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Overview

  • 10 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Armenian, English, German, Persian (Farsi), Spanish
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Astronomer at the European Southern Observatory
  • PhD from TU Berlin, German Space Agency
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To get to know people from all over the world.

ABOUT ME

I am currently working as an Astronomer at the European Southern Observatory in Chile, in Santiago and at the VLT observatory in the Atacama desert.

PHILOSOPHY

Enjoying life to the fullest and not having any regrets.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am new to CouchSurfing and would like to allow friends from all over the world to enjoy and share my nice and spacious apartment.

Interests

I love going to live music events, anything from rock, flamenco to classical. I also love skiing and playing all sorts of sports. But my main interest in life is travelling the world and meeting open-minded people from everywhere.

  • flamenco
  • traveling
  • music
  • live music
  • skiing
  • sports
  • swimming
  • golf
  • astronomy
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: almost all Hemingway books, cosmos, freakonomics, cloud atlas, brief history of time, the grand design, darwin on trial, the dice man, fear & loathing in las vegas (favourite book), kingdom of fear, life of pi, lots of Shakespear, etc.

Music: Manu Chao, Chambao, Bebe, Gabriella y Rodrigo, Led Zeppelin, classical guitar, flamenco, bob marley, Ben Harper, Blak Twang, Magic System, Lonely Island, Pablo Alborán, 3 Doors Down, Estas Tonne, Indila, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hanging out with buddhist monks up in Tibet.
Riding the toy-train up to Darjeeling.
Swimming beneath the Angel Fall.
Catching a Piranha from the Amazon River.
Working at the most advance telescope in the world, the VLT.
Running with the bulls in Pampelona.

Teach, Learn, Share

Free-style Skiing, Astronomy & Astrophysics.

What I Can Share with Hosts

There is a spare private bedroom with a single bed and a private bathroom.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Armenia, Chile, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom

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