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  • 39 references 24 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Persian (Farsi); learning French, Japanese
  • 41, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • bookbinder/bookrestaurator
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to find a life

ABOUT ME

I'm overearnest and manic; ambitious and lazy, there is also a kind of black humour and a fixed portion of sarcasm in me. I'm clumsy and as friends often say: a tiny little bit confused.. but if I try hard I can also be the opposite.. sometimes.. if I really am trying hard.
I love it to meet "new": people, food, places whatever
Also i like it to sit with friends in Bars or cafés or on the floor of somewhere in the world and talk. just talk.

PHILOSOPHY

I don't have a special philosophy but.. "Was du nicht willst das man dir tut das füg auch keinem andren zu"
similarly: Treat as you wish to be treated.
I think one should be open for everything. Only after trying what you don't know you can say whether you liked it or not.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

If you're my guest think of me as a familymember. My home is your home. my friends are yours.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

WOW!! Couchsurfing is soo great.
Our first guest "brought" us new Books ("you should read that!!") and Cheburaschka, the next two guests some sweets from Italy and the word "sfiga" ;)
The couchsurfing-people are really open minded and I love that!!
On the Italian-German Meeting in Wiesbaden it was absolutely easy to get in contact with sooo many people. It is a pleasure to be a part of such an great community!

I wrote that 2008
And it went on and on like this, you always get some new experiences and you always give some. What i experienced in the last years gave me a new and better look on the world and on people!

thank you all!!

Interests

Books, they are like drugs
Kyudo (chikurin-ha)
climbing, hiking, swimming, biking and Yoga
travelling and theatre

there is so many.. i'm interessted in so many things but i'm not well educated in them.. sounds strange.. for example: I love to go to the theatre but i do not know the names of famos theatre actors or directors..

so please everyone let me know what you know!! I try my very best to give you something back you like or need or which just makes you happy! :D

  • culture
  • books
  • dining
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • partying
  • traveling
  • painting
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • rock climbing
  • swimming
  • history
  • kyudo

Music, Movies, and Books

a small selection:
Books: of Bananna Yoshimoto, Jane Austen, Rafik Schami, Haruki Murakami
Titels: The Great Gatsby, The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, The Catcher in the Rye, On the Road, The Picture of Dorian Grey, Harry Potter, Seven Jears in Tibet, A wild Scheep Case, Empire of the Sun, the Perks of being a wallflower, Skulduggery Pleasant, The Colour Purple... and many many more. I'm always open for recommodations!! :D

MOVIES:
Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, V for Vendetta, 10 things I hate about you (this is my so called: secret-embarrasing-girly-teeny film..), Fight Club, Batman Beginns, Everything is Illuminated, Donnie Darko, Requiem for a Dream, The Lord of the Rings, Babel, Syriana, Lord of War, Die purpurnen Flüsse, From Hell, A good year, Madagasgar, Hana Bi, Kill Bill, Hackers, Louise Hires a Contract Killer, Vincent will Meer, The International

MUSIC:
Architecture in Helsinki, NIN, Radiohead, Samsas TRaum, Die Ärzte, AIR, Bonobo, TRYO, Sigur Ros, Placebo, Götz Alsmann, Smashing Pumpkins, Richard Cheese, O.S.T.'s, Portishead, 2 Raumwohnung, Skunk Anansie, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Oskar Peterson, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Spyro Gyra, Wir sind Helden, Chemical Brothers, Dave Matthews Band, Goodnight Monsters, Stereo Total, Chicks on Speed, Kashmir (Zitilites), Born Ruffians, Micachu (!!), Pony Pony Run Run, tUnE YaRds, Goldfrapp, Bloc Party, Miss Kittin & the Hacker, Felix Kubin, Bon Iver, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Morcheba, Múm, Kodo, Animal Collective, Death Cab for Cutie, Beirut, Metronomy, Kimiya Dawson, St. Vincent, Crystal Castles, Diane Cluck, The Cure, Joy Division, The Sisters of Mercy Siouxsie and the Banshees...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seen.. Syria, the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland (before they make Beton on it!), Carcassonne (France), Prague, Tehran without Smog ;), Ani (Turkey)

Done.. don't know hmm.. as I was a little child I put a whole can of NIVEA Creme on my hair cause I thougt: What is good for the body is best for the hair. It took several weeks to get "normal" hair again and my mother was near a mental breakdown... amazing!! ;)

seen and done: I walked the Camino del Norte 2010 and it was amazingly beautyful! i lived in Iran for 10 months and that was quite an experience.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can tell you fairy tales, just give me two or three catchwords and the story beginns and I can help you write Arabic letters. We can talk about persian culture and history, we can go climbing or hiking together, cook together, walk, paint, drink, party.... however the situation outcomes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Czech Republic, France, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Iran

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