CURRENT MISSION

rational and emotinal knowledge may equally grow.

ABOUT ME

By travelling around the world I am combining my two passions for political science and diverse cultural understanding of contemporary problems. Problems all people share in an increasingly globalised world.

Seeing the world through multiple lenses helps me to understand the importance of differentiated political systems and national motivations.

I believe that multiple positions, reasons for problems and consequent behaviours can only be understood through a thorough understanding of other cultures.

In order to personally challenge Huntington's sombre vision of 'clashing civilisations' I constantly build new friendships across national borders. I believe that the more we know of each other, the more we see how similar we are. We might eat, speak and think differently but the most fundamental and important traits of humans are similar and should be reason enough for a peaceful future.

I'm looking forward to meeting people and new ideas to embrace peaceful international pluralism. I enjoy creative conversations great ideas and the explanations why they can be realised as much as a good old standard fashioned joke.
So, do know that one? A German, A French and the Pope come into a pub...

PHILOSOPHY

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Through sleeping mainly, my sleep, your sleep. It's quite healthy, actually.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I think Couchsurfing is one of the best ideas you can realise with the internet.

Interests

life itself.

• pub crawls
• traveling
• socializing
• sailing
• political science
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: 70-80s music, Hendrix, Zeppelin then, Battles Dan Deacon, Foals, Joba & Wolfmother as much as the Beatsteaks, Max Herre, Clueso and some great tüüdeldüü,didididi,dadabummm,peng like MathRock with minimal elements and Beethoven!

"Books are useless! I only ever read one book, 'To Kill A Mockingbird', and it gave me absolutely no insight on how to kill mockingbirds!" (Homer S. or H. Simpson, d'oh)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed Mt. Fuji, explored the Australian Outback, cycled from Sydney to Melbourne, hitch-hiked through New Zealand, swam from one Fijian island to another,
vagabonded from LA to NY aaaaand so on.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada