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Overview

  • 4 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning Finnish
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2016
  • Berlin
  • speech therapist, historian, linguist
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

Puh, it's quite difficult for me to describe myself. I'm a rather quiet person with many different interests. So, especially at first I don't talk too much. Give me a little bit time and I will start to talk a bit more. But I'm a very friendly, helpful and open-minded person, always interested in learning about new perspectives. I think there are so many different ways of seeing and thinking about the world. That's really fascinating.
I love music and literature. I think there is definitely not enough time to read all the interesting books and listen to all the music in the world. But I try. ;-)
Besides that I'm interested in philosophy and history. I love to explore cities and stroll around in nature. I love animals - it's too sad that I don't have enough time for a pet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to travel but I hate hotels. What a pity. Besides that I think staying at someones home gives you a much better inside into a country and its lifestyle than just bustle about all the points of interest. And as I love to meet new people and learn about their ways of living and thinking couchsurfing is a great opportunity for that.

Interests

  • literature
  • photography
  • traveling
  • music
  • history
  • philosophy
  • nature walks

Music, Movies, and Books

As I love music and books it's really hard to choose any favorites, but I'll try...

Music: Nightwish, Pink, Metallica, Rammstein, Kamelot, Classcial Music, Evanescence, Alicia Keys, Adele

Literature: Khaled Hosseini, Luca Di Fulvio, Ildefonso Falcones, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, German classics (especially Schiller and Goethe)

Movies: The King's Speech, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Inception, Thor 1+2, Avengers, Life of Pie

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hm, I think the most amazing thing was a boat trip in Finland. After a rainy day I, a friend of mine and her aunt went roaring after the rain stopped. There was an amazing sundown with the clouds being reflected in the water. Around us everything was silent except for the wind in the trees. Everything was so calm that I sobered down as well. It was just fantastic!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a speech therapist and vocal coach so I can teach you some vocal and singing skills. I also can teach you some piano playing. And of course I can teach you some German as this is my mother tongue.
Besides that I can share my experiences with you. I have several professions (historian, linguist, vocal coach, speech therapist) and I'm therefore dealing with many different topics from history, language, literature, music, philosophy. I'm always happy to share these interests.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany

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