I completed a PhD in Engineering in Melbourne Australia related to solar energy but I was always more interested in working in developing countries. I was involved with energy access and solar programs and with organisations like Engineers Without Borders. After I finished my PhD I worked for one year on projects in Africa for a German solar home systems company. Now my contract is finshed and I am moving back to Australia but I have three months off during summer. My boyfriend Mauro (Swiss) and I are planning a climbing road trip through the Balkans since we are both into rock climbinging, adventures and traveling. I was born in Sarajevo but grew up in Australia and am really excited to explore a different side of Europe

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Interested to meet local people and host people one day.

Interests

• yoga
• mountaineering
• rock climbing
• beaches
• mountains
• solar energy
• mountain hiking
• rockclimbing
• development cooperation
• development studies

Music, Movies, and Books

We both love reading books and take our kindles everywhere we go. Some particularly good authors I've recently discovered are: Ryszard Kapuscinski who writes amazing travel books, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, William Dalrymple, Bill Bryson, Theodore Dalrymple, Arundathi Roy etc. I love reading about travel, mountaineering, science and good fiction.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Installed solar systems in a refugee camp in Uganda.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking, food and intelligent conversations.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Croatia, Fiji, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Italy, Kenya, Liberia, Malaysia, Nepal, Panama, Peru, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Uganda

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, Liberia, Switzerland