I am just answering to proper CS requests. If you don't know how to do that read the couchsurfing hints on the webside. I just host people who are real CS's and are really interested in the whole CS philosophy!
After having so wonderful experiences with CS in big OZ and the UK I just loved and enjoyed hosting people from all over...
I live in Leipzig very close to the monument of the battles of nations together with my sweet tomcat BALU...
Leipzig is a great place to live in- always action, always things to do... concerts, big sport events (hehe the World Champion Chip has been here and even some games were hold here), clubs, bars, good food, parks, lakes,... all you need to live a happy life... :-)
So take your backpack come to Leipzig and SURF MY COUCH!!! If you want some information about Leipzig before coming here there are some pics of the city on my side- check them out- the must sees are on it!!
I don't smoke, but there is always a balkony. If you want more details about the flat have a look at my pics or check the video. There is a central airport here in Leipzig and a huge train station- so really no problem to get here.
check klick here to view the video!
So what are you guys waiting for???
WHERE IS LEIPZIG? HAVE A LOOK HERE!
That is the new city hall...
Leipzig's law court...
Leipzig's old city hall at the historical market...
The monument of the battle of nations...
The soccer stadion- we had some world cup games here in 2006
HERE ARE SOME FACTS ABOUT LEIPZIG...
Geography city (1994 pop. 490,850), Saxony, East central Germany, at the confluence of the Pleisse, White Elster, and Parthe rivers.
Economy
One of Germany's major industrial, commercial, and transportation centers, it has many rail lines and two airports. Manufactures include textiles, electrical products, automobiles, machine tools, and chemicals. The city harbors major industries in heavy construction and engineering. The area is heavily polluted with sulfur dioxide from nearby coal-processing plants. Important international trade and industrial fairs have been held in the city since the Middle Ages.
Points of Interest Noteworthy buildings include the Church of St. Thomas (late 15th cent.), which has housed the tomb of Bach since 1950; the Gewandhaus, built in 1884 to replace the earlier structure; the 13th-century Pauline Church; Auerbach's Keller (16th cent.), an inn in which a scene of Goethe's Faust is set; the old city hall (1558); the old stock exchange (1682); the Church of St. John (17th cent.); the large main railroad station; the former German supreme court building (which now houses an art museum); and the opera (1960). In addition to the university (est. 1409), the city has institutes of applied radioactivity and stable isotopes.
History
Originally a Slavic settlement called Lipsk, Leipzig was chartered at the end of the 12th cent. and rapidly developed into a commercial center located at the intersection of important trade routes. A printing industry, which later became important, was started there c.1480. The city was the scene of the famous religious debate between Martin Luther, Carlstadt, and Johann Eck in 1519. In 1539 it accepted the Reformation. Three great battles of the Thirty Years War (two at Breitenfeld and one at Lützen) were fought near Leipzig.
The city was one of the leading cultural centers of Europe in the age of the philosopher and mathematician Leibnitz, who was born there in 1646, and of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach, who was cantor at the Church of St. Thomas from 1723 until his death. The Univ. of Leipzig (founded 1409) became one of the most important in Germany. In the 18th cent. Gottsched, Gellert, Schiller, and many others made Leipzig a literary center; the young Goethe studied there in 1765. The city's musical reputation reached its peak in the 19th and early 20th cent. Felix Mendelssohn, who died there in 1847, made the Gewandhaus concerts (begun in the 18th cent. in a former guildhouse and still continuing) internationally famous. Robert Schumann worked in Leipzig, Richard Wagner was born there in 1813, and the Leipzig Conservatory (founded by Mendelssohn in 1842—43) became one of the world's best-known musical academies.
