I am a medstudent from Leipzig and that is where my university is - I live 60 kilometres away though, which means that I spend a lot of time in trains ... but as I am a book lover I sure know how to use those hours!
Other than that I love music and really am interested in what I study. I am doing a little bit of programming as well. When I grow up I want to build prostheses ...
As a student I am always on a low budged but I don't see any problem in that as it forces me to decide what to spend my money on - every penny is there only once. For me that means that I hardly ever go out for food and make my own coffee to go, but also that I have a good camera, traveled five continents. As a nice side effect I can always help people out with things from my survival kit ;-)

At the moment I am doing Erasmus in Budapest - so I am curious to get to know the people, culture and landscape of Hungary!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is meeting great people and finding a cheap accommodation (or offering it) at the same time - enabling me to kill two birds with one stone (although I don't like that expression - poor birds!) when traveling.
I like to explore new cities on my own or in the company of friends and I like long talks just about everything. But I am perfectly fine with just finding a place to sleep in busy times - it really depends.

Interests

• architecture
• photography
• reading
• music
• philosophy
• budget travel
• cooking and baking
• medecine

Music, Movies, and Books

Leipzig is the city of books - the national library and the gigantic book fair every spring are just examples for the omnipresence of literature in the city.
I read almost everything - based on recommendation, out of general interest in the topic and there is the third category of books that I read because they are classics.
I am not a huge fan of thrillers though - I prefer Agatha Christie-like crime novels.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro 10 years ago
Hang-gliding above Rio de Janeiro

Teach, Learn, Share

I am always interested in whatever there is to learn!
And here comes a more specific answer: I am pretty good with languages and always like to learn some more and in case it is not a realistic thing for me to learn a language sustainably (e.g. when I am not staying in that country very long and there is no way I am ever going to have to use it) I like to learn fun facts about it, bits and pieces about some grammar or pronunciation - I told you I am bibliophile ;-)

I am currently working on myself - I still got some issues with staying cool when something does not work out the way I planned even though my experience shows me that most of the time, whatever happens, is going to turn out to make everything better - you might just not be able to see it right away ;-) - what was that quote like again? "Everything is going to be fine in the end. If it's not fine it's not the end." Oscar Wilde

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am a decent cook, I can share my stories, pictures, and warm personality ;-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Gibraltar, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, San Marino, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania