CURRENT MISSION

study, travel, do mountain sports and relax :)

ABOUT ME

I'm Tina and I'm studying and living in Innsbruck together with my boyfriend Michael.
I just love to travel and to get to know new people and I was so excitet when I first found this internet side! It's just great because it gives people like me new opportunities for traveling as I've actually always tried to get into contact with locals when I was on holiday and CS just makes it possible!
When I first got to know couchsurfing ten years ago I was very active in the local group and surfed a lot of couches and I loved it. Then I was very busy with studying (and I still am) but now I'm back and happy to host couchsurfers and surf new couches!
I love learning languages and using them! Besides that I am doing a lot of sports in the mountains.

PHILOSOPHY

I think that one has to find his heart-people, the people that you are just naturally deeply connected with, and I believe that you can meet them everywhere in the world so that's why we should stay open-minded all the time and also look for them on other continents. Otherwise we might miss them...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have had some really great CS experiences. Especially in France a few years ago when I spent 4 weeks going around by train and couchsurfing at friendly people's places!
I also went to couchsurfing meetings a lot and participated in events in my local group.
When I moved to Innsbruck four years ago I had so much to do with my new studies that I almost forgot about Couchsurfing. But now I am back and I want to meet people again :)

Interests

I love learning and especially talking other languages. Besides english I can also speak French and Portuguese pretty well.
I love doing sports, especially in the mountains. So I do almost everything that you can do in the Alps. I'm also a ski and mountainbike instructor.

• culture
• running
• traveling
• hiking
• surfing
• skiing
• sports
• rock climbing
• languages
• mountainbiking
• arts & crafts
• ski mountaineering

Music, Movies, and Books

I love reading books in foreign languages. I read Harry Potter in portuguese and I love classig english literature (Jane Austen, Bronte sisters ...). If I manage to do so I try to read books in their original language. Currently I am reading a mix of german, english, portuguese and french books. My favorite film is "A room with a view".

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The nicest experience I had in couchsurfing was when I went to France many years ago in summer and stayed with different people. I got to talk a lot of french, got to know beautiful places and nice people.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a ski and mountainbike instructor and I like to share my knwoledge in sports. Besides sports I love to be creative and do some arts and crafts at home (for example sewing) or at my arts university.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love having interesting conversations, especially in foreign languages! I would love to do sports with other courchsurfers and get to know intersting places they know.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, France, Romania, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, United States

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