CURRENT MISSION

Helping my daughters discover the world. Helping others discover the world.

ABOUT ME

I am from Austria, born in the US, raised in Africa, travelled much in the East, lived a long time in Switzerland. So I love to travel and venture.
Used to work as manager in a big company but felt unhappy there; had my own startup for a while. Now back in austria and employee at a large motorcycle company..

PHILOSOPHY

Everybody needs one. Takes a lifetime to develop, at least. Slowly I am getting there.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can help around here in Linz. Would love to give my couch more often but need to take care of my family's wishes.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have been invited many times during my world trip (lasted about a year) and the world trip I did with my family and wish to return some of that generousity.
I am happy to meet interesting people and help young or venturous people to get along, get to Linz, Austria, Europe, the world.

Interests

Plenty: travelling, reading, politics, science, social networks, africa, gardening, triathlon, green tea ice cream, mountainbiking, scuba diving, hiking, steaks, skiing, green energy, south east asia, mensa, energy pumps.

• triathlon
• gardening
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• scuba diving
• skiing
• rock climbing
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Love anything black in music - jazz, house, hiphop
Love cyber punk, like William Gibson, Philip K. Dick but also politics and economics

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

World trip in 1991
Crossing the Sinai on a bike
Climbing the Kilimanjaro
My own patent
2 daughters

Teach, Learn, Share

What I learned during my world trip, setting off alone and scared about it:
1. when you travel alone you will not be alone. I never met more people than when traveling alone.
2. gosh, is traveling easy, at least in Asia.
3. the world is stunningly beautiful
4. interesting people exist everywhere, even those I would normally shun, such as street bums, dwellers in a slum.
5. the poorer the people the nicer they often are
6. most people out there are amazingly poor. We do not even know what that terms means, we, here in the West
7. traveling is addictive
8. home is amazingly beautiful as well, when seen as a returning traveler. It is very good to have a base - culturally, socially, economically, spiritually.
9. traveling does not cost much necessarily - depending what you define as necessity. And traveling itself helps to question what is really necessary. Most things aren't.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kenya, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Réunion, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, Switzerland, United States, Zimbabwe

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