Hello there, I'm Kerrin! About eight years ago Raoul (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/raoul_k) and I left our lives in our hometown behind and started an open-ended journey. Japan, Malaysia, Morocco, Sri Lanka and Mexico are a few of my absolute favourites from this trip, but there have been so many awesome places that I would love to go back to one day.
2020 obviously brought lots of changes, and for now our journey has come to an end in a beautiful community in the Shuswap, BC.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on Couchsurfing because everytime I pluck up the courage to talk to a stranger I've been shown time and time again that it's the most rewarding thing one can do. You meet people that you will call close friends and there will be those where it doesn't click, but I cherish those encounters as much as the others. I feel like we spend way too much time with people that think just like us, but only when we take the time to get to know people who are nothing like ourselves, we actually get a chance to reflect and to grow. So I hope to be meeting people from every walk of life in the future and keep expanding my horizons!

Interests

Apart from traveling, I like to fill my life and head with lots of people and all the stories they have to tell, good vegetarian food, preferably lots of it and shared with friends and/or strangers, big art museums, kids whenever I have the chance, the theater, animals of all sorts, long day hikes that I'm usually not as well prepared for as I should be and as many books as I can.

• arts
• culture
• literature
• theater
• animal welfare
• coffee
• baking
• hiking
• camping
• mountains
• nature
• canada
• vietnamese food
• japanese culture
• morocco
• franzbrötchen

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I love listening to Sylvan Esso, Sudan Archives, Made in Heights, M.I.A., Moderat, Bonobo... Also Amanda Palmer, not just for her music, but also because I think she's extremely awesome and inspiring. And I may or may not know the entire Les Miserables soundtrack by heart...

Movies: Some of my favourites are Victoria, Coraline, August: Osage County and Little Miss Sunshine

Books: Reading has to be one of my greatest passions and I try to do it as much as I can. Neil Gaiman will always be one of my favourites, plus he has introduced me to the world of graphic novels, through his Sandman series. Recently I've been into stories from the Caribbean, like those of Leone Ross and Breanne Mc Ivor - exceptional and wonderful writers!
I am currently reading Paradise Lost, some Terry Pratchett novel and Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

After traveling full-time for five years, I recently decided to go back to school and try something completely new. It was a tough decision and I'm thrilled to be doing it!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love learning about pretty much everything and anything and even though half of the time I don't actually memorize it for more than a day, I try to do it as much as I can. And I hope to be sharing and exchanging lots of different opinions, lessons and just worldviews in general on the way.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Meals that go along with long conversations and hopefully also some time beyond that. And given that the kitchen allows it and there's some flour around, I'd love to bake you a cake or two and maybe also a batch of cookies! :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany