"Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures." - Lovelle Drachman

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I was born in Regensburg, Germany and grew up in a small town near Regensburg. When I was 18, I moved into my first own apartment and lived there for 3 years while going to nursing school. At the age of 21 I decided to give up my apartment, sold most of my furniture, quit smoking and headed to Australia - a country 15,000 kilometers away that I had never been to. I spent one year working & travelling there before I came back to Germany to live with my grandparents for a few months, then lived in Dublin (Ireland) for half a year and then moved to London to work as a flight attendant for a year. After being stuck in Germany due to covid for 8 months I moved to Iceland and worked there as a nurse for 2.5 years. Right now I’m (f)unemployed and travelling the world (since July ‘23) 🌏

I've been a vegetarian since 2006 (I eat eggs though)

If you wanna find out more, here is my Instagram handle: annika.hrtl

I'm an openminded and spontaneous person and I like people who don't take life too seriously but are also able to have empathy and listen actively.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I wanna meet new and interesting people, get to know different cultures, make new friends from all over the world, have fun, travel a lot.
It's all about having this special and amazing feeling of LIVING instead of just existing ✨
My dream is to visit every country in the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted:
Paul from France 🇫🇷
Marketa from Czech Republic 🇨🇿
Ajay from India 🇮🇳
Jiyoon from South Korea 🇰🇷
Arun from India 🇮🇳
Rini from Indonesia 🇮🇩
Jari from Finland 🇫🇮
Mareek from Estonia 🇪🇪
Michał from Poland 🇵🇱
Michael from Czech Republic 🇨🇿
Dan from the USA 🇺🇸
Regitze from Denmark 🇩🇰
Zeynep from Turkey 🇹🇷

I stayed with:
Giulio in London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Rían in Perth, Australia 🇦🇺
Femi in Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
Allan in Cabramatta, Australia 🇦🇺
João in Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹
Reza in Guimarães, Portugal 🇵🇹
Jesse in Paris, France 🇫🇷
Rames in Zürich, Switzerland 🇨🇭
Ram in Zürich, Switzerland 🇨🇭
Mandeep in Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
Rajan in Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴
Mattias in Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰
Frankie in Swieqi, Malta 🇲🇹
Toshi in Osaka, Japan 🇯🇵
Yazafaris in BSB, Brunei 🇧🇳
Jehad in Doha, Qatar 🇶🇦

Interests

I'm interested in so many things. I just love to get to know other cultures and lifestyles.

• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• camping
• skydiving
• languages
• road trips
• english
• vegetarian food
• humor
• exploring
• living abroad
• australia
• meeting new people
• spanish
• honesty

Music, Movies, and Books

🎶 Music: Afrobeats, Punjabi/Hindi Pop
🎞 Movies: Lion, Tracks
📓 Books: Wild - From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

🚭 Quit smoking on 02/10/2016
🐨 Cuddled a koala in Perth, Western Australia
🎆 Experienced NYE in Sydney, Paris, London, NYC, Reykjavík, Budapest, Sarajevo & Madrid
🪂 Went skydiving in Cairns, Australia
🇿🇦 Went bungee jumping in South Africa
🦙 Went trekking with llamas in Liechtenstein
🐕 Drove a husky sled all by myself in the Finnish Lapland
💒 Attended 4 Punjabi weddings in India, one wedding in the Sahara (Africa) and one wedding in Brunei 🇧🇳
🌋 Roasted marshmallows and baked a pizza on the lava of an erupting volcano in Iceland 🇮🇸
🇦🇫 Visited Afghanistan

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach you some German

I'd like to learn a lot of things. Hard to list them here. Tell me what you can teach me, I'm always happy about having the chance to learn something new!

And of course there’s a hell of a lot of stories to share

What I Can Share with Hosts

Travel stories, life stories, food, laughs

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russian Federation, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Wales, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, United Kingdom