CURRENT MISSION

Be the peace you seek. Wait, that's not a mission. Being the peace I seek. Better. Oh, and I am so not there yet.

ABOUT ME

I just moved to Konstanz where I have started a new job at the university. New city, new job, very exciting and I like it! Before that, I lived in Göttingen, where I was born and raised. I was away for twelve years, in different cities in Germany, and in the US, Iceland, and Latvia, mostly for study-related reasons. I enjoyed the time abroad most:)

I have lived in cooperative housing at different points in time, with 26 people, and 13 people respectively, and couchsurfing sort of seems like co-op living. I learned a lot living with many people and it shaped me quite a bit. I've learned that people are very different in their needs, but that we have things in common: everybody needs to sleep, everybody needs to eat. I like to discover commonalities with people as much as learning about differences. And I like sharing a laugh with people - I like to make people laugh and I like it when people make me laugh. Hehe.

I like to discover new ways to build community and couchsurfing seems to be a truly community-building enterprise. Talk the talk, walk the walk, and surf the couch.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed in Helsinki with a wonderful host! Am looking forward for more couchsurfing experience in both surfing and hosting.

Interests

I read, I ride my bike, I swim in the summer. I am interested in politics, in a greenish, lefty, feministy kind of way, am interested in different forms of cooperative living.

• politics
• cycling
• surfing
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

I just read 'Are you my mother' by Alison Bechdel. Heavy stuff.