I am a German citizen who grew up in then-walled-in West-Berlin. After a year in the US I have worked in a number of development-related organizations and lived between 6 months and 5 years in various countries in Africa doing development finance.
I enjoy living in foreign countries, working together and interacting with the people there and experiencing differences - in customs, approaches, ideas, food, climate, landscape, ....

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

To get to know new people, share the experiences I have had, and learn more about what others can bring.

兴趣

• reading
• classical music
• scifi
• sipping rums

音乐、电影和书籍

Music: Classical between 1700 and 1900, some swing, jazz, African music, good select modern artists
Movies: No clear preference - can be anything from classics (The Third Man) to Comedy (One two three) to animated movies (Shrek) to the Muppets' Christmas Carol to Lord of the Rings...
Books: Mainly SciFi, Jules Verne, Karl May, ....

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Touring the US on a Gold Wing three years in a row, ticking off 49 states

教，学，和分享

Happy to do all three.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

(Growing) Experience on Maseru and Lesotho, as well as many other countries in Africa and world-wide.
The experience of living without WhatsApp, Ticktock, X, Facebook and other social media.

我游览过的国家

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Samoa, Senegal, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

我居住过的国家

Germany, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria, United States, Zambia