ABOUT ME

Hi there, welcome Alex' Couchsurfing-profile.

I am a friendly, easy-going, sociable and accessible person. I participate in Couchsurfing to get to know people from around the world. The nice thing about hosting is that I make myself a good time while I try to make my guests have a good time by taking them to the mountains, sharing dinner, undertake daytrips,...

Currently I am not able to host Surfers, as I just moved from Salzburg to Basel and I live here in a shared flat. But I would love to share my time with Surfers. As you can see at my references I am well experienced with hosting Surfers and it always enriched my life. So although I can not host I still want to be part of the Couchsurfing community.

I am physiotherapist and expert in Spiraldynamik, a Swiss therapy concept. I work in a practice in Basel where I just do Spiraldynamik.
In 2012 I spent 6 months in South Africa, doing volunteer work for the Nazarethhouse in Cape Town. I worked there as a physio in an elderly's home and in a children's home for disabled children. But travelling didn't miss out either in this time. See my photos for some impressions!
Currently I work hard on my career by doing lots of advanced trainings.

I am a non-smokers, but I enjoy a glass of wine or a good beer in the evening with others.
I love animals with a fur (no, spiders don't have fur, they have just hair), so if you have a pet, no problem, you can bring it with you!

PHILOSOPHY

For me it is important to give every person a chance to get to know you. I try not to prejudice someone.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently I am not able to host Surfers, as I just moved to Basel in a shared flat. Now I look for people to go climbing with outdoors and for hiking. I am new to Switzerland and I hardly know anyone and furthermore I also don't know the good climbing spots! I'd love to know someone who is willing to show me where the bear steps!

Interests

I am a climbing-addict. I love the community in this sport, they are so close to nature and easy-going. Thus I spend summer-weekends in the mountains and my holidays at the good climbing spots in whole Europe. If you are lucky I can take you climbing! I also slackline and hike a lot.
I love to play board games, such as The Settlers of Catan, Andor, Dominion, Quirkle or Activity.

I love to read books, sleeping (oh yeah, sleeping!!!), meeting friends, getting to know new friends, learning new languages, chocolate.

I am a fantastic cook, so if you let me surf your couch, maybe I will cook you something typically Austrian!!

• animals
• pets
• books
• dining
• cooking
• chocolate
• wine
• beer
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• volunteer work
• music
• hiking
• sports
• rock climbing
• languages
• volunteering
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

my favourite books:
Khaled Hosseini - The kite runner
Gregory David Roberts- Shantaram
Courtney Bryce - The power of One

my favourite movies:
Dead poets society
Forrest Gump
Vincent will Meer

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I fulfilled myself a life dream by moving to Basel and working in the Spiraldynamik Center.

Teach, Learn, Share

I always want to improve my English, so please correct me if I say or write something wrong!!

I can take you climbing or hiking if you want.

I can also try to teach you how to cook some Austrian dishes, e.g. Wiener Schnitzel, Kaiserschmarrn, Kartoffelkas,...

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, South Africa, Switzerland