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Overview

  • 4 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Danish, English; learning German, Spanish
  • 47, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • architect in building design and urban research studies
  • cand.arch.
  • From Silkeborg, Denmark
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

getting out where the sun shines

ABOUT ME

I grew up in the city with two brothers and parents who wanted to get a vineyard in France! We travelled a lot together, cycling through beautiful places in Denmark, France and Hungaryâ

PHILOSOPHY

Good human relations fuel my inspiration to be an engaged person. I believe that by helping and trusting one another, what we get in return is far bigger and more important than the effort we put into it: friendship and shared moments.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have several times enjoyed unorganized couch surfing with friendly people I've met on my travels, so I find this initiative very positive and concider it a very valuable way for cultural exchange and understanding. So far I have had nothing but absolutely wonderful experiences. Different ones every time and always positively memorable.

Interests

Meeting new people and new places; learning new languages; listening to stories and making new ones; reading and writing; singing; sketching and taking photographs; travelling....
I also love to go running along the water, whereever I can find a coastline aaaand I play tennis, -although absolutely miserably!
I really enjoy diving and sailing, too, but very rarely have the opportunity. Basically, I just love being around water, both for activity, leisure and peaceful views to the horizon.

  • writing
  • singing
  • sketching
  • running
  • walking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • sailing
  • tennis
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Books... I love reading, love books. At the moment I'm in slow progress with Philip Roth, The Plot Against America.
Music... I'm loose on that one and enjoy many different kinds, from classic to jazz, rock, alternative etc. Only, I don't appreciate death metal too much. At the moment I put on Billie Holiday a lot.
Movies... I'm a fan of interesting storytelling, be it written, told or shown on film.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One thing would be... walking through the Costa Rican rain forest for the first time with the river gushing past and that intense green lushness of the world’s perhaps most fantastic biological resource surrounding me.

Teach, Learn, Share

I will teach you Danish any day you'd like me to ;) Apart from that I guess sketching could be another option. Of course, there's also a lesson to be learned about the Danish cuisine...
If you're a pro tennis player, I would be glad to receive a few tips and tricks :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Nicaragua, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Guatemala, Luxembourg, South Africa

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