Hello friends :) Im a 20 year old student, currently on a gap year, who loves to travel and learn about other places and people. I was born in the United States, grew up in Germany and my parents are from Eritrea and Ethiopia, so i have always interacted with many different cultures. I am fluent in 4 languages and conversational in 2 more. My goal is to eventually visit every country in the world and I have been lucky enough to have visited more than 50 already.

I'm currently traveling, so unfortunately, I can't host. It's been 18 months of budget travel and these are the countries I visited:
France, Spain, Monaco, Czechia, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, Cyprus, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Qatar, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Belgium, Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara and Morocco, Gibraltar, Andorra, England, Sweden, Denmark, Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. I'm excited to meet you in your country as well!

Instagram: @pen.ye

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Im very curious about other cultures, food, history and traditions and the only way to really experience these is by interacting with locals. I sometimes have a hard time getting to know people when im travelling so Couchsurfing is the perfect solution for me!

Interests

• cooking
• gardening
• reading
• music
• geography
• history
• art
• food
• travelling
• learning languages
• movies & series

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Hip Hop, RnB, Soul
Movies and shows: Anything Star Wars or Marvel related, The Office, Community
Books: Animal Farm, Americanah, The Time Machine

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Visited the unrecognized country of Transnistria
-Got stuck in multiple sandstorms in Eritrea
-Hitchhiked to the Dead Sea
-Snuck into Petra in Jordan at night with local bedouins
-Climbed a Volcano in Indonesia
-Took part in the Grand Magal of Touba, the largest pilgrimage in Africa
-Train surfed on the heaviest and longest train in the world in Mauritania
-Celebrated Carnival in Rio de Janeiro

Teach, Learn, Share

My message to the world is that we should realize that we all have more in common with each other than we have differences, so we should learn to love each other as much as we love ourselves and live peacefully.

What I Can Share with Hosts

With me you will have a fun time, great conversations and participate in cultural exchange. If you are open to it, I will happily cook traditional East African food for you. Im also a very clean person so I will leave your place just as I found it. Hopefully I will see you soon ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Norway, Palestine, Paraguay, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany