General Information
| Katja Lachmann has been vouched for |
| Couch available | Traveling at the moment |
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| CouchSurf requests replied to | 95% |
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| member since | May 14th, 2004 |
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| profile views | 3665 |
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| age | 33 |
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| birthday | 18 February Everyone can see this. |
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| gender | Female |
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| membername | CRAZYKATJA |
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| occupation | Traveller, Writer, Artist |
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| education | Live life to the fullest ;) |
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| grew up in | Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany |
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| ethnicity | German |
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| Direct Profile URL |
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Languages- GermanExpert
- EnglishExpert
- SpanishExpert
- LithuanianBeginner
Groups I Belong ToGLUTEN FREE 112:97 Why: coeliac, lactose intolerant, sensitive to soy and food additives
| Coeliac 7:10 Why: I am a traveler and coeliac
| Ayurveda -The Ancient Art of healing 296:157 Why: Ayurveda seems passing my way steadily, it's time to get into it a bit deeper
| dumpster diving 1071:618 Why: I started dumpster diving recently, I love it, and would be happy to meet like-minded people all over the world.
| Active in 14 more groups. Show them all |
Couch Information
No couch currently available for surfing. If I had a place to call my home I would say "Come in, give me a smile and share your experiences with me!". But my home are the streets of this world, I cannot host anyone. I left in January 2006 for realizing my dream of traveling without time limits nor any plans made. Together with my partner Augustas (cs profile: augustas) we travelled about 3 years through Latinamerica, and are now to embark on a little journey through Europe for visiting families and friends. I am looking forward meeting anyone of you anywhere else on this wonderful place called earth ;)) Invitations are welcome! ;D
You can find me also at www.hospitalityclub.org (same profile name), and at www.facebook.com. Friends (45)
Augustas Kligys 31, Male Vilnius, Vilniaus Lithuania Friends since July 2003 "I met her through HospitalityClub.org and now we cannot live without each other :-)" Friendship Type: Best Friend I vouched for Katja Lachmann
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Serhan Karatas 31, Male Konak, Izmir Turkey Friends since May 2003 "We worked in the same organisation and working group. She is one of the most inspiring persons that I have ever met." Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Katja Lachmann
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Domas Dumse 29, Male Hamburg, Hamburg Germany Friends since January 2003 "Katja's boyfriend is good friend of mine" Friendship Type: Friend
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Angelica Garcia 29, Female Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany Friends since September 2007 "I stayed at their place, longer than I first thought‼" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend I vouched for Katja Lachmann
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Andrius Sytas 28, Male Vilnius, Vilniaus Lithuania Friends since 2004 "I've met her several times through her boyfriend Augustas"
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James Wilson 29, Male Cuenca, Azuay Ecuador Friends since September 2007 "we both lived and worked in cuenca during end of 2007" Friendship Type: Friend I vouched for Katja Lachmann
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Maria Oleneva 24, Female Moscow, Moscow City Russia Friends since January 2005 "HC New Year camp, BBC-2007" Friendship Type: Friend I vouched for Katja Lachmann
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Mabel Toribio 30, Female Totnes, England United Kingdom Friends since December 2007 "Katja & Augustas host me and my cousin =)" Friendship Type: Good Friend I vouched for Katja Lachmann
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Agnese Adamsone 25, Female Riga, Riga Latvia Friends since December 2004 "met in the 2004/2005 New Year celebration in Vilnius" Friendship Type: Friend
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Oumer Teyeb 34, Male Aalborg, North Jutland Denmark Friends since January 2004 "we met through a mutual friend" Friendship Type: Good Friend
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Personal DescriptionI love to live, I enjoy being, I love to smile and to make people happy. I love the unexpected, I search the new, I am like a child looking with big interested eyes into the world wondering what is happening there - and exploring exactly that!
I am COELIAC, lactose intolerant, and sensitive to soy, coconut, and different additives in processed foods. I am furthermore pescetarian, thus do not eat meat, nor poulty, nor sausages. I love cooking and enjoy the challenges my food disabilities give me. I am highly allergic to cats, and semi-allergic to any coats/fur.
