CURRENT MISSION

Explore places and meet people in and around the U.S.

ABOUT ME

I love nature, culture, rock climbing, Capoeira, Yoga and tasting foreign food! I am an open minded spontaneous traveler who likes to learn from other cultures and integrate positivity and lightness in everyday life.

I moved from Berlin, Germany to Austin, Texas and I try to escape the heat every summer by traveling somewhere.
Besides, rock climbing also opened an additional world of travel opportunities to me.

visited 28 states (12.4%)Create your own visited map of The World or Free ipad travel guide

PHILOSOPHY

I want to experience as much as possible to be fulfilled at the end of my time on this planet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am amazed that it works!! CS makes it incredible easy to meet people. Couchsurfers are always kind and helpful. I have been enjoying that a lot.

Since I have always been welcomed so warmly, I like to return the pleasure to other travelers, too, when I have place to do that…

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Always good! Always a warm welcome!

A few times I hosted people in Germany who had an audition at a School for Theatre/Actor the next day.
Also travelers from the US who I took on a bike tour. I enjoyed to discover places in my hometown which I hadn't seen myself yet.

In Jan.2011 I was hosted in Kiruna in north of Sweden for 4 nights. 2 of them we spend in a cabin in the countryside at a frozen lake surrounded by northern lights - it was amazing!

Also I had a good experiences when I traveled to Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn and Oslo. In total I was hosted by 8 different people in that period. It was very exciting. You never know who you meet next. It had always been an incredible time.

I totally recommend to move to different hosts when you stay in the same town more than 2 or 3 days. That way you get to see so much more of the city and the locals.

In Jokkmokk, Sweden I met some other CouchSurfers, They couldn't host me, cause the house was already full but we had a nice and cosy chat. I was very welcomed to come back and surf their couch another time .

Iceland was the most incredible travel and CS experiences I had so far. Very adventurous.

Interests

being spontaneous, reading, drawing, visiting and playing theater, cinema, concerts, dancing, singing, riding by bike, lissening to audiobooks, visiting exhibitions, watching DVDs, going out for dinner, going out with people, cooking together and exchange recipes, playing board games, yoga, martial art sport, capoeira, camping, hiking, rock climbing and traveling (of course!)

• arts
• books
• singing
• theater
• acting
• concerts
• dancing
• capoeira
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• yoga
• movies
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• drawing
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• scuba diving
• sports
• rock climbing
• archery
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

FILM: I like indie, drama, coming-of-age, science fiction and french movies, TV shows: I try to stay away from them because they are so addictive and take up too much time of my life but I saw a bunch of good ones: Queens Gambit, Babylon Berlin, Breaking Bad, …
MUSIC: folk & world music, soundtracks such as Kill Bill, Frida Kahlo, Slumdog Millionar... when it comes to dancing I enjoy electronic the most.

Books: adventure stories, Harry Potter, contemporary fairytales such as "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry", Salman Rushdie, Jules Vernes, Christopher Moor, Douglas Adams, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Tomas Morus' Utopia,... Herman Hesse"Narziß und Goldmund" &co," Star Diaries" by Stanislav Lem, ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bathing in hot turquoise water 10 meters (30 feet) deep in a crack somewhere in Iceland below an endless field of lava rocks ;-)

Teach, Learn, Share

It would be my pleasure to take you rock climbing and make you familiar with the safety instructions.

I can teach bookbinding and dream catcher making. I also recently learned more about herbal medicine and love to share my knowledge.

I can show you the old way of blowing up photographs in the lab (given I can get access to a lab).

As a passionate cook I am curious about new recipes and inspiration.
And I’d like to freshen up my Swedish, Italian, French and ASL and learn Spanish and Portuguese.

I'm always open for a good book recommendation!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Sweden, United States