CURRENT MISSION

Travel Brazil and learn at least a bit of Portuguese

ABOUT ME

I always find these things hard to do: But I guess I would describe me as a person easy to get along with, a little shy at times but very talkative when I'm in the right mood. I think I can easily tolerate and be fascinated by other ways to see things than the one I'm used to (with the exception of xenophobic or sexist ideologies)

I would describe myself as kind of booksmart but I often lack the living experience of the things that surround me (I'm afraid studying philosophy does that to you). So I wanna make it one of my goals to leave this theoretical bubble I sometimes find myself in and challenge some of these a priori views one tends to develop when spending too much time in a library :)
At the same time I can't deny that I really enjoy lengthy discussions, especially if they become a little abstract and I'd be happy to have one or two in case we meet.

Apart from all that, I think I am a pretty emotional person, that likes to communicate about the way he feels. I have my doubts about the whole rationality vs. emotionality destinction and I think the way we feel about things plays a huge part in how we rationalize it and vice versa.

PHILOSOPHY

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host and surf couches

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My former roommate used to host couchsurfers so we had a couple of people stay at our appartment once in a while. I thought it was most fun when people didn't have their entire stay planed but took some time to have dinner or go out with us.

By now I hosted several people from all different countries and each time it was a unique and enriching experience.

Interests

I love to read... novels, theory, history&poltics, poetry

I really enjoy learning languages, hope I can keep doing this for the rest of my life.

Things I would do if I had the time: learn how to cook more creatively, leave the city to take walks in the country, go out dancing (I like it so much, but I don't get to do it very often), get better at playing the guitar and jamming with people, learn some yoga, start writing a diary again, take a class in modern dance (I doubt that this is ever gonna happen though, but who knows, right?)

Oh and of course I would like to travel more

• writing
• poetry
• perfumes
• dancing
• cooking
• beer
• yoga
• drinking
• traveling
• guitar
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

recently loved music:
The Low Anthem, Metronomy, Belle and Sebastian, villagers, nick drake, antony & the johnsons, duke ellington, flying lotus, bonnie prince billy, etc.

recently devoured books:
"Les nourritures terrestres" André Gide, "Orientalism" by Edward Said, some Wittgenstein, "L'ecume des jours" by Boris Vian, Pornography by Witold Gombrowicz, the notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rilke, The book of disquiet by Fernando Pessoa, always Kundera, Nabokov, Ingeborg Bachmann, theressomuchtoread!!!

movies:
many many many many, I'm a little bored of the average villain vs. hero hollywood movie. Have recently developed a great interest in documentaries. Also, anything camp or trash will do it! Let's talk about it.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I grew up in Cologne some friends used to go to this couch sitting on the pillars of a bridge, right in the middle of the river rhine. Someone amazing must've put it there. Sitting there after a night out and watching the sun rise whilst drinking a cold beer was breathtaking.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm good at cooking soup, so if anyone wants to know how to do a delicious pumpkin/ginger/carrot soup.

In Berlin I give free German classes on a weeklz basis, so I have some experience with teaching my language to beginners, so if you always wanted to start we could make it happen

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, United States

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