, and love cooking food from my home country to people who appreciate it, and couch surfing is pretty great at facilitating this. If the people I meet here have time to hang out with me and show me their home and city, all the better!! I am probably more of the original couchsurfing ideology in that I really enjoy being able to hang out, cook, chat, do stuff with my hosts and not just having a place to sleep. Locals are the best people to spend time with when going new places :) I hope that you're interested in hanging out too and if you can sneak the word pistachios into your message text, I would know you took some time to read a bit. Also, I just love pistachios, god, if there is anything I will binge eat, it is them :D

Interests

Always happy to jump and run around on rocks, we do not have many of those back home. Kayaking and seasports are old and loved hobbies.
I am not the biggest partygoer, but I do like to go out and dance, just not every day, haha. Dancing for me is more a spontaneous thing I will do while walking on the street or cooking in the kitchen while singing two lines of a song rather than any dance floor.
I love to see the culture and nature of the place/country I visit though. And just wander around town, especially the local markets :) I miss these the most!
Back home I play video games, do a lot of reading and listening to music or audiobooks. I am quite into politics also, though with new people I sometimes scare them with my passion ;) hehe

Music, Movies, and Books

Currently I'm listening a lot to audiobooks and podcasts so I am not listening to as much music as before. My favourites in music are still Turf (Arg) Kings of Leon (US) and the Floor Is Made of Lava (DK). I love foreign music where I can hardly understand what they are singing (Rammstein, is my go to), but generally I listen to indie or rock (Bon Iver, Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon and the like)
I love reading too (have a loaded kindle) especially the classics (Frankenstein, Dracula, Pride and Prejudice) or short stories. Modern books include mostly fantasy and sci-fi (Harry Potter, A Song of Ice and Fire), and Brandon Sanderson's works (The stormlight archive, mistborn), but historical fictions are cool too (Ken Follett)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Snowboarding at 70 km/h down a Norwegian mountain, the moment when you realise a mistake could go reeeeeeaally bad, but damn this is fun!

Teach, Learn, Share

I was travelling in South America over a year now so my Spanish is quite fluent in most areas, but I will have to work a bit to get it back to its original sophistication. I have during my travels learnt to make various artesanias (thread bracelets (macrame) and rubber bags) and I will gladly teach you all I know. I will GLADLY teach home home recipes (most are easy :) and make pancakes for you. I love making pancakes :) besides this I really enjoy cooking for or with my host/guests

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Switzerland

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