Best regards to who are reading this! :)

Currently: On travel! Which is planed from Germany back to China only by terrestrial transport. Already went through:🇩🇪🇨🇿🇸🇰🇦🇹🇭🇺🇷🇸🇧🇬🇹🇷

Me in short: An upcoming Physics student who meanwhile also learns tarot and dreams to be an indie film director one day :)

You can simply call me Sia. If you insist to call me by my Chinese name - which would be a little bit challenging to pronounce it correct - then try Ziyan in Phonetic Alphabet, which will be: [zɿ] [jɛn].

I’m going to study Physics from 2024 winter semester in Germany. I'd like to practice and have conversations in German, but notice: I learned German intensively since last July, pass the language test kind of ok, but not that kind of perfect for deep conversations of all the topics - would like to and could try though, if you have that patience :)

I won’t say that I’m good at photography, but I do like taking photos and also filming with my camera in my daily life. You can see some of my works on my CS album when you’re interested in it.

Film is one of the most important form of art media for me.
I’m also very interested in linguistics - different writing systems in particular. It’s always a pleasure for me to get to know something new about language - no matter in general or specific.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I heard of CS from some of my friends. They did have a lot of great, adventurous experiences during their travel and make many new friends and also precious connections through it. That sounds pretty cool and exciting, so I'd also like to give a try in my future travel.

Although at first I may be a little bit introvert, but I'm really open minded and glad to share my - and also listen to yours - experiences and exchange our points of view, of cultures, arts and everything about the world.

I expect to make new friends around the world and learn from each other during this wonderful trip and wish to make some precious connections and unforgettable memories in my life.

Interests

• photography
• traveling
• hiking
• astronomy
• languages
• philosophy
• physics
• science
• linguistics
• trekking
• film
• musicals
• nature science

Music, Movies, and Books

• Favorite directors: Werner Herzog; Alejandro Jodorowsky
• Favorite authors: Italo Calvino; Friedrich Nietzsche
• Favorite music artists: Pink Floyd; Popol Vuh; Klaus Schulze; 珂拉琪Collage; 福禄寿FloruitShow
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I also listen Blues, Rock; watch indie films and documentaries.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

• Trekking around Mount Kailash in the Tibetan Plateau without taking a bite of bottled oxygen
• Driving 700km on expressway a day as the very first drive after acquiring driving license

Teach, Learn, Share

• Mandarin and even a kind of dialect of Chinese is also possible :)
• Photography and filming skills ( I'm not professional so maybe just fundamental usage

What I Can Share with Hosts

• Postcards of my own photography as souvenir;
• Language and culture exchange;
• Information and whatever you want to know about life in China (maybe also Germany) as far as I know;
• Taking photos and videos - either portrait or something else - for you with my camera, if you'd like to :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Germany