Hello world out there, I'm Antje. I live in Hamburg, Germany together with my husband Tonio, our two children (13 + 18 Years) and our cat Minzi.
I work as an illustrator of childrenbooks and do a lot of workshops in schools, libraries and on festivals, for children and adults alike. Most of the time I work in a big shared studio in "Schanzenviertel" - we are eleven people, musicians, photographers, animators and Illustrators.
I like doing stuff with my hands: tinkering, constructing, sewing, planting, painting, cooking, baking, building ...
And I also enjoy very much doing projects together with other people.
And I like to practice yoga.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I do like to travel and to get to know new places and the people living there. And I think couchsurfing is a great way to do so and connect with the world, even without travelling ;-)
Our daughter Rosa has finished school this summer and is travelling by bike in the baltic area, using the couchsurfing-community. Since she is away at the moment, we do have a spare room. I think it would be very nice to welcome other travellers in our house!

Interests

• theater
• music festivals
• dancing
• yoga
• gardening
• reading
• music
• art
• ukulele
• cinema
• exhibitions
• wild camping
• the beach
• fleamarkets
• wild swimming
• campervans
• pop-up-books

Music, Movies, and Books

There is a lot of live-music in our house: Tonio and our children are playing the piano, my son also plays trombone and I try to play the ukulele. We hear all kinds of music: funk+sould, jazz, electronic, the austrian band Bilderbuch, Deichkind, a lot of brazilian Samba (Tonio i a huge fan - and we are co-fans...)
We are always curious about new music - what do you like?
All of us also read a lot - I very much enjoy the books of Margaret Atwood and some books of T.C. Boyle lately.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach you basic ukulele-strums and chords - since we have two ukes, we can just try it. It is so much fun and very easy to learn!
I also can teach you how to make simple pop-up-constructions.
I can also introduce you to some basic yoga - I am not an yoga teacher though, but I have been practicing it for the most time of my life.

What I Can Share with Hosts

If you want, I can teach you a little german and some basic english.
(And I would very much like to learn some words in your language ...)
If you want, I can help you cooking. Or cook something for you. And I do make a very good salad dressing ;-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Colombia, Finland, France, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States