CURRENT MISSION

to meet people, make new friends, widen my horizon

ABOUT ME

Outgoing person, interested in other people, I love to connect to people who step out and explore the world. Trying to be very good at what I do, sometimes a little too hard and that's where CS comes in. Studied Psychologie, got interested in Computers, wanted to program multimediua and createde CD Roms in Israel. Later also in Holland and since 2006 I work as a webprogrammer (Coldfusion). Freelance since 2009. Since 2004 I live wth my girlfriend in a nice apartment in Amsterdam with garden and all.

PHILOSOPHY

Life's all about experiences. The more you have, the richer your live is. Plus: trying to be really good at what I do.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just new to this. Planning to become more involved, hosting people, going to CS meetings.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Berlin 2009. We swapped houses with a German woman. We stayed for 3 weeks in Berlin, exploring the city by bike and getting attached to the local coffeeshop. She had the time of her life quieting down in sunny Amsterdam in the garden of our house, not realizing any of te plans in her busy schedule.

Interests

My work: programming webapplications-Design patterns-Javascript-Ajax-Live jazz-Reading about history,politics,sports (running/swimming/cycling) being in foreign cities, photography, sitting and reading the newspaper (lounging), movies (thriller/SF/suspense), listening to music(Nu-Jazz,Lounge,Jazz,pop,soul,origonal funk)

• design
• photography
• marathon
• running
• gardening
• politics
• movies
• reading
• socializing
• music
• jazz
• cycling
• sports
• swimming
• freelancing
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movie: The Matrix (I), The Tenant (Polanski), almost all Woody Allen movies,some Dutch movies (De Smaak van Water ,Antonia),The Big Lebowski,The Sound of Music,The Painted Bird,John Steinbeck,Goodbye Columbus (Philip Roth)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being an expat! Running the half marathon!

Teach, Learn, Share

Making a good Espresso

What I Can Share with Hosts

A laugh or two, show them the city and in general being a good host

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Israel, Poland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel