CURRENT MISSION

Travel the world to see all the mountains!

ABOUT ME

For some reason I cannot upload a photo, for everybody interested may I refer you to my travel blog: followkatrin.wordpress.com ! Thanks!
I love mountains, books, Kaiserschmarrn, sticky rice, sports like Tennis (watching Wimbledon's semifinal right now..), skiing, snowboarding, mountainbiking, climbing, actually pretty much every sport - talking about, watching, doing.

When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, /
Pray that the road is long, /
Full of adventure, full of knowledge. /
....
Pray that the road is long. /
That the summer mornings are many, when, /
With such pleasure, with such joy /
You will enter ports seen for the first time; /
...
Always keep Ithaca in your mind. /
To arrive there is your ultimate goal. /
But do not hurry the voyage at all. /
It is better to let it last for many years; /
And to anchor at the island when you are old, /
Rich with all you have gained on the way, /
Not expecting hat Ithaca will offer you riches. /
Ithaca has given you the beautiful voyage. /
Without her you would never have set out on the road. /
She has nothing more to give you. /

And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived you. /
Wise as you have become, with so much experience, /
You must already have understood what Ithacas mean. /

From Ithaca
Constantine Cavafy, translated by Rae Dalven

PHILOSOPHY

When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, /
Pray that the road is long, /
Full of adventure, full of knowledge. /
....
Pray that the road is long. /
That the summer mornings are many, when, /
With such pleasure, with such joy /
You will enter ports seen for the first time; /
...
Always keep Ithaca in your mind. /
To arrive there is your ultimate goal. /
But do not hurry the voyage at all. /
It is better to let it last for many years; /
And to anchor at the island when you are old, /
Rich with all you have gained on the way, /
Not expecting hat Ithaca will offer you riches. /
Ithaca has given you the beautiful voyage. /
Without her you would never have set out on the road. /
She has nothing more to give you. /

And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived you. /
Wise as you have become, with so much experience, /
You must already have understood what Ithacas mean. /

From Ithaca
Constantine Cavafy, translated by Rae Dalven

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Since I am on the road until summer 2011 I just participate as a guest but with the ambition to be the very best! Hm.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None and scared!

Interests

See my description , I guess I should have put something else there...

• books
• traveling
• blogging
• cycling
• skiing
• snowboarding
• sports
• rock climbing
• tennis
• biology
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Arctic Monkeys, White Lies, Razorblade, The Killers, Last Shadow Puppets, Mgmt, and such
Books, so many! Haruki Murakami, Kafka, Erich Hackl, A Cw Orange, Hesse - Unterm Rad, Horvath - Jugend ohne Gott, Mulisch - Entdeckung des Himmels, Camus - L'etranger, Sartre - Huits Clos, ......

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Mountainbiking in Tibet, everybody should have climbed a pass with the bike and then be rewarded with the breath taking view on the Mt Qomolangma as it rises majestically out of the Himalayan range!! and then cross to Nepal, 2000 high meter downhill starting on the desert like dry Tibetan plateau and dive into rich green, humid valleys as you enter Nepal!!! Unbelievable!

Teach, Learn, Share

Maybe I can share my knowledge on basic research and Molecular biology... I can teach German.. This question is depressing,...
I love to learn languages!