CURRENT MISSION

Feel home in Québec

ABOUT ME

I'm an uncomplicated person who loves talking and laughing with nice people. Expert in sharing apartments, I met all kind of people and I always had very good experiences. Until recently I was testing video games in German and French as it gave me the opportunity to stay in this wonderful city while waiting for my permanent residency. I am not into gaming at all, but finally it was quite a funny job and I love working with people from all over the world, practicing my language skills and finding funny language issues. Now I work for the Goethe-Institut here in Montréal and give advices to all those motivated people who want to learn German and go to Germany soon. I am lucky to stay in touch with my culture and language while being abroad.

PHILOSOPHY

La vie est belle!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I don't have a lot of time to host you and I share my apartment, but I could show you my favorite places in Montréal. I know the city quite well and I especially know good places to eat, to have a cup of coffee or to listen to good music. One advice for everyone: Go to P'tit bar and enjoy the good music and intimate atmosphere. I am sure that you will love it and meet some nice people.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'll never forget the night on a deserted rooftop of a military building close to Halifax with coyotes around us and shooting stars above. Thanks to my wonderful hosts. I also made very good friends in Buenos Aires and was invited to a private evening at the place of an Italian guy who hosts people in his houses in Roma and Buenos Aires. His homemade pasta was awesome and I will never forget the Peruvian guy whose dream was it to rollerblade in a sunga - a very tight bathing suit at the Copacabana.
I've never hosted someone, but you're invited one day when I have my own space.

Interests

I like travelling, reading, theatre, music, eating, washing the dishes and just being happy. My favorite new hobby is playing the violin. Nobody believes me that my roommates aren't bothered. A man in our backyard told me recently that I'm a pretty good beginner. :)
And very soon I want to improve my Japanese. I went there for three weeks last year and really enjoyed it. Great feeling to be able to understand a few words to order in the restaurant.

• culture
• coffee
• video games
• reading
• traveling
• music
• violin
• hunting
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Viktor Vogel - and I met an American-Irish guy in a hostel in Osaka who knew this underestimated German movie. :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Getting to know a lot of lovely people here in Montreal who I see again and again by coincidence makes me happy. For me it's still astonishing to realize that the province of Quebec is a big village.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am becoming a pretty good German and French teacher and I could show you how to bake my grandma's Apfelkuchen.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Chile, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Germany

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