CURRENT MISSION

finding a compromise between travelling, family life and working...

ABOUT ME

Thats a lot, really... to start with, I grew up in Berlin, having had parents who liked to travel, so that influenced me I guess. That was in East Germany by the way so we could only go to Eastern Europe countries. Reunification left me as a poorly orientated teenager and I became a kind of a punk, then gothic, joined the techno movement for a couple of years... At the same time I did civil service in a psychiatry, an apprenticeship in a bank and travelled as far as I could which wasn't too far actually... Later I started studying for teacher and travelled a bit further. Oh yes and all the time I wrote lots of stuff, shorter and longer more or less fictional texts and even managed to get a novel published, the publisher went bankrupt though, not my fault!! Plus I became engaged in the local Berlin Friedrichshain reading and off culture scene, really an insane time.. Still I managed to continue travelling, and by the way became an enthusiastic cyclist, one aspect of my trying to live more or less in balance with nature.. Now I'm a bit out of all of this, but my interest in the main issues remained :). As I studied on & eventually graduated, I could afford longer journeys.. Did I mention having lived in the UK for a year? Well now it's a new stage coming up: fatherhood! Let's see how that influences our travel habits.. Anyways, so far I've kept open minded and deeply interested in the world, and I hope to stay that way!

PHILOSOPHY

i guess it's collecting experiences for inner growth and maturity - and not to lose faith in humanity, people, being philanthrop, something like that

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

After having couchsurfed big time I guess it's about giving. I already joined my local CS group and am excited about the things (and surfers) to come ;o)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My girlfriend and me surfed quite a few couches during our Australia journey which was a really rewarding experience. It enabled us to meet locals very intimatly and make some hopefully longlasting friends. So now it's about implementing the CS-world into our lifes in Berlin, which means embarking to a new adventure...

Interests

People, culture, literature, music, extreme experiences

• culture
• books
• literature
• reading
• traveling
• music
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

wow, a lot again... Bukowsky and Welsh but also Kafka and Dostoyewsky... not to forget Baudelaire and Murakami - oh yes and Adams & Pratchett of course ;o)

weird movies like the David Lynch ones or City of Lost Children, or funny ones like Bad Taste or Inspector Clouseau...
music: Beastie Boys, Led Zeppelin, NIN, Cyne, Psytrance, Shapeshifter, Buck65, Pink Floyd, Aphex Twin, David Bowie, Gypsy Music...
its just too much ;o)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United Kingdom

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