I would be grateful to meet people who face the same dietry challenges in all corners of this world. Since I am living on the road, I might pass your country one day and I would be truly content if I knew before how to move around there with my diet. Most interesting for me are how to communicate my food disabilities anywhere in the world without offending anyone.How I Participate in CSspread the word, meet and host the peopleCouchSurfing ExperienceMany great experiences until now through you as well as www.hospitalityclub.org
www.globalfreeloader.com
www.stay4free.com
Why does not only ONE BIG of all these databases exist? Let us think about it!InterestsTraveling, Hitch-hiking, writing, CELIAC life all over the world, wild food/edible plants, different cultures & their art, contemporary art, drawing&painting, any other creative things, music from all over the world, languages, learning to play guitar, learning to sing, photographing, nature, animals, kids, human beings...PhilosophyDo not expect anything! and
True love is real understanding!Music, Movies, BooksCan be everything that crosses my way, but be sure I forget many of them. I do not forget a sound, I do not forget a story, but I forget names and titles.Types of People I enjoyYou are all very welcome! I will learn from you and later can make up my mind about you. Everyone is special, I only have to find out what is special about you. That is what I enjoy! ;))Teach, Learn, ShareI can teach German, English, Spanish, Cooking, and Creativity.I want to learn professional Photography, Lithuanian, being a professional writer, playing guitar and singing, everything about edible plants, any kind of dance, making handicraft, and actually nearly everything I do not know myself yet.One Amazing Thing I've Seen or DoneSailing against the currents and winds from Mexico to Cuba. The motor broke and we were pulled in to harbor by a Cuban fisher boat. Hitchhiking a plane in Peru. Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org ProjectEasy to navigate, I am very happy with the design ;)Locations TraveledTRAVELED: Belize, Botswana, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Panama, Romania, South Africa, Venezuela, Zambia LIVED: Belize, Ecuador, Germany, Spain References
From Carlos López Sierra Campeche, Mexico Nov 4 Positive Un placer recibir a Katja y Augustas en mi casita de Mérida. Me inspirarón mucho para viajar.
From Ilario Nocentini Berlin, Germany Sep 22 Positive It was nice tp share some times with Katja and Augusta, and listening to their travelling (or, better, life) experiences. Hope I'll meet them again!!
From Kazimieras Bagdonas Kaunas, Lithuania Jun 20 Positive At first I have meet Katja through reading letters from her and Augustas journeys and later on met in person while they were staying in Aalborg. Katja is a very sensible and compassionate person who was able to preserve inner child at heart :) On the other hand be prepared to hear the lecture on evils of lactose and glutamine :))
Oh and be sure to get her book "Follow the Road - Alongside the People of this World" a very nice read about there adventures in South America!
From Silvia Puchovska Bratislava, Slovakia May 27 Positive I have to say that I was impressed by Katjas and Augustas passion for travelling, experience, very interesting stories and the unforgettable presenation about Latin and South America. Katja is very creative and postive person and I hope that I will have the chance to talk to you again. You know how to motivate :) Thanks for nice times in Aalborg!
From Eleonora Flach Vestmanna, Faroe Islands Mar 5 Positive Wow...what can I say. Katja and Augustas hosted us in Aalborg...and we saw hospitality and kindness at its best!! They are so interesting people, deep, friendly, considerate, understanding and helpful. Though I could not spend as much time with them as I'd like to, I can say that I like them very much and would trust them with anything. Meet this wonderful couple!
From Domas Dumse Hamburg, Germany Feb 6 Positive Katja is one of the persons, who knows what she wants ;). I think she is strong and very interesting person. She is good to talk about (not only) serious subjects. I'm really glad to know her.
From TOTOSCHKA Leipzig, Germany Dec 13, 2008 Positive I would like to share more travel storys with her but the evening was on his end before we could do it. I wish the best for the plans with the travel book and she is always welcome to my home.
From Felipe Filsecker Dresden, Germany Aug 7, 2008 Positive Sometimes you meet special people and other times you meet really special people. Augustas & Katja are a couple you won't find anywhere else. One of a kind. It was really nice to share some time with them in Valparaiso. Maybe the next time in Europe... who knows! Katja: I won't forget that "german vegetarian" goulash ;)
From KARINAVIVE Santiago, Chile Jul 9, 2008 Positive Katjia is a magic woman, we shared stories of our lifes,about our family stories with true honesty, we are very confident to talk about our life experiences and good conversations, I can only say that she is lovely!
From Helene Könau Berlin, Germany Mar 17, 2008 Positive i asked katja for help and information about lithuanian. she and augustas were just in berlin at this time - really good luck for me!
was an interessting meeting which i like to remember. they were really really friendly and trying to help me -she sent me a digital version of her lithuanian learning book...
really cool persons with a realy interesting way of and in life!
From Ricardo Reyes Bad Gleichenberg, Austria Feb 28, 2008 Positive I hosted Katja in Panama (my family still missing you guys) we talk about many things, traveling, culture, buddism, she cooked for us, and after almost a year we still in contact, she is really friendly..please if you have the chance to meet her, you will enjoy for sure.. take care and keep following the road! :D
From Angelika Gruner Rostock, Germany Jan 14, 2008 Positive first we stayed with katja and augustas in cuenca, then we met again in quito... they are open, friendly, interested people, katja even shared energy from a therapist when I didn´t feel good.
bis zum nächsten mal..!
