I´m Benjamin, 28 years old and a frequent traveller all over the world (but mostly to travelling through Australia and now for the first time to New Zealand). I´ve studied and worked for a while in germany but now left my job travel through New Zealand for work & travel (but mostly travel ;-) )

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Just want to see more than just the hostel of a town than and meet more poeple than just other backpackers :-)

Interests

Travelling around, tramping, music, converts, aviaton, climbing,

• cooking
• cheese
• traveling
• music
• rock climbing
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I hear a lot of different stuff many german music like Kettcar, Kleingeldprinzessin (Dota Kehr), Tocotronic, Die Toten Hosen, Spaceman Spiff, Beatsteaks, Gisbert zu Knyphausen, Herbert Grönemeyer, Clueso, but also Angus & Julia Stone, Eddie Vedder, Sophie Hunger, Yann Tiersen, Glen Hansard, Muse, Rocky Votolato, Birds of Tokyo, Beirut, Death Cap for Cutie, Tom Waits....

Movies: Fight Club, Into the wild, Forest Gump, The green Mile, Lord of the Rings, Amelie, Once

Books: Into the wild, The Book Thief, Fight Club, Tschick, Millennium Trilogie (Stieg Larsson), Homo Faber, Down Under,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchiking with a road train in Western Australia!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I really would like to cook you a meal from my home called "Käsespätzle" or translated cheese spaetzle if you like to, or just a very good self made Pizza (see here for my own recipe: http://md-11.net/BennyPizzarezeptIV.html.
And of course I offer you many stories of my journeys through Australia and dome other countries...

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany