Katharina

From: Austria

Account Type
Individual account
Travelling to
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Slovenia, Turkey
Travel dates
28/12/2018 - 21/12/2020
Nº of Facebook friends
197
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My status
Travelling
Description
I would describe myself as an extrovert person, being open minded and eager to make new friends and get to know other countries and their cultures. As I am a solo traveller, I am pretty independent and spontanious. I want to keep my list of countries I'll visit open and decide where to go mostly dependent on which host I want to meet and help.
One of my qualities is to be curious about a lot of different stuff and people, I can get along with a lot of different kinds of beings and also I am not too bad in spending time on my own. By being able to feel the vibe of a place pretty fast, I can include myself really well in new surroundings.
As I love nature and spending time outside, I like to go hiking in summer aswell as doing wintersports (mainly snowboarding) in winter. I love all kinds of animals, especially dogs. My hobbies include playing the guitar and ukulele aswell as singing, practicing historical european martial arts (mostly swordfighting), hiking, snowboarding, mountainbiking, doing some creative stuff, scuba diving, visiting concerts and festivals and hosting people from all over the world in my flat.

I have a big dream about my future-home: I want to create a space for sustainable community living. Living in the nature and sharing the space with likeminded people, volunteers, couchsurfers and animals. Now is the perfect time to learn how to do eco farming, bee keeping, building and maintanance (I'd really love to learn how to use tools as I never really came in touch with it) and how to start/manage this whole thing.
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Eco Projects
Charity Work
Language practice
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Art Projects
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
Able to teach about:
Being an elderly companion
More details about your skills
In my profession as a physiotherapist I worked in a rehabilitation center, so I have experience with orthopedic problems as well as neurologic deseases. My medical knowledge is willing to be shared.
As I hosted a lot of couchsurfers in my flat and also surfed couches in some places, I already have some experiences with people from other cultures. This is a big passion, which enlightens my life in leisure time.
In my Workaway experiences, I could gain experience in farming (weeding, planting and picking veggies) and basic knowledge about permaculture, which is to be widened in the future. I also had the opportunity to learn a little bit about beekeeping. Once I settled down, I wanna do it myself and learn how to produce my own honey and mead. In my shared flat, I did some creative projects on myself, which includes acrylic and watercolour painting aswell as handicraft (building myself a nice room, embroidery, jewelery, postcards and so on). In India, I got the chance to do wallpaintings, which i found awesomely meditative and enjoyed a lot.
I love making music with any kind of instruments - doesn't matter if I know how to, I just like trying and learning them. I can play the ukulele (which I'm travelling with), the hulusi (chinese flute) and the tin-whistle (just started learning it though). In my past, I learned how to play the classical guitar for 10 years and I also did private lessons for children for a year. So of course I would be up showing you some tasks on the guitar or ukulele. My experience with taking care of children is based on summer jobs, in which I looked after young teenagers (aged 10-15 years) with lung and skin deseases such as asthma, bronchitis and neurodermitis.

I don't have a lot more to offer, except my great will to learn, develop new qualities and make experiences in almost any field. Sharing what I know and learned in the past 2 years of travelling and being with a good community of likeminded people, who always widen my horizon in so many ways - that's what I'm looking for.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Age
26
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  no allergies
- Special dietary requirements
  Vegetarian

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15/03/2020

Left by Workawayer (Katharina ) for host for (Searching for people who wish ...)

I (we) spent a great time on the farm with Seema, her husband and the staff. The farm and the house are beautiful, and to be honest, in the beginning I felt a bit uncomfortable about this 'fancy' lifestyle cause I wasn't used to it any more, but this feeling left quite fast. I enjoyed sceduling daily tasks on my own, it's a good place to be… read more

(Excellent )

26/02/2020

Left by Workawayer (Katharina ) for host for (Experience rural living and ...)

Impersonated kindness - that's how I would describe Pramila. I enjoyed my stay at the farm so much, that I ended up spending one month there. Pramila is so open hearted, she loves to sing and laugh. I loved sharing language skills with Shanta and laughing together. It was a great opportunity to learn more about farmlife, how to cook nepali dished,… read more

(Excellent )

29/10/2019

Left by Workawayer (Katharina ) for host for (Volunteer at a young ...)

This place is perfect for volunteers who like to be creative!!

When I entered the House for the first time, I immediatly felt at home. Anu somehow manages to keep the best vibes in this place. The whole Family is a bunch of lovely people, who get together for jamming, creating new art projects or just chill together on the beach or in the house.… read more

(Excellent )

28/10/2019

Left by host (Volunteer at a young ...) for Workawayer (Katharina )

Katha became part of our family in a very short span of time & was very dedicated to whatever task was assigned to her. Her music is special and just like her personality- unique & beautiful. She is full of life but she has a very calming energy to her which instantly puts people at ease. Creative, hard working, caring & humble- Katha is an asset… read more

(Excellent )

28/08/2019

Left by host (Help at our Buddhist ...) for Workawayer (Katharina )

Katharina is a mature person who helped us in cleaning, drawing and taking care of children. She is very good in arts too and she helped in drawing.
I think she is a very adaptable person and will be great to work with in any circumstance.

Thanks for helping us and also use our place to practise own meditation. Sadhu.

(Excellent )

27/08/2019

Left by Workawayer (Katharina ) for host for (Help at our Buddhist ...)

To future volunteers: if you really want to learn about buddhism, meditation, mindfulness and the burmese culture - this is the place to be! If this is not so much the case, nobody will benefit from it (neither you, nor the nuns). In the beginning it is not so easy, because the life in the center will be very different from the backpacking life.… read more

(Excellent )

26/04/2019

Left by Workawayer (Katharina ) for host for (Gardening, House work, Eat, ...)

I stayed 2 weeks with Antonella and her two lovely kids. The things she asked me to do was mainly domestic work and taking care of the kids. Antonella included me into her life from the first moment on and I felt as part of the family very quick :) She even took me to jobs, into the city and showed me some really useful cooking skills she has.… read more

(Excellent )

22/03/2019

Left by Workawayer (Katharina ) for host for (Help out with growing bio ...)

My 3-weeks-stay at Pam's was memorable. I could learn so much there and had so much fun! There's a lot of work to be done at the property, working time is about 5hrs per day (mostly weeding, planting, packing and any other stuff that has to be done). I felt really welcome at this beautiful place and in the evening we always sat together for dinner… read more

(Excellent )

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