ABOUT ME

Originally from Austria I moved 6 years ago to the Netherlands. After successfully finishing my BA and MA here, I found a job in Amsterdam and am now dealing with TV content (mainly distribution of non-fiction documentaries).

I love exploring the world and engaging with different cultures (I also lived a year in the US). My interests focus is on art, architecture, photography, sports, food, festivals.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is an adventure.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Couchsurfing for me is a mean to get more out of a trip/a place than only visiting. It is about getting to know locals, their culture, their way of living. For me it is the cultural exchange that makes a trip special. I consider openness, exchange and adventure as key characteristics for participating in couchsurfing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I started couchsurfing during my one-year stay in the US in 2007/2008. In the end of that I made a roadtrip for 3 weeks in California and Nevada with friends, and we couchsurfed where it was possible. We only made positive experiences with all our CS hosts, we stayed with a crazy, uncomplicated guy and his friends and had tons of fun (spontaneous nightly city tour), we had an 'invisible' host (we stayed one night and always (day/night) just missed each other, but via notes we communicated, it was fun) and lots more. When I moved to Holland I also couchsurfed the first two weeks here to directly get into touch with Dutch people. That marked the beginning of my by now 6-year stay now in the Netherlands, and I am still in contact with some of them!

Interests

Art (especially modern art, urban art & photography), architecture, outdoor activities (cycling, hiking, ...), sports (snowboarding, squash, ...), festivals & music (especially electronic music but also bands like Alt-J, Mumfords&Sons, ...), series & movies (Game of Thrones, Utopia (the British series), Black Mirror, ...)

• arts
• culture
• architecture
• modern art
• photography
• documentaries
• festivals
• dining
• movies
• tv
• music
• electronic music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• snowboarding
• sports
• racquetball
• squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: electronic music (love the Berlin beats) also vocals & beat like Pupkulies & Rebecca, drum & bass, minimal, house, techno but I also like bands like Mumford and Sons, The National, Gogol Bordello, Of Monserters And Man, Alt-J...

Movies: Intouchables, An Education, Looper, Ruby Sparks, The Elite Squad, Into The Wild, Art & Copy, Drive

Great book I recently read: The Curious Incident Of The Dog At The Night Time

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One of my last trips was to Istanbul - go there, it is an amazing city, so much culture, Eastern and Western, nature and buildings, it is amazing!

Countries I’ve Visited

Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Netherlands, United States