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Overview

  • 4 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning Spanish
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • My friends think I'm a gypsy (Zigeuner). Also, I now stud...
  • yes, had some of that
  • From Idstein, tiny place in Hessen, but we have a witch tower!yesss!
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

My current mission: find out what I need to do to get my own hostel and then do it. Step one:master in tourism, work in hospitality.

ABOUT ME

My first time on a plane was when I was 2 years old...since then I have loved traveling, only problem is that whereever I go, I find so much to love that it's hard to leave and go somewhere else. I love sports, especially water related and outdoors, trying to surf, love swimming, climbing, cycling and recently discovered a passion for slacklining. I love music too, there's not a day without music in my life, played piano for aaaages and find it is my form of meditation. love to share a laugh, a wine or some serious talk, love roadtrips because going along in a car, interesting conversations come up. Love to see the sunrise, even tho I'm not a morning person (means i watch it silently, after 3 coffees, no talking!). Like going to sleep with a cat purring on my feet. friends think I have the most random thought jumps. they're right. point proven, with this collection of me-fragments I guess...

PHILOSOPHY

Things happen, and you may not understand why, but it always turns out that it was the best thing that could ve happened later on.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Love to meet people, help out and show them around, take them to sporty or other activities, unfortunately can't host atm but hope to do so in the future (with better living arrangements coming up)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Had an amazing stay in Wuerzburg and met some very cool people at CS meeting in Brisbane. Liking this!

Interests

Sports, weird movies that make me think, song lyrics, people's stories, other countries, food, surrealistic art

  • cats
  • arts
  • dancing
  • salsa dancing
  • dining
  • wine
  • meditation
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • juggling
  • music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • outdoor activities
  • cycling
  • snowboarding
  • sports
  • rock climbing
  • swimming
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: I read everything, I can't help myself. Last thing that kept me awake til 4am: Der Schatten des Windes
Music: my most recent music to drive with: The Cat Empire. Theres a bit of everything though
Movies. Laughed a lot about "the Castle" Cried about "7 pounds" thought "wow" when watching Inception. Haven't been in a hospital ever (apart from the day I was born of course) because Dr. House can't be my doctor. enough.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

swam with dolphins. worked in Spain for three months and met amazing people. Went on a spontaneous bike trip and forgot to take blankets. worked out how to sleep despite that. sailed in a storm. stood up on my surfboard the first time :D

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach....Slacklining (even though I'm not professional at all) juggling, snowboarding, swimming, terible english slang words
share: my favourite song lyrics, stories, group hugs
learn: to play guitar, slacklining (from real pros :D) salsa dancing, spanish, where I need to travel to next, counting with my fingers like chinese people (they can count to ten with one hand!!!)

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, New Zealand

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