Katja Lachmann

Katja Lachmann

Current Mission: "Print the English version of my first self-published book."

Personal Designations

Traveling at the moment Vouched for16
Denmark
North Jutland
Aalborg
Lat: 57.05, Lon: 9.93
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General Information

Katja Lachmann has been vouched for
Couch availableTraveling at the moment
CouchSurf requests replied to95%
member sinceMay 14th, 2004
profile views3524
age33
birthdayFebruary 18th
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genderFemale
membernameCRAZYKATJA
occupationTraveller, Writer, Artist
educationLive life to the fullest ;)
grew up inLeipzig, Sachsen, Germany
ethnicityGerman
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Languages

  • GermanExpert
  • EnglishExpert
  • SpanishExpert
  • LithuanianBeginner

Groups I Belong To

dumpster diving 895:514
Why: I started dumpster diving recently, I love it, and would be happy to meet like-minded people all over the world.
Dumpster Divers 335:88
Why: give me more - may it be anything around dumpster diving
GLUTEN FREE 98:95
Why: coeliac, lactose intolerant, sensitive to soy and food additives
Coeliac 5:9
Why: I am a traveler and coeliac
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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 (41)

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Augustas KligysAugustas 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: 7 - Best Friend
I vouched for Katja Lachmann
Met in person   Hosted30+   Surfed30+   Traveled30+  
Serhan Karatas Serhan Karatas
30, 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: 6 - Close Friend
I vouched for Katja Lachmann
Met in person  
Vladas and Inga Sapranavicius Vladas and Inga Sapranavicius
32, Several people
Vilnius, Vilniaus
Lithuania
Friends since December 2004
"We have met in NY HospitalityClub meeting in Vilnius in December 2004"
Friendship Type: 6 - Close Friend
I vouched for Katja Lachmann
Met in person  
Helene KönauHelene Könau
21, Female
Berlin, Berlin
Germany
Friends since April 2007
"before i left for volunteering to lithuania i wanted to get in contact with the language - this how i found her"
Friendship Type: 3 - CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person  
Maria OlenevaMaria Oleneva
23, Female
Moscow, Moscow City
Russia
Friends since January 2005
"HC New Year camp, BBC-2007"
Friendship Type: 4 - Friend
I vouched for Katja Lachmann
Met in person  
Edmundo F. VenegasEdmundo F. Venegas
29, Male
Dublin, Dublin
Ireland (Republic of)
Friends since January 2009
"by couchsurfing"
Friendship Type: 3 - CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person   Hosted4  
Agnese AdamsoneAgnese Adamsone
25, Female
Riga, Riga
Latvia
Friends since December 2004
"met in the 2004/2005 New Year celebration in Vilnius"
Friendship Type: 4 - Friend
Met in person  
Fabumuyi AustineFabumuyi Austine
27, Male
Bogota, Distrito Capital
Colombia
Friends since July 2007
"Through couch surfing"
Friendship Type: 5 - Good Friend
Met in person   Traveled1  
Robert PrinsRobert Prins
49, Male
Oostende, West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
Friends since December 2003
"She's the girlfriend of my stepson."
Friendship Type: 5 - Good Friend
I vouched for Katja Lachmann
Met in person  
James WilsonJames Wilson
28, Male
Cuenca, Azuay
Ecuador
Friends since September 2007
"we both lived and worked in cuenca during end of 2007"
Friendship Type: 4 - Friend
I vouched for Katja Lachmann
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Personal Description

I 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 CS

spread the word, meet and host the people

CouchSurfing Experience

Many 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!

Interests

Traveling, 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...

Philosophy

Do not expect anything! and
True love is real understanding!

Music, Movies, Books

Can 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 enjoy

You 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, Share

I 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 Done

Sailing 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 Project

Easy to navigate, I am very happy with the design ;)

Locations Traveled

TRAVELED: 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

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Kazimieras Bagdonas 
From Kazimieras Bagdonas
 Aalborg, Denmark
 Jun 20
Met in person Friend,  
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!

Silvia Puchovska
From Silvia Puchovska
 Copenhagen, Denmark
 May 27
Met in person Good Friend,  
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!

Eleonora Flach
From Eleonora Flach
 Vestmanna, Faroe Islands
 Mar 5
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
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!

