-Things I hate and things I love-

I love
traveling, taking the taxi in my holidays, drawing, playing the cello, writing stories, playing the piano, to sneeze, invent new worlds, eating, chocolate (my favourites: from Lindt; 50% Cacao with either Salt or Chilli), the moon, nature, the universe, mysteries, samosa, the smell of the cellar in my home, the smell of popcorn, amber, sleeping, shysha, animals, inspiring people, cleaning my ears, walnuts and figs, melancholia, papaya, mango lassi, church architecture, Sarajevo, books, gifts (surprises), classical concerts, nostalgia, couscous, dreams (day/ night), the wind, the ocean, romantic love stories.
I hate
buttons, getting up early, no sleep, suffering from sleeplessness (insomnia), OCD, people who hate animals, thoughts about war, diseases, death, the knowledge of the jungle getting destroyed, imperialism, the police, having an explanation for everything, air conditioning, warm seats (from someone who was just sitting there), sharing (depends on what actually), school, a wet bicycle saddle, weak hand-shakes, stepping on popcorn, screaming babies, having things in my teeth that seem to be unremovable, too much salad sauce in my salad, being excluded from things, the sun shining on my laptop, overcooked pasta, people misusing their power, asparagus, getting older, the thought of time running out.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I heard about it, I liked it and then I made a profile :)

Interests

Unicorns, Art, Philosophy, Fashion Design, Literature, Music, Bugs, Nature, Space (planets and galaxies), time traveling, medicine (maladies), psychology, religions and dreams (day and night), castles and carpets, the future (...)

• animals
• arts
• writing
• books
• literature
• architecture
• fashion
• concerts
• chocolate
• wine
• running
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• piano
• emergency services
• medicine
• psychology
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

All kind of music except rock, metal or electronic music...
Concerning classical music I have a passion for medieval chant and Renaissance/Baroque and everything from Romantic till the early modern composers (see below)

Here is some list: Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Vocalise, Piano Concerto No. 2 & 3, Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2, Tchaikovsky: Ouverture Solonelle, Holst: The Planet`s Suite, Elgar: Concerto for Cello Op. 85, Vivaldi: Concerto for two Cello in G-Major, Franck: Sonata in A-Major for Cello and Piano, Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 40, String Quartet No. 8 in C-Minor, Dvorak: New World Symphony, this wonderful piece for Cello and piano by Brahms, Vasks: Gramatam Cellam Pianissimo & Viatore, Debussy, Ravel: La Mère L`Oye, Gaspard de la Nuit; Saty, Chopin, Telemann, Gilles Binchois, Alexander Agricola.
Favourite Classical Musicians: Sol Gabetta, Hélène Grimaud, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich, Soheil Nasseri, Katia Buniatishvili.
Other Music/Musicians I like: Patrick Watson, FKA Twigs, Paolo Nutini, Björk, Lana Del Rey, Norah Jones, Fairuz, Marwan Abado "Nami ya Hanin", Frank Zappa, John Scofield "Green Tea", Dave Brubeck Band "Take five", Lola Marsh "You`re mine", Isaac Albeniz "Asturias", Bon Iver & St. Vincent "Roslyn", Kashiwa Daisuke "Skyliner", Light in Babylon "Istanbul" & "The Woman of Teheran", Yellow Days, Current Joys, Jenny Hval
3 Bands from Basel and the region around it: "The Glue", "Skarabäus", "InBalkon",

Favourite Movies: The Science of Sleep (Michel Gondry), Amélie (Jean-Pièrre et Jeunette), The Dance of Reality (Alejandro Jodorowsky), Melancholia (Lars van Trier), Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona (Woody Allen), Harry Potter, Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola, 1992), A Room with a View (James Ivory, 1985), Bright Star (Jane Campion), L`écume des jours (Michel Gondry), Marie Antoinette (Sophia Coppola, 2006), Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick), La Grande Bellezza (Paolo Sorrentino), Wintersleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan), My sweet Pepperland (Huner Saalem), Dancing Arabs (Eran Riklis), Monsieur Ibrahim ou les fleurs du Koran (François Dupeyron), Poulet aux Prunes (Marianne Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud), CloudAtlas (Tykwer, Wachowski), Capharnaum (Nadine Labaki), Enter the Void (Gaspar Noé), Loveless (Andrey Zvyagintsev), Gräns (Ali Abbasi)

Books: The City of Saints and Madmen (Jeff VanderMeer), The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books (Walter Moers), Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke), The Diaries of Alja Rachmanowa (Alja Rachmanowa), Mehr Meer (Ilma Rakusa), A la recherche du temps perdu (the dear Marcel Proust), The Arrival (Shaun Tan), Rumo (again Walter Moers), Traumnovelle (Arthur Schnitzler), Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Salman Rushdie), the Autobiographical Novels by Karl Ove Knausgard, Il neige dans la nuit (Nazim Hikmet), Kafka (everything), Constantin Cavafy (Poems but only 10%), Das Parfüm (P. Süskind)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One Amazing Thing I Do

Saving earth worms and bugs from the street or dangerous areas

I am good at catching flies!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Ideas, Air, Wine, Coffee, maybe Bread, Water and Tea ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Netherlands, Switzerland