Hi there! I'm Louisa and In recently moved to Essen in order to finish my MA studies here. I have a small but lovely apartment in a central area in Essen and I am always happy to connect with people from all around the world - either for a coffee or beer at a café or bar or at my place in case you need a place to crash. Please read my profile before you contact me and don't send me any shady or suggestive messages. Thanks!
Happy to meet you! :)

P.s.: I'm fully vaccinated and I only host people who are vaccinated against Covid as well. Please don't contact me if you are a Covid denier.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

Back from 1,5 years of living in Lisbon I miss the international community I had there - the laughs, the talks, the stories, the weird connections. With couchsurfing I hope to recreate a little bit of that feeling by hopefully meeting some great people and by just hanging out or offering you my couch to sleep on. I'm looking forward to new experiences with couchsurfing. :)

Interessen

• concerts
• reading
• crochet
• music
• hiking
• sports
• travelling
• nature walks
• creative stuff

Musik, Filme und Bücher

I don't even know how and where to start. Yes, I love music, and yes I love a good read and an inspiring film (I'm more into series, though. To be honest, I basically only watch films at the cinema.) I love all kind of music but prefer Indie, Alternative, Folk, Alternative Rock-Pop, Singer Songwriters and so on and so on. But I'm open for and interested in any kind of music really. My secret pleasure is 80s music. Whenever I'm feeling sad or having a bad day, I just turn on the 80s playlist on spotify, turn the music really really loud and I feel better immediatley. You cannot not smile when Elton John is singing to you! ;)

Books I liked: The end of loneliness (Benedict Wells), A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry), The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon), Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky), The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy), Veronika Decides to Die (Paulo Coelho), The Secret History (Donna Tartt), thrillers from Henning Mankell

Films & Series I liked: Forest Gump, Harry Potter, Call Me by Your Name, Parasite, Joker, The Green Book, Skins, Gilmore Girls, Six Feet Under, Please Like Me, Pose, etc.

Singers and performers I like: Florence and the Machine, The Head and The Heart, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Alin Coen, HAIM,The xx, FIL BO RIVA, Damien Rice, Spaceman Spiff, Enno Bunger, Bloc Party, Dan Mangan, Jules Ahoi, etc.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

Walking through a rainbow on a hike in the portuguese mountains. 🌈

Lehren, lernen, teilen

I'm happy to share my stories with you, listen to yours and make new ones!

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Belgium, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, Turkey

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

France, Germany, Portugal