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Overview

  • 18 references 17 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning Bosnian, French, Turkish
  • 30, Female
  • Member since 2015
  • Student (German language & literature studies), Marke...
  • Student @ Universität Wien
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About Me

Oh my! Please ignore my bad response rate - I didn't log in to Cousurfing for a few months and thought my host status was "not hosting" so I wouldn't receive any requests... well... I usually reply quite quickly, so don't hesitate to send your requests!

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I guess everyone here calls herself/himself open-minded and funny, am I right? ;)

Since I'm a single mom I did not have the chance to travel much for years. But my son is getting older and loves staying at his dad's place or with his grandparents for a few days - and I am finally able to expand my horizon by visiting foreign countries and meeting new people, yay! When nobody wants to take care for my boy while I'm on vacation I just take him with me, ha!
And when I'm not traveling I love to have guests around - this is why I started hosting.

So what am I doing with my life? (Besides raising a kid - does that count as a full-time job?)
Attending university (and I promised my parents to get my bachlors degree soon, haha), working (marketing assistance for a movie distribution - sounds exciting, but tbh I get paid for starring at Facebook pages), talking about politics and trying to be a political active person, walking my dog. (Yes, I'm a dog person, but I won't take my dog with me when I'm travelling and I like cats too. No reason to fight about this topic!)

If I had time for hobbies I'd read more. ;)
I also love cooking (mostly vegan) and eating (food is life, food is love), lying in my bed and binge-watch great series, singing @ karaoke bars (spoiler alert: I can't sing), enjoying sunshine and rain - spending enough time in the nature is very important for my mental health, staying inside buildings for too long makes me unhappy. Very unhappy.

Oh, and I forgot to mention that I'm open-minded and funny.
And that my English should become better, haha.

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PLEASE don't message me because you are attracted to me. This is no dating platform and these messages are inappropriate.

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If you're asking me if I can host you but you don't have any references yet, please send me a link to your Facebook or Instagram account. It will increase your chances to sleep at my place a loooooot! ;)

Feel free to message me if you need a last minute host - a sleeping pad on the floor is still more comfortable than having no place to sleep I guess.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To be honest: I don't have much money. This was the reason why I created my profile on Couchsurfing. I didn't even think about hosting somebody, I just liked the idea to travel with low budget.

But after hosting some people I must say that I really like it to have guests around. It's a great experience to meet all these people from different cultures, to share my time and food with them and to practice my English!

Couchsurfing is more than just a free place to sleep, I do believe that this makes the world a better place. Traveling opens your mind, learning about different cultures opens your mind, being generous opens your mind. It brings us (and 'us' means the whole human race) closer together if we share what we have without expecting any reward.

Interests

(German) literature, learning new languages (actually I'm only learning Turkish and I should definitely improve my English... But I'd love to learn Spanish and French. And Croatian. And ...), politics, veggie food

  • literature
  • dining
  • vegetarian
  • vegan
  • politics
  • languages
  • vegetarian food
  • vegetarianism
  • vegan food
  • veganism
  • vegetarian cooking
  • vegan cooking
  • german language

Music, Movies, and Books

I mainly listen to music with German lyrics,
e.g. Alligatoah, Elif, EMMA6, Kraftklub, Max Herre, Peter Fox, Philipp Poisel, Yasha, Wir sind Helden

Authors:
Kafka (!♥), Horváth, Aichinger, Böll, Bachmann, Dürrenmatt, Frischmuth, Glavinic, Haushofer, Hochgatterer, Köhlmeier, McCarten, [...]

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Interrail trip through Italy with my son - being the only responsible adult on a trip is a great and scary feeling at the same time.

What I Can Share with Hosts

You see my smile on my pictures - I'm a happy person who loves to meet new people and who's really interested in their stories. I'd love to listen to yours.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria

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