CURRENT MISSION

Traveling, I guess. To get in touch with other cultures, to visit interesting places around the world and, well, to study a little bit in the meantime

ABOUT ME

I'm always keen on learning or experiencing anything new. There are loads of things in life, worth seeing or doing and I want to try as many as possible before the grim reaper catches me. I could spend my whole life traveling, but I also enjoy books, films, music, arts and much more. Im pretty sociable and like to meet new people and sometimes do discuss for hours, if there's an interesting topic...

PHILOSOPHY

"Don'€™t hesitate or allow yourself to make excuses. Just get out and do it. Just get out and do it. You will be very, very glad that you did." (Alexander Supertramp aka. Christopher Johnson McCandless)

Don't be a real-life version of J. Alfred Prufrock!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm trying to build up international friendships with the help of CouchSurfing and until now, the plan works;-). I also recommend the concept to all my friends, but unfortunately some of them are sceptics or they need an expensive, sterile hotelroom to feel comfortable. I, myself think Couchsurfing is the best way to experience a country.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Only positive - Couchsurfers are a great bunch of people, so honest, true and full of life and the spirit of adventure.

Interests

Pretty eclectic. Traveling is of course my Number-One Interest but there's a lot more. Best see the Music, Movies, Books-segment...

• arts
• books
• movies
• traveling
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies by:

Kubrick, Lynch, Fincher, Hitchcock, Wyler, Lean, Lubitsch, Scorsese, Jarmusch, Wes Anderson, Tarantino, Coen Brothers, Aronofsky, Wilder, Woody Allen (some), Harmony Korine (most), Bergman, Lars von Trier, Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Park Chan-Wook, Tarkovsky, Polanski, Godard, Truffaut, Renoir, Carné, Rohmer (most), Ophüls (late ones), Clouzot, Rivette, Almodóvar, Iñarritu, Cuarón, Fellini, Leone, Rossellini, Visconti, Dario Argento, Pasolini

Music:

Social Distortion, Rancid, Bad Religion, NOFX, Lagwagon, Millencolin, Satanic Surfers, Bouncing Souls, Descendents, Less Than Jake, X, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Cro-Mags, Reagan Youth, Dead Kennedys, Germs, Misfits, Suicidal Tendencies (early stuff), Bad Brains, Agnostic Front, Circle Jerks, Sick of it All, Adolescents, Poison Idea, Adrenaline OD, Rise Against, Dropkick Murphys, Ramones, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Frank Turner

Books by:

J.D. Salinger, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Borroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Upton Sinclair, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, Joseph Conrad, Ken Kesey, Joseph Heller, William Golding, Ian McEwan, Cormac McCarthy, Jonathan Franzen, Nikolai Gogol, Leo Tolstoi, T.S. Eliot ...this list could go on and on...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've stumbled across many amazing things on my journeys so far, but what I maybe enjoyed the most were the Tranquility of Japans Temples and Shrines (I love Kyoto and Nara!) and the wonderful Landscapes in the USA's Southwest (Grand Canyon, Monument Valley and Bryce Canyon namely)

Teach, Learn, Share

Let's be spontaneous about that.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Egypt, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany