CURRENT MISSION

Study, travel and enjoy life :)

ABOUT ME

Hi there, I'm Vero, 23, and I'm a recent graduate from Bonn University (BA German and Comparative Literature). I spent a semester abroad at the University of Cambridge, and after my graduation, I travelled through New Zealand for three months and worked as an editorial intern at two publishing houses in Germany. Now I'm studying for my MA/MLitt in German and Comparative Literature at the Universities of Bonn (Germany) and St Andrews (Scotland).
I'm open-minded and keen to travel the world, learn about different cultures and meet interesting people.
I'm sort of a ballet addict, meaning that I've been dancing practically my whole life (started at the age of 4)... I fill my time with reading, dancing, music (both classical and stuff like Indie or Alternative Rock), teaching, hanging out with friends, spending the evening in our favourite Irish Pub in Bonn, visiting friends all over Europe - I like being busy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My boyfriend Mikhail and I have couchsurfed together in Ireland and New Zealand and had mostly wonderful times with our hosts. Only once did we not seem to be on the same wave length as our hosts, which sadly led to a more complicated stay resulting in negative references.

Interests

Literature, ballet, going to the theatre, spending time with my friends, my studies, music, visiting cities and museums, watching films, oh there is so much I love doing!

• culture
• literature
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Tchaikowsky, Strawinsky, Rachmaninov, Bach;
Muse, The Cat Empire, Franz Ferdinand, Flogging Molly, The Offspring, Florence & the Machine...

I love the Harry Potter films, ballet films like Centre Stage; Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, Batman, all sorts of things, also series like How I met your mother, Downton Abbey and Vikings.

About books, I'm quite into contemporry Eastern European literature; I admire Arthur Schnitzler, Thomas Mann and William Shakespeare, and obviously so many more...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Representative of Luxembourg in the 6-weeks-Ruta Quetzal BBVA in 2010 - an expedition through Mexico and Spain

Semester abroad at the University of Cambridge

What I Can Share with Hosts

Languages, Luxembourgish culture, favourite recipes, ballet steps :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Luxembourg, United Kingdom