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  • 37 references 31 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning Estonian, French, Italian
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Family doctor
  • Education is important, but big biceps are importanter!
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About Me

I'm currently trying to find a balance between working as a doctor and living as a gypsy. Therefore I've converted a truck to a tiny house and enjoy my new freedom. So what I can offer is a place on my small guest space, but don't expect too much. 😉
Since I have to work a lot I probably won't have much time for you, but can host you anyway. Feel free to ask!

ABOUT ME

manic but mostly harmless

PHILOSOPHY

Don't focus on the pleasant parts of life! Search for suffering! It's part of the life and shows you you're alive. As the hardest climbs end with a summit each suffer guides you to a new paradise.

Everyone is always reasonable, you just can't always see the reason at first sight.

Carpe diem!
Although my agenda hasn't any free space, I'm really spontanous and flexible. Call me anytime and if I'm there, I'll let you in. (Sleeping is overrated anyway!)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

being nice to others,
. . . and try to provide them the worlds best coffee

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Some prejudices I even had after traveling a country, but not anymore after hosting someone from there.

Interests

Alpine sports, climbing, running, skiing, photography, litrature, people: their body and their mind, wine, coffee (in it's art and science!) and of course medicine!. . .
I'd like to mention the coffee again and the wine!

Music, Movies, and Books

Limits Of Control, Fight Club, slumdog millionaire, soul kitchen, Schwarze Schafe . . .

from Nina Simone to Charly Haden, from Metallica to the Dire Straits, from Bonobo to Devandra Banhart and I've just fallen in Love with The Cat Empire. . .

without any intention mostly swiss authors: Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Max Frisch, Urs Widmer, Martin Suter, but also Roald Dahl, Graham Greene, Michel Houellebecq, Franz Kafka, Umberto Eco and so on. . .
My fafourite ones are "The Physicists" and "Justiz"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing my son learning and changing every day!

Teach, Learn, Share

You can ask me everything about:
bicycle-massenging: how to get through a town quickly and without to hurt someone and yourself (mostly).

climbing: If you never did it, you have to try it. First it's fun , then it becomes an experience and at least part of your philosophy.

Hitchhiking: Once you've hitchhiked through a country, you'll see it with different eyes.

survival: I've crossed the alps from Italy to Germany, without food, tent or sleeping bag. I love life as pure as it is!

and of course: How to grow a mustache! (See the pictures!)

I'd like to learn more about:
Italian, French, Estonian; medicine, arcitcture, philosophy, meditation, art, music, movies. . .

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany

Countries I’ve Lived In

Estonia, Germany, Switzerland

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