CURRENT MISSION

Live deep.

ABOUT ME

Knowledge worker (World Bank), researcher, intellectual, media/telecom person, analytical but philantropic, frank but nice, sarcastic but only if you want to, can have great conversations, can't help but not do smalltalk (too interested in the things that matter)
http://twitter.com/friedema

PHILOSOPHY

It's complicated. Basically, I think one should deepen one's character as much as one can. Experience, learn, meet, become wise, be laid-back, don't panic, and hopefully (as a result of that) be happy. Happy is not having fun though. Happy is deep comfort. Long way...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would like to host, but I live in a place... For the time being, I want to keep my profile up and stay in touch. I've couchsurfed quite a bit, but only a few times actually through the site. Also I've traveled a lot, all over Europe, Australia.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfing a couch in Detroit was a great experience; Through my hosts and DEMF, I got to know one of the most underestimated towns in the world. Similar in Phoenix, AZ, Couchsurfing improved my experience of the city by so much.

Interests

Sports: tennis/squash/badminton/everything with a racquet, music: jazz/electro/techno/(older & hard) rock/real hip hop/selected pop, traveling (I'll never have a big car, I'd rather travel places), culture (both arts etc. and national cultures), politics

• arts
• culture
• politics
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• surfing
• sports
• tennis
• racquetball
• badminton
• communications
• squash

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

That unique light if you look across the Seine in Paris at sunrise (some clouds, vanilla sky) and the houses glow like the stone was translucent.