I like people who are curious, knowledgeable, and who want to learn. I'm a bit of a know-it-all, but I practice humility, open-mindedness and a have a genuine appetite for new knowledge, at least when it's served to me after 9am. I love animals, like kids, I enjoy baking and can cook a helluva vegetarian dinner.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've been to four of six continents, both volunteering, studying and as a tourist, and though I love traveling, what frustrates me the most is that as a tourist you rarely get to meet the locals. I want to meet people, both abroad (and eventually, when I get my own sleeping-size couch) and at home, from around the world. I love the world.

Interests

Reading, traveling, editing and writing (I am part of the editorial board of a journal), music and concerts, volunteering, sewing (I make my own clothes), drawing, beer-tasting, cooking, martial arts, bouldering and yoga.

• animals
• arts
• writing
• concerts
• cooking
• beer
• baking
• vegetarian
• yoga
• clothing
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• drawing
• music
• skydiving
• martial arts
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Folk music, rock, heavy metal and downbeat electro-music.

For movies I like it when it's in uncanny valley. Especially the ones of Guillermo del Toro or smart science fiction and fantasy. In truth I'm a bit of a fantasy/scifi-geek which also transfers to books: LotR-series (ofc), anything by Ursula le Guin, most anything by Patrick Rothfuss.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Four things:
I volunteered for two months at an animal sanctuary for cheetahs in South Africa.
I moved for half a year to Montreal, without ever having been in Canada before.
First time I went skydiving I jumped solo from 15000 feet. The third time I jumped I broke my ankle.
I have crowd-surfed and stage-dived.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Norway, South Africa