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Overview

  • 8 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, German; learning Greek (modern), Romanian, Spanish
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • intern
  • still on the way to get more
  • From Dortmund
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

keep your eyes wide open

ABOUT ME

I discovered that to really see a place it takes time, you need to meet the locals and the ideal is to speak their language, too... So I've spent a year in Australia (at college), a year in Greece (as a volunteer) and a year in Romania (as a student). I love "traveling" by wwoofing as it has often introduced us to people with an open spirit and allowed us to literally touch the places we went to. For several years I spent half my time in France at my boyfriends place... There remains so much more to see and do! At the moment I live in Freiburg,Germany, and work nearby in a hospital.

PHILOSOPHY

watch out for positive things in life and you'll find them!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

mainly by surfing and couching, every now and then some local meetings, a lot of correspondences...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

little by little it's getting more and more. Usually with my husband Jérémie, and we are often hosting people off this platform (e.g. friends from overseas, warmshower-cyclists...)

Interests

I'm an outdoor person! Swimming in the sea, or lakes, riding the bike, trekking, simple sunbaking (preferably in the shade)... we also participate in an urban gardening project just around the corner and in the city bee-cooperation

I love fruit and veggies, I love our daily farmer's market, I usually check out the markets anywhere I go - a good way to discover a major part of different cultures (what do they eat, produce, where do they meet, how do they sell and buy...), I figured...

  • gardening
  • traveling
  • outdoor activities
  • cycling
  • surfing
  • swimming
  • volunteering
  • lakes
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Even when I liked a movie I usually forget its name, sometimes its story...the same goes for music...generally feel good music (found some good sounds from Bulgaria "ßoya"), sentimental sounds, energy-spreading or other...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- seeing the sea after having cycled up the mountains for several days, not seeing the end, only knowing there must be one...
- being hosted by formerly unknown people as if we had always been waited for

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to make valets from tetra packs (juice or milk boxes) with only a pair of scissors and a tiny piece of scratch...
...still needing to learn so many things...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Always up for outdoor activities, in case you need motivation...
I can try to make tasty vegetarian meals for you, make you try German Knödel and other stuff...
Share traveling experience and exchange on languages...

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, Greece, Romania

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