Hey,
My name is Raphaela and I was born and raised in Vienna, Austria.
At the age of 17 , after finishing school, I travelled and lived in switzerland, germany and brazil, since 2012 I´m living in Hamburg, Germany.
I started studying Iranian Studies and Portuguese in 2013. So as you can see I´m very interested in languages and foreign cultures, especially the oriental/persian culture. I´m fluent in speaking german and english, and intensively learning farsi and portuguese, and though it´s really bad , I´ve learned french for over 4 years.
In my free time, my life is dedicated to arts, especially writing and music. Beside university life I work as a bartender and also as a volunteer at a refugee camp in hamburg.
My next journey is going to be my first trip to Iran, this march in 2015. I´m very excited about it, not only to get to know the country better but also to improve my farsi-skills.
I´m very open minded and -hearted and my wish is to get to know more and more people all over the world as I think that we can all learn about eachothers lives and cultures to make our own lives more adventurous and colourful.
Hope we´ll meet us soon,
Raphaela.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I´ve got a lot of friends doing couch surfing, and now thought of it as a good idea for my own, to travel but to get to know different people at home too.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

none yet

Interests

languages, music, travelling, art, politics, watersports

• arts
• culture
• writing
• politics
• traveling
• music
• camping
• surfing
• languages
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: jazz, soul, reggae, 60´s & 70´s rock/blues, funk, conscious rap, world, german peotic pop and stuff like that

Movies: quentin tarantino, guy richie, gangster movies, independet movies

books: schnitzler, hesse, dürrenmatt, spanish/latin american literature, russian literature, persian poetics, nonfictional books about politics, philosophy and art

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

my last journey to brazil - amazing from the first day to the last

Teach, Learn, Share

I always warmly welcome people who speak farsi or portugues so I can improve my skills!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Living in the best quarter of hamburg: altona! With lot of shops, restaurants, boutiques, galleries and bars. It´s a very arty area here, with a lot of students, artists and small families living here, definately the place to be in hamburg!
plus my roomates and me got a pooltable in our apartement. which is pretty cool.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Czech Republic, England, France, Hungary, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, Switzerland