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Overview

  • 21 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Swedish
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • student and nanny (yes, i think i'm pretty much that kind...
  • BSc in social work, next: MA in IMER (international migra...
  • From Bielefeld, Germany
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

backpacking through Vietnam - Japan - South Korea before starting studying in Seoul

ABOUT ME

i am an open minded, easygoing, social, curious, caring, positive thinking, communicative, life adoring, easy to impress, music- and movie-loving girl/woman (?) :)

i'm German, studying and working in Sweden, having an Israeli boyfriend, with whom i am living in Copenhagen, Denmark.

PHILOSOPHY

It's ok to run, we expect you back

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

at the moment it is not easy for me to travel, because of my studies and working, so instead of traveling on my own i'm trying to get the travelers here, listen to their stories and feeling a bit better :)
UPDATE :)
Time to travel now! I'll be travelling for 2 months through South East Asia before starting studying in Korea!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

hearing about different cultures, countries, languages and different ways of living make me happy.
it is a beautiful way of enlightenment under a usual week!

Interests

travelling, music, getting lost, movies, meeting people, making people happy, moving around, cooking and baking, swimming, reading, taking a beer, walking around in the city and finding new ugly and beautiful places

getting to know a new place and getting closer to it through its local food and music seems to be the approach that works best for me

  • dining
  • cooking
  • beer
  • baking
  • running
  • walking
  • gardening
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • backpacking
  • swimming
  • languages
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

music: http://www.last.fm/user/reisekoffer

books: Uwe Timm, Cornelia Funke's great inkblood-trilogy, Henning Mankell's Africa novels, D.H. Salinger, Herta Mueller, Edgar Allen Poe, H.P.Lovecraft, Brecht, Albert Camus, Waris Dirie, William Kowalski, Anita Shreve, Jeffrey Eugenides, Kim Thuy, Angelika Schrobsdorff, Max Frisch, Haruki Murakami

movies: Louis Theroux documentaries, Tintin, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Man tänker sitt, cell 211, The City Of Lost Children, Farväl Falkenberg, Broken Flowers, Kes, Antichrist, Skinnskatteberg, Heima, Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Twin Peaks, Nói Albínói, Big Fish, Les triplettes de Belleville, la haine, Unglaublich, City Of God, Science of Sleep, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Trainspotting, Snow Cake, O'Horten, 12 angry men, un prophète, The Life Aquatic, Bibliothèque Pascal, Delicatessen, The Fall

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing the Arcade Fire in a sold-out Madison Square Garden in NYC

Traveling through Iceland with Sigur Rós in my ears. A small dream of mine came true.

Sleeping over on an amazingly beautiful and crazy remote Fjord beach in Lofoten, North Norway.

Teach, Learn, Share

i love to share and exchange good music, movies and traveling experiences. learning and teaching some words in a new language is always fun!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Germany, South Korea, Sweden

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