WE´RE ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEKS, SO WE`RE CURRENTLY NOT HOSTING, SORRY

CURRENT MISSION

Hugging the world.

ABOUT ME

We´re a family, and we love Couchsurfing!
We´re messy and creative and talkative, and we want to meet you all - the single travellers, the couples, the families. Every person is a new, fascinating adventure!

Tim and I are both born in 1980. We´ve been together for years now, have four beautiful children named Eva (2001), Ronja (2003), and the twins, Mehmet and Miro (2007). We also have a nice, colourful and messy home we´d like to share with you.

We have 3 rabbits and love our bycicles.

Tim works in an insurance company, while I quit my job a few years ago to take care of our children.

I and Ronja are vegan, and Mehmet is a vegetarian, so we usually cook vegan dinner, but we don´t mind if you want to bring your own animal products. We don´t drink alcohol, but you can smoke outside if you want to.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We host and surf.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We´re looking back on a long, pleasant and active history as hosts, but since we are a family of six, we have only couchsurfed once so far. When I started working a few years ago, I found it increasingly difficult to interact with our guests as I´d liked to, so we took a break. However, I´ve stopped working now and we´re once again ready to welcome the world into our home.

- In May 2011, we hosted Friederike and Jörg from Germany.
- In June 2011, we hosted Danny and Richard from California.
- In July 2011, we hosted Marianne and Christina from Austria.
- In July 2011, we hosted Carolyn and Kristina from Australia.
- In July 2011, we hosted Chloe from Belgium.
- In August 2011, we hosted Dagmara, Marek and Pjotr from Poland.
- In August 2011, we hosted Haley from California.
- In August 2011, we hosted Jia Jia and Duncan from... everywhere?
- In August 2011, we surfed with Masha and Eva in Moscow.
- In October 2011, we hosted Andre and Simone from Germany.
- In December 2011, we hosted Amelie, Nicole, Emma and Charlie from Germany.
- In February 2012, we hosted Rene from Germany.
- In February 2012, we hosted Lucy and Stuart from England.
- In March 2012, Katharina from Leipzig joined us for an afternoon.
- In April 2012, I went to see comedy with Meike in Krefeld.
- In May 2012, we hosted Dagmar and Roel from on the road.
- In May 2012, we hosted Gerard from the Netherlands.
- In June 2012, we hosted Caralyn from Montana.
- In June 2012, we hosted Azra, Nicolas, Danish and Leia from Singapore.
- In June 2012, we hosted Ahram and Hyeri from South Korea.
- In June 2012, we hosted Gustav and Thommi from on the road.
- In June 2012, we hosted Khrystina and Artem from Russia.
- In July 2012, we hosted Laura, Vernon and Channing from Taiwan.
- In July 2012, we hosted Ruairidh from Scotland.
- In August 2012, we hosted Rachel, Idonia, Melbryn, Eartha and Saskia from England.
- In August 2012, we hosted Lena, Marie and Camilla from Norway.
- In September 2012, we hosted Bart, Saral and Ryan from Belgium.
- In September 2012, we hosted Monique, Leandra, Quinn and Micah from the Netherlands...

...and some more :)

Interests

Maraike:
Crafting, reading, playing the piano, listening to music and audiobooks, volunteering in all kinds of different fields, sewing, biking, swimming, gardening and cooking fantastic meals!

Tim:
Running, reading, riddles, learning new languages, beekeeping, board games

Eva:
Playing the piano, going out with friends, listening to music, travelling

Ronja:
Riding her bycicle (to the library and back), saving the world from destruction through environmental pollution and stupidity, inhaling all the books, visiting all kinds of science camps

Mehmet:
Dancing, reading, but mostly playing with his playmobil or mobile phone...

Miro:
Football and every physical activity there is in the whole world, cheese.

• writing
• books
• singing
• cooking
• chocolate
• vegetarian
• vegan
• yoga
• running
• gardening
• reading
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• piano
• cycling
• hiking
• soccer
• swimming
• history
• languages
• science
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Harry Potter is our family religion.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Giving birth to my twins at home.
Climbing La Tour Eiffel with my girls.
Riding a quad in the desert in Egypt with my boys.
Hiking through Norway.
Marrying my boyfriend and making him my husband.
Strolling through Moscow.
Living in Singapore for 2 months.
Living on a farm in Poland with my two toddler-daughters.
Hugging children in school. Everyday.
Teaching kids in Portugal.
Hosting two Tanzanian ladies.
Hosting all of you.
Writing a novel.
Watching my children grow.

Teach, Learn, Share

Learning just happens and can´t be planned. Things come up in conversation, and before you know it, you´re sitting there with a guitar or a pencil or a dremel tool, or standing in the kitchen cooking something, and that´s just what I love about learning. Every good conversation involves learning.
Once, I showed a girl who surfed our couch how to sew pants for her baby. Another time, a nice woman from Australia taught me how to engrave glasses. A man from England showed me how to play my daughter´s harp, and his chinese girlfriend taught my kids how to curse in Chinese. I love learning, don´t we all?

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany

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