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Overview

  • 15 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, German
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • New Graduate
  • MSEE from ETH-Zurich, BSEE from UT-Austin
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Enrich the life of myself and others.

ABOUT ME

I'm Spontaneous; love to travel and meet new people!

I believe that everyone has something to teach you. Hence, I love to talk to people about a wide variety of things, especially new things!

I just moved to Krakow and love it here. I aspire to get experience as an engineer. Really interested in the topics of machine learning and data science.

I'm really into Brazillian jiu jitsu. I like how martial arts teaches you the importance of training and doing things correctly (the sport becomes really technical). I like sports in general, and things outdoors.

PHILOSOPHY

"To those who feel, life is a tragedy... to those who think, life is a comedy"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

In any way I can- love to host, surf, and go to meetings; they are always interesting experiences!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I started out by hosting friends in Austin, but became more active after moving to Europe. Love having the opportunity to meet people from everywhere.

Interests

I enjoy trying new things.

  • arts
  • reading
  • tv
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • outdoor activities
  • sports
  • martial arts
  • jiu jitsu
  • engineering
  • science
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

"Modern Man in Search of a Soul" by C.G. Jung is one I just got through with. Currently, I'm reading "Stumbling on Happiness" by Dan Gilbert. I generally like talking about anything related to psychology, philosophy, history, politics, different cultures, outdoors stuff, etc.

I'm trying to learn polish.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I participated in a humanitarian effort in Kyrgyzstan, to reach a highly secluded Dunegan tribe in the mountains. In order to reach some of the villagers, we were on horse back, it was a surreal experience.

Teach, Learn, Share

Reading about a place, seeing it on TV, those things aren't full representations of it. I believe that anyone you can meet has something interesting to teach you, because that way you are a little closer to being in their shoes.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I live really close to the space needle, in Lower Queen Anne, and have a spare air mattress.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Poland, Switzerland, United States

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