Stephanie Kraus's Photo

Unverified Profile

  • Payment not verified
  • Phone not verified
  • Government ID not verified

Not Accepting Guests

  • Last login about 8 years ago

Join Couchsurfing to see Stephanie’s full profile.

Overview

  • 14 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning French
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Freespirit, Optimist, Happyness-Seeker and Keeper and Giver
  • Bachelor of Science (Media Science)
  • From Schwetzingen, Germany
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Always searching for my happy place. It could be here in Cologne and I can't wait to find out. Spreading positive vibrations and not waisting a minute.

ABOUT ME

I'm always searching for the good, the beautiful, the "make-me-happy-" things in life. And they are everywhere you just have to keep your eyes open and be willing to find them.
My search began in New York Ciy where I was staying as an Au Pair for one year, an awesome experience I never would want to miss.
Spontaneously I ended up with a working holiday Visa in Australia, after 3 years of studying. I make the most out of this year and basically enjoy life, the country, the people and every single experience I make.
I try to live a life as interesting and exciting as possible. This involves traveling, get to know different people with different cultures and different backgrounds, appreciate the small things in life and have always great music in my ear and a good coffee in my hand.

PHILOSOPHY

Everything that happens, either good or bad, does happen for a specific reason.
If something bad happens to you that you did not expect or did not want to happen, dont worry, it will make perfect sense, because something even better will follow. Shit happens!
Always think positive and never give up. There is always a way, you just have to be willing to find it. sounds kind of cheesy, but it's true.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm always happy to meet new people, listen to their storys and experiences. As well as sharing mine.
To me this is one of the most inspiring moments.
I'm spontaneous enough to take a plane tomorrow to a destination I have never heard of.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couchsurfed with 3 friends in Boston. I was amazed by the kindness and hospitality of our host Jesse. I fell in love with this whole project at once.
After this introduction to CS, I started to get to know the cs community in New York which is just fucking awesome. I got to meet so so many great people. We hung out, went to Partys, did events, met up, it was a great great time.

I also surfed in San Francisco. My host Neil and me got along so well that we traveled through Hawaii a few weeks after.

Interests

having fun with/ Party with / hang out with friends
Music
Play the Drums
Literature
writing
Try out the fun, new, interesting, exciting, crazy things in Life
See the world
Just spend time in a nice coffee shop and enjoy my freetime

  • writing
  • literature
  • performing arts
  • perfumes
  • beer
  • coffee
  • walking
  • partying
  • flying
  • shopping
  • traveling
  • music
  • drums
  • snorkeling
  • soccer
  • au-pair

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Back to the Future trilogy
Beverly Hills Cop Trilogy
Donnie Darko
Superbad
Amelie
The Day after tomorrow
Disney Movies
Comedy Movies
I hate Horror movies, I prefer to laugh or have a happy end =)

Music:
Florence and the Machine, Tame Impala, Jimi Hendrix, Foo Fighters, Gypsy and the Cat, Metric, Alpine, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, Guns N Roses.

I enjoy reading Books which make me get the attention in the Subway because I have to laugh so hard =)
Christopher Moore for example

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Having a chat with Monks, Cross the boarder to Cambodia, Riding an elephant through the jungle,
Spend a night with mountain Village People in Thailand, Snorkeling with a whale shark and Manta Rays, Traveling the Westcoast of Australia,
Flying over Grand Canyon
Swiming waterfalls
Walking through a bamboo forest in Hawaii
The Soccer World Championship in Germany, Summer 2006
Standing in front of hundreds of people and perform
Silent Rave NYC

Teach, Learn, Share

I can show you how to open a beer with a lighter
or how to make a Thai elephant who listens to Khmer commands, go down on his knees. Might be useful at some point in your life.
I can show you where to find the best coffee in town.
Afterwards, I'm happy to share this great cup of coffee and a peanutbutter Cupcake, mixed with some life-experience-stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Croatia, France, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, United States

Old School Badges

  • 7 Vouches

Join Couchsurfing to see Stephanie’s full profile.

My Groups