fully vaccinated

I am that “adventurer” who likes a comfortably non-adventurous safety margin. On the other hand I was attested a somewhat risky style of riding my bicycle in cities. I am an engineer and I like to build things with my hands.

Professionally, I am into computational fluid mechanics which involves physics, coffee, and a blend of python/fortran/tex, but typed on a nice mechanical keyboard, so it feels more like building something.

I play saxophones in two bigbands, and am quite passionate about fine arts and (product) design.

A prototypical day in a new city involves some strolling, to explore the architectural landscape, passing by some ateliers, maybe visiting an exhibition, and a flea market, if I am lucky. At the end of the day I would enjoy a beer at a Jazz club.

Back in my youth I was very fortunate to spend one year in the United States living with a host family. I enrolled in High School, played in a marching band and in a show choir, and got to know the USA as a beautiful and marvelously diverse country, shaped by very kind people.
Having spent one year of my studies in Lyon, France is the second country that I am in love with.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to get to know people who live in the places that I am visiting. To me, travelling is about broadening my horizon and that involves good conversations with locals.

Interests

I like to physically create things and enjoy to gather a broad range of skills that enable me to do so. I take pleasure in designing and building furniture, although the process of iterating drafts, designing it in CAD, to actually manufacturing it is far from efficient. I am engaged in a shared workspace, kind of like a fablab (http://konglomerat.org), which gives me access to many more tools and materials than I could own and store myself, along with a great network of people.

• arts
• design
• photography
• backpacking
• hitchhiking
• saxophone
• flea markets
• aircraft
• screen printing
• big band
• inline-hockey
• unconventional bicycles

Music, Movies, and Books

Music ...
Jazz, Pop, Hip-Hop, Funk, Classical Music ... there is so much good music in all the genres, especially if they have some Jazz fused in.

Movies ...
Forrest Gump is my all-time favorite, but I have not seen many movies in the past then years ... like a handful per year. If I do watch a movie I do it in a movie theater.

Books ...
I have really enjoyed Naked Lunch, On the road, Le Voyage d'Hector, Charles Bukowsky.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Amazing .. as in amazing experience: Having played the saxophone in marching band at Hurricane High School, WV, while staying there for a year as an exchange student.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you photography, processing raw files (darktable), Cyanotype, CAD (SolidWorks, Fusion360), LaTeX (I have been using it on a daily basis for almost 6 years), vector graphics (inkscape), I could help you with coding (python, Fortran, MPI-parallelization)

What I Can Share with Hosts

A bottle of wine ... depending on their pereference, of course.

Time ... I would appreciate to spend time together, but I am not demanding it.
Helping with cooking, cleaning dishes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, United States

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