I like to think I'm a friendly, open-minded, optimistic and pretty uncomplicated person. You'll have to decide for yourself how much of that is wishful thinking.

I'm shy, but that doesn't mean that I don't enjoy meeting new people!

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

For all my life my parents have been members in a Couchsurfing project organised by the ADFC (a German cycling club). We've had a lot of interesting guests from all over the world when I grew up. My favourite were a group of 15 Russians who camped in our garden. They didn't speak English, we didn't speak Russian, but it was fine. Now that I have a daughter of my own, I'd like her to grow up in that kind of spirit!

I love having guests, and I love the idea of couchsurfing.

Centres d'intérêt

• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• sports
• languages
• statistics
• tea
• procrastination
• being generally geeky
• crappy scifi

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Books -- Very broad tastes here, but the things I revert to the most are British 18th/19th century classics, Fantasy (From Lord of the Rings to Terry Pratchett), Kurt Tucholsky, and children's books and YA literature.

Movies/TV -- I'm nostalgic, which means that when I think about favorites, a lot of it is stuff I watched growing up: Raumpatrouille, BBC miniseries, Star Trek, Tati, old Erich Kästner movies, Jim Jarmusch, the Lord of the Rings...

Music -- Bach, The Velvet Underground, Rolling Stones

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

I love to cook, so you will definitely get a meal out of staying with us. When I have time, I also like to show people around.

Ce que j'aimerais partager avec mes hôtes

When I'm travelling with my family: an adorable four-year-old! When I'm travelling alone: I'll probably have some German candy ;).

Pays que j'ai visités

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

Germany, United States