Hallo, ich bin Elmar. ("Hi, I'm Elmar" in German).
Ik kom uit Kleef in Duitsland, dat ligt naast de grens met Nijmegen. ("I'm from Kleve in Germany, this is next the Dutch city Nijmegen" in Durch)

So, I speak German and Dutch, which is also part of my mindset of Europe. Actually I live in two countries even if I residence in Germany.

In my paid job I'm engineering web application stuff, but for non profit i try to build a free wifi network in my hometown called Freifunk with my friends.

When I travel, my camera is always with me!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Europe is so diverse, but you will not make it out if you stay with other tourists. "The Locals" know how to survive on their spot.

Interests

Photography, Public Transport Stoptalk, Indie-, Alternative-, and/or Rock Music

• photography
• traveling
• music
• rock music
• dialects
• engineering
• history
• languages
• science

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Quit the university, life is a better place to lern! (for science it is a great place, but in western Europe universities mainly doing educational an not science things)

Teach, Learn, Share

Local stuff and history around my hometown Kleve and the near Nijmegen (which is the oldest town of the Netherlands), the spoken languages and dialects in this area

What I Can Share with Hosts

A european style of life, how to life in two countries at the same time, how to love the european union

Fun, jokes and puns

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany