I'm an American enjoying life in this most wonderful of cities, Wien. I love traveling and learning languages. I also enjoy outdoorsy things, like horseback riding, hiking and camping. I like to cook in my free time and try out new recipes whenever possible. My most recent language goal you ask? To learn Dutch. Cuz let's face it, it just sounds awesomely fun!

I work as an English Teaching Assistant in two HAKs in Vienna and am also studying for my masters in Applied Linguistics (Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft). Basically, I'm putting off the real world for as long as possible while enjoying my studies :-)

I'm not comfortable talking about what I'm good at, but feel free to get to know me and figure it out for yourself :-)

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Favorite movies: The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen), Fried Green Tomatoes, Steel Magnolias, Non ci resta che piangere, The Princess Bride, The Importance of Being Earnest, 40 Year Old Virgin, Mean Girls, Komm Süßer Tod.

Favorite Literature: The Hunger Games Trilogy, anything by Tamora Pierce or Brian Jacques, Shakespeare, The Importance of Being Earnest, Harry Potter, anything by Philippa Gregory - any historical fiction from the Elizabethan era for that matter. And let's face it, the occasional chick-lit...

Favorite TV Shows: Modern Family, Friends, Charmed, Coupling, Alias, Firefly, Star Trek: TNG, Law & Order: SVU.

Favorite Music: Adele, anything 90s, Celine Dion, KT Tunstall, Flight of the Conchords, Snow Patrol, the music from Wicked, Rent, and Tanz der Vampire.

Favorite Food: any kind of Italian food, Schnitzel, Kebab, Japanese, Korean, ice cream... I'll try anything at least once.

Coffee, my family, my friends, ice cream, my computer, sarcasm.

the future, what language I want to learn next, what country I want to travel to next, basically, anything and everything... hence the caffeine addiction.

probably out with friends somewhere in the city, or sometimes at home watching a movie, or when I'm really lucky, travelling somewhere! A night out can consist of many things: for example, watching a soccer game (or American football sometimes), at a bar with friends, the occasional late-night kebab or noodle box, etc...

nothing. The whole definition of private is that one is not willing to admit it openly...

you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain...