CURRENT MISSION

Being for the summer in Kigali

ABOUT ME

Dear folks,
my name is Malin (it's a swedish name but I'm German). For the past 3 years I'm living in Frankfurt in Germany.

Currently I'm spending most of time working in a lab for doing experiments for my PhD thesis in virology in vaccine development and testing antivirals. In the lab I'm surrounded by people from all over the world (China, Syria, Egypt, Venezuela, Brazil...) and I really enjoy it.
I grew up in a small village about an hour away from Frankfurt with my lovely family who I love to visit during the weekends.
About me- I love doing sports like alpine skiing, scuba diving, water skiing and vaulting (acrobatics on a horse).
In general I love to be spontaneous! Plan is not having a plan and to see what life has in store for me. It doesn't make sense to plan every detail of your life.

PHILOSOPHY

A friend might be waiting behind a strangers face

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

to meet fantastic people and to expand my horizon

I love the idea of couchsurfing to meet people who like to create new memories and who are open mined for the view of the world of other people. Especially because I'm intrested to work for international organizations in the future I like to get in touch with many cultures to learn the different ways of thinking. I'm not an extreme couchsurfer who is doing it every night when I'm abroad but I made such good experience in Switzerland, Israel, Spain and the Netherlands with very impressive people so that I like to continue to be part of this network!

Interests

WATER! scuba diving, alpine skiing, vaulting, backpacking, wakeboarding, truffle pigs, satre, helge schneider, golden retriever, cheese, starry sky, foreign affairs, adventures, driving around in my car, ducklings, bananas, my comfortable bed, motorbike trips, public health, long good conversations, sunshine on my skin, trying to understand the hamster in my head who is driven by my extroverted character and might be triggered by coffin and tequila which I try to avoid to sleep calm during nights, the feeling of sand under my feet, hammocks, moep

Music, Movies, and Books

alt J, bonobo, beatsteaks, gogol bordello, red hot chilli peppers, foo fighters...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

the most amazing experience I ever had was in a cave down in the red sea at about 30m under the surface of the water - cold, dark and the only thing you could hear in the silence was your own breath - goosebumps!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to be enthusiastic about the tiny things in our lifes.
I think we should be thankful about what we have instead of being jealous.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would like to share a good time.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Rwanda, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Switzerland