Welcome to my profile. My name is Bernhard, born and raised in Austria, speaking German and English – and a bit of Spanish. I've always liked traveling but also wanted to immerse myself in a different country and culture one day for more than just a few days – which I'm finally doing now in Uruguay! :)

A little bit about myself: I grew up in the countryside at the farm of my grandparents. Later I moved to the capital, Vienna. I really like being in nature as well as I love the city life with endless possibilities. I went to a school for graphic design and worked for over 10 years as graphic designer. Also I studied timebased and interactive media (artistic studies that focus on new media like film, kinetic art, but also performance, photography... it was a very broad field!). Last summer I graduated from a course that qualifies me as German teacher, a job which I would like to do in Uruguay.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I always like to get to know new people. My friends often describe me as rather calm and as a good listener. I would say I am very patient and definitely not hot-tempered. I am cheerful and optimistic and I look for that in other people as well. But I also appreciate to learn from other people's different points of view.

Interests

In my spare time I like to go hiking in the mountains (which is kind of normal when you are from Austria), also I am a photography enthusiast and bring my camera everywhere. I like to cook and I am mainly vegetarian (sometimes I eat fish), one of my favorite dishes is Flammkuchen.
Even though I really like concerts, exhibitions, cinema, festivals, theatre etc I also quite love to just be at home, reading a good book, having some tea.

• arts
• photography
• cooking
• movies
• music
• hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Tokyo Godfathers
Wadjda
Les triplettes de Belleville
A Clockwork Orange
Melancholia
Shortbus
Blue Velvet
Vertigo

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Italy, Latvia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria