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Overview
About Me
I am an open-minded person, i like to travel around, meet new people, learn a lot and enjoy life.
I finished my Bachelor Degree in Social Work in 2024, after that I travelled through South America for 4 month. Now I am working as a social worker back in Germany. I was spending quite a bit of time abroad in my live already, and all those experiences are definitely what made me seek another adventure as soon as possible :)
After graduating from High School in 2017 I lived in New Delhi from August '17-August '18 and did a voluntary service in a school there. I decided to take another Gap year before going to university- so I lived pretty much in the middle of nowhere in a eco community in Alberta, Canada from October ‘18 to June ‘19; learnt a lot of skills (can fix and build stuff now) and met amazing people. Got to know that I can survive -30 degree, lol.
Then I started university back in Germany. I went for a course called "Philosophy, Art and Social Entrepreneurship" but it was not exactly what I wanted to do, so I switched and started studying Social Work - from what I recently graduated. I started working as a Social Worker in November 2024 and now I am saving for my next big trip. I dream of travelling from Germany to South East Asia without an airplane...but lets see :)
I am pretty spontaneous though, so I am always up for changing plans and trying to just go with the flow.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
Couchsurfing is a great opportunity to meet locals and other travelers. You get a lot of new contacts, great conversations and memories, what I found to be very valueable and useful while traveling. It´s so great to see how huge and amazing a community of people who believe in the philosophy of couchsurfing can be.
Interests
Traveling is one of my favorite activities, what might not be a surprise because this is a profil on a traveling website.
In general I am interested in a lot of different things, and sometimes only for a short time, because I find something else I want to explore profound. But my "all time interests" (until now haha) are definitely politics, sociology and philosophy- I love to deepen my knowledge in those categories and have hours of conversations about stuff according to those things.
I like everything related to nature, always up for hiking, camping, etc. :)
- literature
- concerts
- environment
- cooking
- vegan
- politics
- traveling
- socializing
- bouldering
- music
- hiking
- camping
- languages
- philosophy
- hitchhiking
- cultural exchange
- zerowaste
- poetry slams
Music, Movies, and Books
I listen to indie, alternative, pop punk, punk rock and metal core - but I am always up for new music influence and pretty easy going if it comes to music (as long as it is not German "Schlager" Music, which is definitely the worst genre I can imagine).
My fav movies r Into the wild, on the road and requiem for a dream.
I read a lot but I don´t really have a favorite book. But the book I liked the most in the past years was "Die Känguru Chroniken" by Marc-Uwe Kling, what is basically a book about a communist kangoroo living together with a crazy artist- never read something that funny but with so much reasonable social critism before.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Sleeping under the stars in the Thar desert; 160m bungy-jumping in Nepal.
But I think so much things are amazing so it is not important to give the title "one amazing thing I´ve done".
I recently made a one week road trip through Iceland, and that definitely blew my mind, because the nature was just beyond everything I´ve ever seen.
Teach, Learn, Share
I can share my (vegan) cooking skills, teach a little bit of German or give you some travel tipps for European Countries :)
I am currently trying to learn Spanish so I would be happy to learn more, also I would like to learn something about the country you live in, the culture, cuisine and more :)
What I Can Share with Hosts
Can teach German, share a lot of stories, if you need help with any kind of project I am up to engage in that :)
Countries I’ve Visited
Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
Canada, Germany, India, Turkey