Domas Dumse
From Domas Dumse
 Hamburg, Germany
 Feb 6
Met in person Friend, Hosted 2 days  
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.

TOTOSCHKA 
From TOTOSCHKA
 Leipzig, Germany
 Dec 13, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
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.

Felipe Filsecker 
From Felipe Filsecker
 Dresden, Germany
 Aug 7, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
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 ;)

KARINAVIVE
From KARINAVIVE
 Santiago, Chile
 Jul 9, 2008
Met in person Friend, Hosted 6 days  
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!

Mabel Toribio
From Mabel Toribio
 Totnes, United Kingdom
 Mar 26, 2008
Met in person Good Friend, Hosted 5 days Surfed 6 days  
Positive

Katja and Augustas are an amazing couple, full of energy, love, sustainable ideas =) and so many other nice things. They helped me and my cousin a lot during our adventure in Cuenca and we'll be eternally thankful. Anyone will adore to have them in their place. Hopefully, see you on February 2008 =)

Helene Könau
From Helene Könau
 Berlin, Germany
 Mar 17, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
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!

Ricardo Reyes
From Ricardo Reyes
 Bad Gleichenberg, Austria
 Feb 28, 2008
Met in person Friend, Hosted 3 days  
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

Angelika Gruner
From Angelika Gruner
 Rostock, Germany
 Jan 14, 2008
Met in person  
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..!

NIX&H
From NIX&H
 Quito, Ecuador
 Dec 31, 2007
Met in person  
Positive

Katja and Augustas welcomed 4 of us into their tiny apartment, and showed us where to find the best vegetarian food in town.

James Wilson
From James Wilson
 Cuenca, Ecuador
 Dec 17, 2007
Met in person Friend,  
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".

Fabumuyi Austine
From Fabumuyi Austine
 Bogota, Colombia
 Nov 18, 2007
Met in person Good Friend, Traveled 1 days 
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.

Laurence & Sebastien
From Laurence & Sebastien
 Rochefort, France
 Nov 12, 2007
Met in person Friend, Surfed 3 days  
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!!!!

Zac Stewart
From Zac Stewart
 Atlanta, United States
 Oct 4, 2007
Met in person  
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.

Angelica Garcia
From Angelica Garcia
 Duesseldorf, Germany
 Oct 3, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 4 days  
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‼

Ben Blevins 
From Ben Blevins
 Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
 Sep 27, 2007
Met in person Good Friend,  
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!

Justyna Mazur
From Justyna Mazur
 Warsaw, Poland
 Sep 12, 2007
Met in person Friend,  
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 :-)

Tomas Forro 
From Tomas Forro
 Warsaw, Poland
 Sep 12, 2007
Met in person Friend,  
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.

Maria Oleneva
From Maria Oleneva
 Moscow, Russia
 Aug 28, 2007
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

She's one of the most travelling women I know. She's adventurous, friendly and cheerfull, you will never get bored with her!:)

Roy Aguilar León
From Roy Aguilar León
 Cuenca, Ecuador
 Aug 27, 2007
Met in person Friend, Hosted 3 days  
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 :)

Vladas and Inga Sapranavicius 
From Vladas and Inga Sapranavicius
 Vilnius, Lithuania
 Aug 10, 2007
Met in person Close Friend,  
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.

Serhan Karatas 
From Serhan Karatas
 Konak, Turkey
 Jun 27, 2007
Met in person Close Friend,  
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.

Bradwell Jackson
From Bradwell Jackson
 Nashville, United States
 Oct 30, 2006
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
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.

Surya Jarausch
From Surya Jarausch
 Vienna, Austria
 Oct 26, 2006
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

We had some relly good conversations, not very much time together, but that was a nice one!

JUANCARLOS 
From JUANCARLOS
 Queretaro, Mexico
 Sep 29, 2006
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
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.

ZUKI
From ZUKI
 Krakow, Poland
 Aug 24, 2006
Met in person Friend, Surfed 14 days  
Positive

Just meet Katja... you will meet a lovely and open person with lots of ideas!

Margo Bekkering
From Margo Bekkering
 London, United Kingdom
 Jul 19, 2006
Met in person  

Couchsurfed at my place 31 July 2004. Great guest to have - come again anytime!

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