CURRENT MISSION

going by train from istanbul to berlin

ABOUT ME

indecisive, talkative, helpful, and of course clever and loveable

PHILOSOPHY

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. - Mark Twain

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

depending on the situation in my shared house of nine people, i can host, show around, have coffee, or whatever is needed

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i stayed on a great tatami in tokyo in 2007. that's all, so far

Interests

i love to write and read, traveling, meeting new and old friends, discussing politics, arts, trying new food, walking around in new neighbourhoods or nature...

• arts
• dining
• coffee
• walking
• politics
• traveling
• swimming
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

writers: Salman Rushdie, Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Georg Büchner, Franz Kafka, Sylvia Plath, Thomas Bernhard, Elfriede Jelinek, Rohinton Mistry, Aglaya Veteranyi, Terezia Mora, Georg Trakl and 100000 others that I don't remember right now

movies: a lot, but just now i remember "delicatessen", "festen", "melancholia", cohen brothers, billy wilder, fatih akin

music: rock, punk, electronica, singer-songwriter, chanson, fado

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

walking on the chinese wall
swimming in the turkish agean sea
getting my lost wallet back in prague - an old lady found it in the metro and travelled one hour to find me in the bus stop (my ticket was in there too)

Teach, Learn, Share

i want to learn to walk on my hands. i'm a trained german teacher but that's probably a bit boring. we will find something.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom