CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy the advantages of living in Vienna and finalize my thesis.

ABOUT ME

Like most of the people here on CS I'm convinced that travelling is a fine and important way to broaden one's horizon, through getting to know different forms of living, worldviews and values. Therefore when I travel to a country, where I don't know anybody yet, I enjoy the opportunity to get to know locals through CS .
In my ordinary life I study (German as a second and foreign language) and work (as a a German teacher for children) in Wien, Austrias capital. Both I enjoy a lot. Due to my work I have spent some time in Siberia (Russia) and Eastern Europe.
As a result I'm still trying to acquire the Russian language which is still hard. Comparing, learning and thinking about langugages is really interesting for me - I already tried Ukrainian, Czech, French, Japanese, Spanish, Mongol, Buryat, Russian and English. Unfortunately just the latter successfully ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Traveling using CS is completely different - you get a good insight in the life of the locals, how the live and what they do, get tips, learn so much from each other!

Since trying it for the first time I find the most wonderful thing about CS is the feeling like you have your very own "guide" in a place that interacts with you and helps you in the foreign environment.

So, CS makes traveling easier and much more interesting!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm semi-experienced concerning CS, but thus far I met extraordinary people through this project, e.g. in South Korea, Japan and Russia, which brought us to the conclusion, that travelling without CS is possible but less fun.

Interests

General - reading, languages, meeting friends, travelling, going to the cinema, going out,...

Summer- swimming, making picknicks, barbecue, hiking, riding, festivals, sunbathing,...

Winter - going sledgeing, drinking 'gluehwein', ice skating, going for walks,...

• festivals
• environment
• cooking
• recipes
• bbq
• vegetarian
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• swimming
• teaching
• languages
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Drum'n'bass, Reggae, Dancehall, House, Minimal, Alternative Rock,...

Books:
I enjoy reading fantasy novels, currently S. Erikson's Malazan Books of the Fallen, to relax. Also I'm into German and Russian classic literatur - H. Hesse, C. Ransmayr, M. Köhlmeier and M. Bulgakow, N. Gogol, L. Tolstoi and so forth.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Icefishing on the Lake Baikal together with more than 1000 people...

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to cook tasty Austrian and vegetarian dishes.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Experiences concerning languages, cultures, recipes, ... of countries I've travelled to so far.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mongolia, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, South Korea, Sweden, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Russian Federation