CURRENT MISSION

enjoy the little things

ABOUT ME

Hi! I am a young scientist trying to keep my balance between my passion for research and for traveling, getting to know places, people, ways of life...

I am thrilled by learning new things, I like to enjoy the small things in life and I love how through CS I have already gained so many great experiences and memories, looking forward to many more!
I love languages, music and arts, but also outdoor sports and martial arts, dancing, and probably dancing again :-).

PHILOSOPHY

you can learn anything if you are willing to go with your head through a wall every now and then ;-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I got the link to CS from a friend one week before completing my master thesis. We left for our journey the day after I handed in :-)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I love it!!!
I couch surfed mainly in Italy, but also in Norway, Germany, Poland, India... CS is the ultimate way to get to know other cultures and meet the most awesome people. I am totally spoiled for any other type of travel....

Interests

Right now I am spending a lot of time in the lab, doing basic research. But whenever I can sneak off work and travel around a little, I try to do some of the many things that I like or still want to learn.

• arts
• humanities
• dancing
• capoeira
• cooking
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• piano
• outdoor activities
• sports
• martial arts
• languages
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: C2C, Jason Mraz (the older stuff), Dave Matthews Band, James Brown, Sting, Gershwin, Prodigy, Herbie Hancock, Donovan Frankenreiter, Tenacious D,....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I was in Italy I had set my mind on learning Italian. I could speak decent Spanish at the time so at first I thought that it would be comparably easy. But then I sat on Italian CS hosts couches for 10 days (I was traveling with my best friend who speaks fluent Italian) and did not understand one sentence. I thought "this is never going to work"... and then, suddenly, within a few days it made *click* and all the sudden I got it. It was so amazing PLUS I was really relieved that finally I too could talk to my hosts ^^

Teach, Learn, Share

what I can teach: Dance (belly dance; I recently got into Ballett too), martial arts (Taekwondo, a tiny bit Capoeira), music (piano), fine arts (painting, sculpting, drawing), languages (German/ English/ Italian, probably a little Chinese),...

what I want to learn: to play the guitar, more martial arts/ tai chi, to speak Russian,...

what I want to share: cooking, enjoy being outside,...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Italy, Norway, San Marino, Slovakia, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Spain, United States