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Overview

  • 8 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning Dutch, French, Norwegian
  • 61, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Marketing, IT, teach the kids all about space and more...
  • Studied Political Science
  • From Germany
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

...to explore our solar system and beyond

ABOUT ME

... I was born when the first woman went into space and through my studies have traveled and lived abroad for a while. Enjoy good music and all the cultural events - this year I'll will start to support the pirate party here in Berlin and am busy with all kinds of outreach projects...check out http://cansat.de and http://spaceweek.de - Aktuelle Ereignisse - 2nd CanSat competition in Germany

PHILOSOPHY

True life is lived when tiny changes occur. - Leo Tolstoi

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

just a little...had trouble with my landlord for more than 7 years... an endless fight... 1st they take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.... well, have now only a suit case in Berlin and am more with my Mom in Warendorf ---- anybody passing through is welcomed to stay with me.

Interests

Politics, music, film, theatre, swimming, sailing, skiing and travelling:)

  • partying
  • politics
  • traveling
  • music
  • sailing
  • skiing
  • swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite music are Gov't Mule, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Phish, the Grateful Dead, Derek Trucks Band,...my not so guilty musical pleasures are Patti Smith, Bruce Springfield, The Ramones, Sex Pistols,The Stranglers,Tom Verlaine and other notabilities from a by-gone era...Movies: All the old stuff like Woman on the Moon, Limelight, Citizen Kane, Touch Of Evil, The Godfather, as well as the newer once...Bladerunner, 2001:A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Manhattan, Green Tomato, well they are so many films on the markets...I love reading, everything and everykind - mainly politics, science fiction, poetry, drama, ...my favourite author is certainly A.C. Clark

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- encountered Sir A.C.Clarke in Beijing in 1996 during the International Astronautical Congress
- initiated the 1st CanSat Competiton in Germany - http://cansat.de/home_en.html

Teach, Learn, Share

If you like to start a CanSat competition in your country, please let me know - I will support you in this quest.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, China, France, Italy, Lithuania, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, France, United States

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