From NIX&H Quito, Ecuador Dec 31, 2007 Positive Katja and Augustas welcomed 4 of us into their tiny apartment, and showed us where to find the best vegetarian food in town.
From James Wilson Cuenca, Ecuador Dec 17, 2007 Positive Katja is an extremely caring and loving individual dedicated to her work (writing) and has a real passion for long-term travel. She and Augustas (username:augustas) are definitely in the tiny group of REAL weathered travelers that intimately know about "life on the road".
From Fabumuyi Austine Bogota, Colombia Nov 18, 2007 Positive It has been a very wonderful and life changing experience.There are few people like Katja.She is a focused and visionary friend. I have the priviledge and honour to reccommend her.
From Laurence & Sebastien Rochefort, France Nov 12, 2007 Positive Augustas & Katja are true travellers...we met them in Ecuador, but we are sure we'll meet somewhere else in south america...
Hasta luego chicos!!!!
From Zac Stewart Atlanta, United States Oct 4, 2007 Positive Augustas' and Katja's apartment was small, but very homely and we enjoyed our stay with them very much. They provided a very peaceful environment to help ease the stress of traveling and shared a lot of stories about their travels. They're the kind of people you hope to run into again in the future.
From Angelica Garcia Duesseldorf, Germany Oct 3, 2007 Positive Was my best couchsurfing experience‼ I miss you Augustas and Katja already, but I´m sure we´ll meet on the world again sometime‼
Great veggie food, great company and extremely nice people.
Thank you a lot‼
From Ben Blevins Aberystwyth, United Kingdom Sep 27, 2007 Positive Katja is a marvelous person. I can't count the times I felt so lucky that I'd met her. She has such a good heart, and she really inspires the following of one's dreams. Not only that, she makes delicious vegan meals, has great taste in movies, and creates very cool art. And I'm sure if I could read German I would also love her book! It was wonderful getting to know you Katja!
From Justyna Mazur Warsaw, Poland Sep 12, 2007 Positive Augustas and Katja set off on an amazing journey to hitch-hike the world over 18 months ago. We met them at the CS meeting in Cuenca and it turned out right away we had quite a few things in common. A couple of days later they invited us to their place for a delicious vegetarian lunch. They both make a very nice and interesting couple & I wish we had spent more time together... Many Happy Travels, guys & see you on the road :-)
From Tomas Forro Warsaw, Poland Sep 12, 2007 Positive We met Katja and Augustas in Cuenca, Ecuador on the Couchsurfing meeting. They also invited us for a delicious lunch together with other CS members. They are very nice and interesting couple, at the moment hitch hiking around the world. Good luck to you guys on the road, hopefully our ways will cross once again.
From Maria Oleneva Moscow, Russia Aug 28, 2007 Positive She's one of the most travelling women I know. She's adventurous, friendly and cheerfull, you will never get bored with her!:)
From Roy Aguilar León Quito, Ecuador Aug 27, 2007 Positive Katja is a very nice person, she and Augustas stayed home for some days, they both are very interesting persons, easy going, smart and with great vision of the world. now I am bit ashamed and I won't sing in german again, hehe cause I am the worst one! hope to see you soon in Cuenca. greetings Katja and a lot of thanks for the book :) I like it! :). Greetings from my nieces, nephew and my sistter :)
From Vladas and Inga Sapranavicius Vilnius, Lithuania Aug 10, 2007 Positive I know Katja for several years already, but I will always remember the moment I have met her for the first time! She is a kind of person you trust with no doubts since the very first second - sweet, energetic, positive, optimistic.
From Serhan Karatas Konak, Turkey Jun 27, 2007 Positive I got to know her via emails first and then we tried to create some projects together. When I first saw her, there was a sparkle in her eyes that stroke me in the very first minute.
I admire her ambition and the way she follows her own road.
From Bradwell Jackson Nashville, United States Oct 30, 2006 Positive I met Katja in Mexico City. We compared notes about "hardcore travelling", and I must say that she has more experience than I. You too can learn from her if you host her. I hope to get to her level one day regarding both hitchhiking and tenting to save on accommodation costs. Not only should you trust her, but you should take advantage of her experience and get to know her. We will all be better travellers if we are more like her.
From Surya Jarausch Vienna, Austria Oct 26, 2006 Positive We had some relly good conversations, not very much time together, but that was a nice one!
From JUANCARLOS Queretaro, Mexico Sep 29, 2006 Positive Katja is a very friendly and possitive girl, it was great to meet her when she stop for a day at my place with Augustas. Both of them are really interesting people... worth to meet.
From ZUKI Krakow, Poland Aug 24, 2006 Positive Just meet Katja... you will meet a lovely and open person with lots of ideas!
From Margo Bekkering London, United Kingdom Jul 19, 2006 Couchsurfed at my place 31 July 2004. Great guest to have - come again anytime! |