Renè Fach 50, Male Leipzig, Saxony Germany Friends since June 2009 "Sonne is my favorite spinning instructor in the fitness studio I go to!" Friendship Type: Best Friend 1101
AUSSIE GLOBE TREKKER 29, Male Grafton, New South Wales Australia Friends since April 2005 "She was the first person i knew on CS, and 12 months later i finally made it to Leipzig & stayed some days with her! Then we spent a few days in London together!" Friendship Type: Close Friend 33
Danny Glaß 31, Male Leipzig, Saxony Germany Friends since October 2001 "Katja the wild cat. We first met at UNI in 2001. And we are friends from the beginning of our studies." Friendship Type: Best Friend I vouched for SONNE 130+7
QUICHE POIREAU 32, Male Lyon, Rhone-Alpes France Friends since September 2006 "Sonne... Sun... it feets her so well! we keep speaking on the chat missing each time to meet eachother :( but i hope that now am more than 24 000 km far from her, I will have this chance to see it happen! Love her!" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for SONNE 7
MIKKY MOUTH 88, Male Haag, Lower Austria Austria Friends since April 2005 "Eddie the sun, spreads the warmth of the sun all over CS - Irie finnally we met in April 2006! YAY she is really and truely on of dem good things which could happen to CouchSurfing - she made me feel so cozy and even familylike!" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for SONNE 11
TYCHA 30, Female Palmela, Setubal Portugal Friends since July 2005 "Katja is a sweet and gentle person, I adored to know her personally, Katja and Enne are a wonderful persons..." Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for SONNE 8
Daniel Vandenbroek 29, Male Sydney, New South Wales Australia Friends since October 2006 "Rode her couch, shared music, watched her boyfriend play football" Friendship Type: Close Friend 3
W123 36, Male Palmela, Setubal Portugal Friends since July 2005 "Hummmm... Isn't easy discribe this "blonde" girl -))) !!! But if you want to know a FANTASTIC couple you cannot missing Katja and Enne !!!" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for SONNE 871
SERGIOLX 33, Male Brno, South Moravian Region Czech Republic Friends since May 2006 "Hosted me 2 days while me and my bike needed where to stay away from bad weather!!! See you in Lisbon?" Friendship Type: Good Friend I vouched for SONNE 2
Rob Gardner 27, Male London, London England Friends since April 2006 "Sonne asked to stay and she sounded a lot of fun so she came to stay with me in London for a while." Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend 3
I really love to travel- my dad used to take me all over the places. Since I come from the eastern part of Germany we weren´t allowed to go anywhere we wanted to until the wall came down. But then we used every chance to see the world.
My life is very colorful, I am always busy, always in action... can´t spent too much time at just one place. I prefer to travel by myself, so I can get to know more people in the country I go to and I am more independent. I have been in Brazil and the States- it was awesome... and also spent 3 amazing months in AUSTRALIA, where I had my first CS experiences. I stayed there with 9 different couchsurfers and they passed me on to their families and friends- it has been one of the most wonderful adventures I discovered! This trip just was a blast!!!
So glad I am finally back on CS- already did a little Europe trip and hosted 3 CS's (in a week- not bad, eh?) and my heart already is on the next journey and I can't wait to get it started again!
Doing my best to spread CS all around the world, greeting new members, doing many radio interviews and taking part at TV documentaries about CS, organizing many more meetings and of course to HOST whenever there is the chance!
CouchSurfing Experience
I had my very first couchsurfing experiences in big OZ- and never thought it would work out that well. I stayed there for almost 3 months and just had to stay 2 nights at a backpacker- the other times I stayed with CS's, their families and friends. There were a million lucky circumstances which made my trip to a blast.
After coming back from my journey I wanted to return the favor and since then I am hosting whenever I can! I had about 45 Couchsurfers staying with me and surfed in London and in Portugal. There were visitors who stayed just one night and I also had people staying for more than a month... it is always exciting to host someone and to get to know someone and the best part about having visitors is you get to know a country without being there- it is like being on a special journey without leaving the house... :-)
Interests
There is so much I am interested in! Mhm let's see...
AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, aerobics, art, BRAZIL, books, beer, being creative, BALU- my cat, bodyart, children, chatting, culture, cooking, COUCHSURFING, dancing (my passion), dreaming, drawing, drums, DIY, English, Elephants, friends and family, gatherings, gardening, giraffes, going to the ZOO, herbs, historical celebrations, hosting, interesting people, indoor cycling, Kenya, languages, learning new things, music, musicals, my godson (yeah I am an auntie!!!, nature, organizing meetings, pedagogics, pump, photography, running, reading, swimming, salza, sleeping in (oh, it's not often, but if I have the time I just loooooove being lazy!), traveling, teaching, writing letters, walking barefoot, watching a good movie, wine, yoga,...
Philosophy
"LIFE IS OURS TO BE SPENT... NOT SAVED!"
Music, Movies, Books
MOVIES: Never been kissed, Forrest Gump, Over the hedge, Dirty Dancing, She is all that, Rainman, Da Vinci Code, Rhythm is it, Shrek I & II, Nemo, Coyote Ugly, The secret garden, Harry Potter,...
SHOWS: GREY'S ANATOMY (gosh, I am so addicted!!!), Sex and the City, Desperates Houswives, Friends, Simpsons, Gilmore Girls, Date my MOM, Navy CIS, X-files,...
MUSIC: ABBA, Sarah Mc Laclan, Sarah Connor, Dido, Gerhard Schöne, Missy Higgins, Eric Clapton, Enya, Silbermond, Norah Jones, Lionel Richie, Corinne Bailey, Kelly Clarkson, Söhne Mannheims, Xavier Naidoo, Fergie, Anett Louisan, Bob Evans, Hip Hop and R&B, Latino, Beyoncee, Lounge Music, but also classical music like Vivaldi
BOOKS: Da Vinci Code, Illuminati, The Petit Prince, literature of Diana Gabaldon and Ken Follet, Harry Potter
My high school year back in 98 in Texas, Brazil during Carnival, New York at Christmas time, traveling through big OZ all by myself, seeing my little kitten BALU growing up!
Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org Project
COUCHSURFING ROCKS and I am hopelessly ADDICTED! People I seriously need help!
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From ENGELFEE Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany Dec 26, 2011
Positive
We has such a great and funny time in 2008 with good talks, drinks, walks and we just enjoyed Leipzig with other couchsurfer together. Sonne is a open mind happy lovely person and a awesome cs.
great photos of feet you put a smile on my cause funny seeing where you go. last thing you think people would do
From Torsten Seibt Menthon-Saint-Bernard, France Apr 16, 2010
Positive
Gee, SONNE is a power pack and a condensation of good spirit if I ever met one!
My surf demand was not too convenient to her, but she went out of her way to help.
Well, 'help' does not really describe all the things she invited me to do, to see, people to meet. We came home around 5 A.M. - and not even really tired.
The visit was a blizzard of joy and high voltage harmony.
If you make it to the Alps, dear, please remember to come by. I owe you a good one.
Katja is simply a star - she hosted me for over a week, drove me everywhere, organized my evenings, introduced me to some of her friends and showed me some bits of Leipzig. I could not imagine she could be more helpful, considerate and friendly. It was largely thanks to her that the whole Leipzig experience was so positive. Thanks a lot for everything, Katja!!!
I heart Katja! She's an active, smart, funny girl who knows how to party. In fact, she tried to teach me how to dance, but sadly, I don't think there's any hope for me (at least as far as dancing is concerned) :)
SONNE was was a very friendly host. We enjoyed the time in her wonderful flat and she took us to a cool party. breakfast (at noon) was more than delicious! Thanks for you hospitality, we had a good time!
From Guy Elberg Hod Ha Sharon, Israel Oct 25, 2009
Sweet to surf at her place! She's a very energetic person. Showed me great hospitality and shared the things she does in daily life like sports and going out together. You dance girl! ;-)
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