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Overview

  • 29 references 16 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, German; learning Malagasy, Portuguese
  • 37, Female
  • Member since 2006
  • Project Manager
  • Master of International Development Studies
  • From Spittal an der Drau, Kärnten, Austria
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION
Trying to be the best version of myself and traveling to Berlin!

ABOUT ME

Actually I am quite confused, after one year of Erasmus which brought me to England and a crazy Summer University in the Netherlands with the AEGEE . I think that I just need to sober up a bit and to get used to 'real' life again. Although I finished my studies in 2013 it doesn't feel like I have neither really started, nor am I sure of having any specific career plans. Therefore new people, who make me familiar with new concepts of life styles and how to make a living out of it, have always inspired me.
For now, I enjoy cooking and baking for others and meeting interesting and warm-hearted people and get to know me better.

I am quite open to any kind of discussion and like unpredictable things to happen. I work full-time in a small IT-company as a project-manager and service owner, being a big fan of gin tonics and local ales.
So just come over and make up your own opinion about me :-p (i am not that objective anymore..)!

PHILOSOPHY

The limits of my language mean
the limits of my world.
by Ludwig Wittgenstein

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Yes, i am one of these people who heard about CS on the Austrian radio 2006 and i always kept the idea in mind that this unbelievable thing would work and so it did, it does and as long the spirit of generosity and the eager for exchanges and challenges will exist - it will never disappear.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Started a friendship with my Paris/Bruxelles connection JP, who introduced me to great Belgian beers and a wonderful cook in Gent/Beligium Sebastian. I got locked up in an apartment in Bruxelles for 2 days, met the famous Cookie+ Uba combo in Athens/Greece,got taught some Chinese in Vienna by Shaoqing, met the Frenchy-Hungarian Bruno's taste of music , met people in Vienna who helped me to find a flat, got a Schwänzchen in Budapest, got saved from a huge depression in Pretoria/South Africa by Patience and Lady ri, who showed me great dancing moves, I slept in Paris in a CS Christmas Party one-day-after-mess apartment, got lost in Malahide's forest, karaoked a night out in Coventry "who is too sexy for this shirt?" right?!:-),............. whats next?

Interests

visited 27 states (12%)Create your own visited map of The World

  • theater
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • wine
  • beer
  • baking
  • zumba
  • partying
  • music
  • study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
George Orwell: Down and out in Paris and London
Jung Chang: Wild swans- 3 Daughters of China
F.S. Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby

Films:
Banksys- Exit through the Giftshop, The Boat that rocked, The Notebook, My life without me, Hable con ella, the way we were, Transamerica, Lesbian Vampire Killers, Cherry flowers- hanami, Belle de jour, Eliot, The Geisha, Hasta la Vista,Resevoir Dogs, The Mists of Avalon, Sideways, le mariage de mendosa ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Playing the leading female role in a French theater play, having a flat tire in the middle of the Moroccan desert and that of course at night :-D ...

Teach, Learn, Share

I know to make a damn good traditional regional dish, which are called Carinthian dumplings. In the original version it is named "Kärntner Kasnudl" and for you getting an idea of the pronunciation and taste will be part of my challenge :-) the dish is 100% vegetarian and fabulous :-)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Zumba Dance Moves, a Shisha, a delicious meal, a decent glass of red wine/gin/schnaps ;-), or a nicely brewed tea, piece of cake, quality time...

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, France, Madagascar, Morocco, United Kingdom

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