Hi YOU :)

My name is Maria.

I'm 24 years old, have spent quite some time in the US. I did a year abroad in Mississippi when I was 16, and I did an exchange semester at the University of South Carolina. Both of those experiences, paired with all the traveling I've done so far, have made me into the person I am today.

My passion, the thing I love the most, is: ENGLISH
German is my native language, but I have grown to LOVE the English language just as much if not even more.

I love traveling, to all kinds of places. Seeing new places, trying out new things, eating food that might not even look like food to me, sing songs that I don't understand, dance to rhythms that are new to my body...

I enjoy listening to all kinds of music, my CD-collection (yes I still buy those antique things) ranges from Beethoven, to Joss Stone, up to Pearl Jam, Janis Joplin, Lapsley, Matt Corby, Miles Davis, Damien Rice, Mighty Oaks, Xavier Rudd, Nirvana (this list could go on and on )

I love spending time in the nature, just because it is pretty amazing what planet earth has in store for us to discover.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

have surfed and hosted and have only made positive experiences so far :) met interesting people from interesting places with interesting views on the world and life.

Music, Movies, and Books

INTO THE WILD- HARRY POTTER- FUCHSERDE- THE READER- EDDIE VEDDER- REGINA SPEKTOR- JOHN MAYER- JAZZ (MILES DAVIS; NORAH JONES; MUDDY WATERS)- PEARL JAM- NIRVANA- JANIS JOPLIN- KINGS OF LEON-RAY LAMONTAGNE- AMOS LEE- WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS- PAOLO NUTINI- ANOUK- DANCES WITH WOLVES-DAMIEN RICE- ISABEL ALLENDE- XAVIER RUDD- JOSS STONE- ERIC CLAPTON- ANGUS & JULIA STONE- DAWA- BEN HOWARD- BON IVER- THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER- ...

Teach, Learn, Share

willing to share everything when you're surfing at my place, blankets, towels, milk, H2O, wine, cereal, music and my time if my routine life allows it :)

willing to teach you language chunks, or how to make Austrian drinks :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

my passion for English
my passion for LIFE
my curiosity for other cultures and people

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Scotland, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, United States