CURRENT MISSION

Experience the North!!

I'm a student from Germany who fell deeply in love with Northern Europe, so I spent the last couple of years living, working, volunteering and travelling in Norway, Sweden, Iceland, the Faroe Islands until I moved to Denmark a few weeks ago in order to study a Master's programme with a focus on Arctic Studies.

I enjoy spending the rainy days curled up in my armchair, a good book or movie (or both) and a mug with hot chocolate at hand and hopefully a cat in my lap - but not when I am travelling: Then I have places to go, stuff to see, mountains to hike :)

PHILOSOPHY

Do it. Now. And no, bad weather is no excuse: Get yourself a rainjacket and warm underwear. And lose the attitude.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Unfortunately I don't have that much experience yet: I met my first couchsurfers in Stavanger (Norway) a few years back where I visited a friend who has been a couchsurfer and host for years. I met so many nice people on the weekly meeting there, that I decided to give it a try myself :)

I also spent 4 days with the most amazing and generous people (and their cat) hosting me in Helsinki in 2014 - good times. Since then I always ended up staying with friends (or friends' friends/family), camping or staying at work-away places and not couchsurfing when travelling around, therefore the lack of references.

Interests

- meeting kind people
- cooking and baking
- travelling (duh)
- exchange stories
- looking at old stones/ruins

• books
• literature
• cooking
• chocolate
• baking
• traveling
• hiking
• study abroad
• mountains
• finding kindred spirits

Music, Movies, and Books

Well, I can quote an almost embarassing lot of Disney movies (kid of the 90s). But apart from that I like movies with an actual plot, ideally one I don’t feel insulted by.
I enjoy listening to bands like White Lies, The National, Me and My Drummer, The Lumineers, ...
As for books - I like reading in general, so I like books in general but no thrillers. I especially enjoy Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I participated in a whole lot of sheep and horse round-ups in Iceland - it was amazing!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can tell You a lot about German medieval texts and stories, german literature and quite a bit about story telling in general

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland