I like little unimportant pieces of information. I like how language works and how languages are interconnected and influence each other, especially in Europe.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'd love to see a new town every weekend if possible and meet many people, learn more about the language and culture I'm about to teach to German kids and hopefully make some friends! I hope to be able to see more of the UK while I'm there.

Interests

drawing, painting, watching TV, reading

• culture
• books
• reading
• tv
• painting
• drawing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

One of my all-time favourite films is "In Bruges", I'm enthusiastic enough about Oscar Wilde's work (esp. "The Picture of Dorian Gray") that I wrote my master's thesis about it and didn't start hating it half-way through. (that's an important point, I think!). I also like Terry Pratchett a lot and I do find Shakespeare very entertaining. I do watch TV-shows a lot, at the moment mostly British ones - there's a lot of weird stuff on British TV. especially comedies! :D
I don't listen to music much, to be honest. I do sometimes like to listen to Irish folk, a German comedian/singer or classical music. Usually I much prefer audio books. I listen to those all the time, especially at the gym! ("Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" at the moment. Harry Potter was a big part of my life ever since I was 11 (yes, LONG ago) and I'm not ashamed to admit that I still love it!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I wrote a book. Not a very good one and it wasn't published (it was just my bachelor's thesis) but I never actually managed to finish a story before, so I was proud of that. But I hope many much more amazing things will follow!

Teach, Learn, Share

I have learned a bit about teaching German in the last month and a half (well, telling pupils the way they say stuff is wrong - and trying to guess what the rules behind it are!) As mentioned, I do seem to know many unimportant facts about stuff.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom