Hei,
My name is Vera... I´m a 30 years old medical student from Jena. Before I started studying a couple of years ago, I worked as an paramedic/ professional firefighter. At the moment I am working on my thesis, spending most of the time in the lab.

I like festivals, arts, beeing outside, snow, mountains and some sports. I would describe myself as an outgoing, ambitious, polite, happy and a, sometimes (to) honest person. In my freetime I love to try new things (excepted singing, dancing or sports with balls (I realy suck at this shit :D).

Travelling brought me to the most amazing places, let me meet the most amazing people and in generall broaded my horizon. I think there is nothing more valuable in life than beeing able to see the world and explore all of its beauty. I like learning about local cultures and walking off the beaten path, sometimes alone, sometimes with friends.

I prefer nature over city's, beer over wine, simple homestays over luxury resorts and people staying up for their own opinion.

Also I'm vegetarian, but I´m not trying to convince anyone :)

PHILOSOPHY

Do good - recive good

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

In my opinion, just staying in a hotel, eating at the buffet and having coctails every night, won´t show you the real face of a country. Also just hopping from one sightseeing spot to the next one isn´t my cup od tea. I would rather spend an evening in the company of local people.
Of course, I want to give something back, so whenever you in Jena and need some advices or company during your stay, just let me know :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Drunk Tea with the builder of the Northcape building
- Travelled over 20 countries and over XX000km by hitchhiking
- Played the noseflute
- Learned Latin
- Bungejumped
- Lived in a bar for 2 weeks
- Slept on the TV-Tower in Berlin for one week
- Nearly got hitten by a flying toilet
- Swam next to a rattle snake in Canada
- Met a Grizzly, many reindeers and some new born rats face to face
- Fall asleep in a train and woke up in a the center of a foreign city, without beein drunk.
- Saved a Life
- Ate 1 mio. Scoville (and survived!)
- Helped to bring a child into the world
- Skydived
- Tried fire swallowing
- Hiked up to 5500m in Himalaya
- Chanted, collected alms and kinda lived with some monks
- Ha Giang Loop in Vietnam
- Learned to be so, so thankfull
- etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany