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Overview

  • 7 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Swiss German; learning English, French
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • assistant in a museum
  • apprenticeship -> mediamatikerin
  • From Bern, Switzerland
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

dance, sing, floss and travel :)

ABOUT ME

I like to be open for new things and opinions, always rember myselft that we're all people and we all want to be happy.
Communication is everything and you grow by sharing opinions.
In my childhood I played a lot of saxophone and I still like to think of me as a musician. Unfortunatelly I'm too angry and frustrated with myself when i play now, it just doesn't sound like before ;)

people (friends, family and travelers), books (beatrice and virgil, hunger games, the long walk ...), films (matrix, away we go, eastern promises), music (xavier rudd, pendulum, macklemore ...) and collecting (bags, boxes, media ;) ...) are my passion.
2010 / 2011 I traveled around the world, which was an amazing experience in both ways, good and bad, but mostly good :)
my destinations were USA, Canada, New Zealand, Fidji, Australia, Thailand, Australia (again) :) and at the big finale: Singapore. On this trip I learned a lot about me and my true wishes and met so many fascinating people which will remain in my heart forever. Thx to everyone who shared a bit of the path with me!

PHILOSOPHY

there are always to sides - one of them is always positive // A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving (Lao Tzu)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

the hosts I met until know where just too kind and unbeliavable likeable. It`s always warming how someone u just met can be so close to u if u let them. Some hosts showed me the best spots in their city and the greates food (one of my big passions while traveling) :)

Interests

philosophy // psychology // movies // books // photography // religions or in a better word beliefs // traveling // basketball // ballet // cooking

  • culture
  • books
  • singing
  • photography
  • dancing
  • ballet dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • hiking
  • basketball
  • communications
  • psychology
  • religion

Music, Movies, and Books

FILMS: L.A. Crash // adams apple // la haine // vicky, christina, barcelona // amores perros // 10 things i hate about you // pulp fiction // lock stock and two smoking barrels // rock revolution // rock n rolla (and the ones above) :)

SOAPS: how i met your mother // big bang theory

MUSIC: from classic to rock over pop and electronic ... soundtracks (juno; rock revolution; amelie; the big lebowski ...) // ray charles // muse // the kooks // franz ferdinand // mozart // yann tiersen // daft punk // dunkelbunt // culcha candela // morcheeba // stress // the prodigy // pendulum // katie melua // amy macdonald // seeed // the killers // revolver // Babylon Circus // ellie goulding // phoenix

BOOKS: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas // the alchemist // steppenwolf // elizabeth george's books with inspector linley and seargant harvers // harry potter // the long walk // she // the partner // 1984 // the running man // wallander crimes // written in bone // twilight saga :)

AUTHORS: Stephen King // Simon Beckett // Henning Mankel // Martin Suter (Swiss Writer) // Stieg Larsson // Jo Nesbo // John Grisham // Paulo Coelho // Hermann Hesse // Elizabeth George

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

a spontaneous hiking trip to waterfalls in Costa Rica with some people I've met there. they had known a very good place where not every tourist is. it was awesome - we climbed through the forest barefooted and with nothing else.

Teach, Learn, Share

you can have a good laugh with me :D over a bear I like to discuss everything that's on your or my mind. i can teach you to bake cookies and cupcakes if you want to. i hope you can show me interesting things about your country and tell me more about your culture.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Costa Rica, Egypt, Fiji, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Switzerland

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