CURRENT MISSION

Starting my own business as a presentation coach

ABOUT ME

If you can`t stand a smiling & cheering host in the morning go look for another sofa ;). And please note: Noone ever escaped my home 'til after breakfast...

Friendly, talkative, curious, quite generous, flexible, tolerant, humorous - I have been told :)

Sometimes I`m a little bit crazy... like when signing up in a 2-person category of a 55km canoe marathon all by myself...without prior training... and finishing only 2 minutes before the 12-hour-deadline :) :) :) YESSSSSSS!!!! See www.kanotmaraton.se - great fun!!!

My hifi stereo is alive whenever I am....

PHILOSOPHY

Speak up!

If I screw something up or hurt somebody, I`ll stand for it. And I know how to say I`m sorry and not too proud to do it.

Peace is not made by countries - but by friendships between people. And it`s wonderful to have friends everywhere in the world!

Go, surf more couches!!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting, surfing, and, well... I keep telling people about CS :)

I have been interviewed about couchsurfing on public radio - WDR2 - on air on July 20, 2007

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted a bunch of very nice CSers so far... from one up to ten nights. My own surfing experiences couldn`t have been better :)
I also met locals in Tallinn, Gothenburg, Paris and Helsinki for a beer or two or so... and really enjoyed these encounters, too.
I`m looking forward to more!

Interests

Cooking for and with nice people is great fun - let us spoil my kitchen!
I love public speaking with Toastmasters, listening to music, going to concerts & pubs. Düsseldorf`s Rhine front is a wonderful place to be in summer - join me for a beer or two or so!!!
I also love playing board and card games.
Regarding my favorite kinds of music: enough variety to scare away anybody if needed..
Some of my favorites:
Athena (Turkish Ska and Rock)
Katzenjammer (Norwegian Circus & Rock & Ballad & Folk & ...? - I`ve been to 4 gigs in 2012)
Manu Chao
Afro Celt Sound System
Africando (Afro Salsa)
Brandos (Rock from NY)
Capercaillie (Scottish Folk)
Kraftwerk (been to two gigs in 2013!!)
Sting (Ex Policeman)
17 Hippies (World Class World Music from Berlin)
Khaled (Algerian Rai)
Culcha Candela (MultiKulti from Berlin)
Die Toten Hosen (Punk and Rock from Düsseldorf)
Zaz -French Blues & Chanson Singer
Dissidenten (Worldmusic from Germany)
Wise Guys (Cologne A Capella)
Element of Crime (German Weltschmerz)
Nouvelle Vague (puh, how to explain that??)
Cheb Mami (Algerian Rai)
Leonard Cohen (no comment)
Fanfare Ciocarlia (Romanian Brass Orchestra)
Gentleman (World Class Reggae from Cologne)
Goran Bregovic (Serbian Brass Band)
Jenny Wilson (Swedish Singer/Songwriter)
Joe Jackson (The Punk-Ska-Jazz-Rock-Rock-Classical- Chameleon)
Julian Dawson (British Singer/Songwriter)
Rickie Lee Jones (US Singer/Songwriter)
Shantel (German Balkan Beats Band)
Son Of Dave (Canadian Blues / Beat Box - Singer/Songwriter)
...and many more.

• perfumes
• concerts
• cooking
• breakfast
• beer
• marathon
• coach
• clubbing
• pub crawls
• music
• jazz
• blues
• world music
• canoeing
• surfing
• boxing
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

I cannot live without music. And I have enough styles of music at home to scare away everybody!!! ;) - I love WDR-Funkhaus Europa 103.3 Mhz/FM - a world-music radio station. Check www.funkhauseuropa.de
It seems I have too little time to read much, lately - which will probably not change now that I am a Couchsurfer.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It seems to me that the less people have, the more they share - especially regarding hospitality.
I find this embarrassing.

Teach, Learn, Share

Ever heard of Toastmasters?
If you want to improve your public speaking sills, your self-confidence of speaking in front of others and your Feedback skills for very little money - and have fun at the same time, check www.toastmasters.org to find the club nearest to you or mail me - I`ll be happy to answer your questions!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Netherlands

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