Hi,

I am Alina and I am a computer science master student at Saarland University, in Germany. I've spent my undergraduate years at Jacobs University Bremen, which is a wonderful little international bubble located in Bremen, Germany. I didn't get to learn too much about Germany (especially the language), but I certainly got to meet people from all around the world and learned be more open to new people, cultures, experiences.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet awesome new people, get the chance to travel and blend in with locals. Because it seems like a really nice idea, and I'll probably discover more reasons as I go. And because why not?

Interests

Badminton! (doubles, to be more precise)
Collecting postcards from random people from all around the world (through postcrossing).

• cooking
• board games
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• badminton
• computer science
• ukulele
• research
• postcrossing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Irish music, rock (Iron Maiden, Nightwish), Romanian campfire music and other Romanian music (Phoenix, traditional dancing music like Ciuleandra), classical, choir, erhu, German carols and kids' songs. And a lot of other things.

My favourite book, after all these years, is Harry Potter (it's not something you quite grow out of). I read some other stuff as well, for example Solaris, The Plague, Sapiens: A brief history of humankind.

Movies: Song of the Sea, Mr. Nobody, Gattaca, Grand Budapest Hotel, Undeva la Palilula, Princess Mononoke, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Metropolis.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Romania