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Overview

  • 23 references 19 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning French, Italian, Lithuanian
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • German Language Teacher
  • MSc Political Science /History /English
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Making Berlin my home

ABOUT ME

I guess I'm pretty relaxed about most things, don't like to be told what to do, still looking for a path in life:)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I used couchsurfing first as a surfer, but have hosted a couple of times now

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted and surfed a couple of times and so far it was all good:) Never a bad experience and mostly awesome people to hang out with

Interests

football, travelling, music, reading, politics, diving, cooking Lasagne, eating, drinking, watching TV shows, Volcanoes, English language

  • dining
  • cooking
  • drinking
  • politics
  • reading
  • tv
  • traveling
  • music
  • scuba diving
  • soccer
  • teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies (just to name a few:
Scandinavian Cinema, German Cinema, The Big lebowski, Serious Man, La vita e bella, Mystic River, U-turn, The Godfather, Trainspotting, Tim Burton movies, The Fall, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Life of David Gale, Kubrick, The Usual Suspects.......

TV Shows: Arrested Development, Breaking Bad, Peep Show, Dexter, Flight of the Conchords, Curb your Enthusiasm, It's always sunny in Philadelphia, Modern Family, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, ROme, Lost (the first few seasons:)

Music:
Ska, Reggae, Folk, Jazz, Funk, Rock, Classic.......

Books: Malcolm Gladwell, 1984, Brave NEw World, Khaled Hoseeini, Joseph Conrad, Milan Kundera, Tom Wolfe, Clockwork Orange, Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson, Jon Krakauer, Lord of the Rings, Dune....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sunrise on Mt Rinjani (Indonesia) and Adam's Peak (Sri Lanka)
Lived and worked in Malaysia for a year
All of South Africa

Teach, Learn, Share

Not much, I am an English and German teacher, so if you happen to speak very little English/German I might be of use
I like to share food that I make and my lasagne has been widely celebrated:)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Moldova, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Old School Badges

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