*finally updated in September 2015 after 4 years of inactivity!*

I always struggle with these things... But here goes, this is me:

I'm 25, I live in Berlin and I teach English to adults here. I used to work in publishing in the UK, but gave up my job to move to my favourite city and have a whole new experience - which I am loving so far :)

I love to play badminton, to discover the endless new cafes and restaurants that Berlin has to offer, and I like to cook for people (because it's much more fun that way!)

I love learning languages and am really enjoying being immersed in German again after studying languages for my degree. I also love writing: my blog, postcards, letters...I'm a bit old school!

Despite my love of Germany, I am staunchly English and a huge fan of tea, squash and the seaside :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I first got involved in CouchSurfing when I accidentally stumbled across a meeting in Stuttgart in a beach bar on top of a department store in 2009. I signed up that summer, and attended some meetings in Hannover when I moved to Germany as part of my degree the following summer in August 2010. I was even lucky enough to meet my flatmate and two lifelong friends at that one meeting in Hannover!
I have to admit that I haven't used it much, but I've just (September 2015) had such a positive experience CouchSurfing that I wanted to re-do my profile!

Interests

Meeting new people, eating cake, learning new languages, wanders along rivers/beaches, exploring new cities by getting lost in them, playing badminton, attempting to cook, going out and dancing, reading...

• writing
• dancing
• cooking
• reading
• blogging
• racquetball
• badminton
• languages
• beaches
• rivers
• squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Abby, James Bay, Marina and the Diamonds, Agnes Obel, Boy, Florence and the Machine, Coldplay, Mary J. Blige, The Script, Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding, Kings of Leon, Wir Sind Helden, Silbermond...an absolute mixture!

Movies: need more time to watch more films, but some favourites are Garden State, The Lives of Others, Love Actually...mainly cringey mainstream ones :)

Books: Alone in Berlin, Khalen Hosseini books, the Milennium Trilogy, Chinese Cinderella...generally books about Germany, Berlin or language.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spending four days trekking around the jungle just north of Chiang Mai in Thailand, cooking and living with local people - a wonderfully eye-opening experience.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to talk about cultural differences within countries (for example I am from the south of England but went to university in the north, which is quite different.) I also love to eat cake, and will more than happily rattle off a list of recommendations for cake and other delicacies in Berlin :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Spain, United Kingdom