CURRENT MISSION

Facing my fears.

ABOUT ME

I am kind of a full-time traveler. After finishing my studies, I left and since then worked, lived and traveled in different countries. In 2014 was the first time where I just traveled for a while without staying somewhere for longer. Although it's been amazing, I prefer working in places and staying for a while, so that I can understand them. I love the getting to know and I love the leaving as well. No matter where I've been during the last years, I always participated to my experiences and dived into the worlds I encountered. Some of them really kicked my ass and some just been like an unexpected present.

Freedom is a big thing for me as might be for every traveler.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed some couches in Europe and Australia. Best experience so far: Arriving in Bologna (Italy) and couldn't find a hostel. So I went to a bar, had a rum and coke and decided to spend the night out instead of spending a fortune on a hotel room. In the meanwhile I posted on couchsurfing that I need a couch, but didn't really believe in finding one. At 1 am in the morning (where it just turned out that all the bars are shutting down soon) I got a phone call and ended up having a warm place for the night, a nice breakfast and good conversation with a guy who traveled the world for years.

Interests

music, concerts, writing, good conversations, philosophizing about life, reading, cooking...
My interests are depending a lot on the places I am at. I am carrying a few from place to place though: my backpack full of books, my music collection, my desire to analyze and my love to nature, being outside and getting to know people, cultures, countries.

• writing
• books
• poetry
• theater
• concerts
• cooking
• partying
• reading
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

I like books which are novels, but not stories. Which focus on the things between the lines, capturing feelings, reasons and the things behind the scenes. My current favourites: Hermann Hesse, Henry Miller

Music: Oh yeah, music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Only one? The best things I've ever done was to leave the safe path I was wandering on. What means safe? For my internal world it never been safe, but for my future and career and blabla...Whatever, since then sometimes I look back and can barely believe that all the things that happened so far. Although it mostly is the people around you who are making your experiences special, I as well experienced very lonesome times which in the end been an amazing thing I've done. For example spending 2 weeks in a forest monastery in Thailand. Or living 4 months in an old circus caravan in the Bavarian forest. Sometimes I'm longing to strive off the unnecessary. Or doing a hitch-hiking trip through Italy, Austria and Switzerland. I love these situations, where life just has to catch you and you completely have to rely on your intuition. The people I encountered on my hitch-hiking trips, the homes I've been invited to, the cheerfulness of people made these trips absolutely unforgettable!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I've been told that I can cook quite well.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Italy, Jersey, Laos, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, Jersey, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand