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  • Last login about 14 hours ago

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Overview

  • 12 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Swiss German; learning Hindi
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2017
  • Teacher
  • No education listed
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

Hosting now is very difficult as I quit my job and want to get a boat and open up a dive center (obviously not in Switzerland). So hosting and replying will be a big challenge for me. As of now, we can't plan much in advance and often will be travelling to get things organised.

I love to meet up with people, go for walks, do taekwondo, do swimming,... I am a very acitve and sometimes a bit crazy person and not sitting at home that often.

I appreciate people who look at my profile before contacting me. So please go through my whole profile 1st! If not, I am not
interested in meeting and/or hosting you. In my opinion the profile is important, as you need to know about the person before meeting/hosting.
I won't accept any request from somebody who is staying in the same place as I am. Please don't tell me later on that it was a mistake and you don't know how to use couchsurfing (it is so simple!).
If you send me personalized messages, chances of getting hosted are much higher.
I don't reply to good morning messages or messages just containing one word from people I haven't met.
I am a very active person (which means, I can be out and busy from 6am-10pm at certain days.) If you can't cope with this and need quiet time at home, I'm not the right person. If possible I can include you in the activities.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I really like the concept of Couchsurfing. Staying with locals really makes a difference. You get to know the culture so much better.
Life is about "giving and taking" as we say in German and Couchsurfing represents that really nicely.

Interests

  • food
  • sport
  • meeting new people
  • trying new things
  • playing the violin

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Jumping into a river in Switzerland on New Years Eve with snow all around.

Completed Naneghat to Bhimashankar run/trek within less then 14 hours (50km, two mountains, jungle and a lot of blisters at the end...)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My travel experiences, tips/help for travelling
A good mix of Swiss-Australian-Indian culture/food

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Nepal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, India, Switzerland

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