Hello, I'am Benni from Bayreuth (Germany)!

Who am I? I'am a traveller who tries to do as many things as I can do in my life.

I love exploring new cultures and the people who live in there.

I'am really looking forward to meeting a lot of nice people on earth! :-)

If you're interested in my journey have a look at my homepage:

https://reportageofanadventure.wordpress.com/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet the nicest people you can find in a country! All couchsurfers who gave me a place to sleep taught me something about travelling, life, their language and their country. I really appreciate this!

Interests

I spend a lot of my time climbing in my homearea the FRANKENJURA and sometimes in the Alps. But I really enjoy finding new crags all over the world - espacially Norway or the southern parts of Europe.

• writing
• theater
• photography
• cooking
• yoga
• running
• reading
• hiking
• mountaineering
• teaching
• languages
• adventure
• exploring
• poems
• climbing
• ice climbing
• philology
• brazilian jiu jitsu
• philosphy

Music, Movies, and Books

Grunge, Alternative, Stoner, Garage and Blues Rock, Rock, Prog, Hard'n'Heavy, Post-Rock, Experimental Music, Indie, also classic stuff like Beethoven and Godowsky...

I studied literature and linguistics, so it's quite hard to define a favorite book or movie.
Some of my favorites are: Hesse, Altmann, Brecht, Rilke, Strunk, Kafka, Hemingway, Nietzsche, Schrott...

There are also so much movies, but I think the Kubrick and Lynch-stuff is quite good, also Werner Herzog and so on...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Did a handstand at the tip of the Trolltunga in Norway.

Traveled to the Pulau Banyaks in Indonesia, which took me and my girlfriend 2 days (included 8 hours on a nutshell over the ocean).

Once I had a 43 hour trip in a train in India.

Drank beers with a druglord in Canada.

Paddled down the Yukon-River for 700 kilometers through the wilderness in 15 days.

Hiked with 18 years my first "long-distance" trail in Germany with a friend - 160 kilometers in 5 days.

Self-published a small anthology of my poems.

Wrote an unpublished book.

Spent a month in a remote valley in Chile for a climbing trip.

Teach, Learn, Share

I've studied teaching, so I think that I can teach some subjects (especially GERMAN). :-)

Seriously I can teach all the climbing stuff (technique, belaying etc.) because I am a trained climbing coach of the DAV.

As a son of a headcook I'm pretty sure to teach some German-recipies!

I hope that I'll learn spanish fluently and get in touch with other languages in the comming future.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Typical culture. Anthropology. Food. Knowing. Tips. The meaning of Live. Jokes. Fun...

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, France, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany