I work as a freelance-journalist, which suits my curiosity and my incapability to deal with authorities.
I love to get to know new places and people, enjoying the territories between intellectual summits and utmost silly stuff (niveau-flexible).

CURRENT MISSION:
I am working on a book on penguins (:-), which will take me to Greenland in July, to the Falklands/Malvinas and Patagonia in November and December, and to Uruguay later on in December/January. When I am in Berlin, I there are times when I a happy to receive guests and pamper them, and others where life is just too busy and I can't.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

for the people.

Interests

I am a very curious person, so I guess pretty much anything. except for nail polish and soccer.

travelling. places and faces. I want to find out what drives people. And communities. And the universe. I am fascinated by the underwater world and wish I could live there for a week or two. I love documentaries -- animal ones are the best!

A capella music, campfire singing
Tango and swing
Improv theatre
Trekking, climbing, kayaking, skiiing... All ghe great stuff you do outside
My balcony and its little beauties

Sleep outside, in my hammock
Climb into construction sites
Swim in any available open water
Try new kinds of very strong liquor
Be offline

• books
• documentaries
• tango
• yoga
• meditation
• music
• hiking
• kayaking
• rock climbing
• swimming
• ukulele
• the ocean
• lindyhop
• anything outdoors
• penguins
• a capella
• improv theatre

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I never know what to answer to this question. Indie stuff from the 60s, 70s, 80s, I guess. Cheesy Italo and Latin pop, Ska and Balkan stuff, Electro Tango. Dancable! Rodriguez, Keith Jarett, Jan Gabarek, Babylon Circus.

I like (and need) silence, too.

Movies:
Best lately: Toni Erdmann. Arrival. The Lobster
Best ever: Salt of the Earth. Mary Poppins

Books: (lately)

Behind the beautiful Forevers
China Road
Ungläubiges Staunen
Untergetaucht
Zeitoun

So... Lately mostly non-fiction, stuff that that takes my mind either out into the world, or deeper inside daily details

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hike from Argentina into Chile, on the Bolivian Altiplano and ride a motorbike through Ladakh and Zanskar

Sail from Colombia to Costa Rica

Swim with dolphins in the open sea

Eat more than 15 chinese dumplings at a time

Meditate for insane 10 days in a row

Write and publish an impossible book about a Brazilian slum

Be part of an Improv Show in China

Tiggle a 5 tonne elephant seal and watch Rockhopper penguins take a bath in the cree -- there is nothing like it

Teach, Learn, Share

happy to:
sing around a campfire (sing nicely, play the guitar crappily, picking up the Ukulele now)
go for a dance (tango, salsa, swing, just go wild)
go for long walks and bikerides, exploring
do yoga, go swimming, snorkelling, running, hiking, cycling, kayaking...

what I want to learn in the near future:

Chinese
Freediving
Get a motorbike licence
Play chords on the piano
Do the yoga crow
How to fix a car, so I can go buy a campervan

What I Can Share with Hosts

my quest, my thoughts and observations
an open mind and heart
my love of cooking for other people
a good sense of humour
many, many fun facts about penguins
my longing to go and see Antarctica and South Georgia

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Estonia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Croatia, Ecuador, Germany, United States