hey my name is Malou. I am a very open minded and loving person I was told :) my friends say they wonder how I always connect with folx so quickly. I guess that's something I love - to laugh together and share, spaces and ideas. I have always hosted lots and lots of friends of friends in my house in my hometown Berlin and Berkeley, California where I used to live for 4 years. Currently, I am creating life and community in Vancouver. I very much care about "intentional" and collective living, sharing responsibilities and to be there for each other in a home and in a community more generally. I study Urban Sociology and the Sociology of Ageing at the Masters level.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am on couch surfing because I believe that the capitalist systems makes us put a price tag on everything, we book a hostel, an airbnb (ughhh such a gentrifier tool) or a hotel, lock ourselves away and do not get to know the place and the people we are visiting in the most intimate way through staying with someone who is from there. I am also on couch surfing because I care about cultures meeting and sharing responsibilities in homes. Thus, I am very conscious of how much space I take up, to be respectful and clean after myself and potentially help out in the household more generally if I get the chance to. I love cooking, so to cook a meal for my host is the absolute minimum I would always love to do.

Interests

• singing
• photography
• yoga
• running
• hiking
• swimming
• laughing
• dance
• the ocean
• being in nature
• modern dance
• exibitions
• singing in the shower
• be silly together

Music, Movies, and Books

my favorite music is probably the soundtrack for the Pina film by Wim Wenders. I am named after a dancer from Pina Bausch Dance Company // that's why this is music is very close to my heart.

my favorite movies are probably movies by Xavier Dolan. I also very much love the movie "Tomboy"

my favorite books are poetry collections. my favorite ones are Gwen Benaway - Passage, Chrystos work and Robert Hass - Apple Trees at Olema

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I met a Grizzly in Montana in 2014 and had a pretty chill encounter with them (do bears go by they?) -- This experience shaped my perception of things in many fascinating ways - respecting nature, giving and taking space ...

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am always very happy to make meals for folx. I love caring for children if there are any around and take over responsibilities as needed in these terms. I am good at giving massages and am always up to go on evening runs together or hang out together more generally.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, United States