Hi, I am Chris, a kid from the 90s that loves cycling, longboarding, running, badminton and coding. I am sharing a flat with my girlfriend and three other friends close to the center of Potsdam. We live here together since (I guess) 2011. I would not say that we are vegetarians but we like to avoid meat and vegetarian or vegan meals are also very yummy! Most of the times we cook at least vegetarian. Don't mind - feel free to tell me if you are vegetarian, vegan or whatever. I will ask you anyways. ;P

Just a 5 min walk from our home you can find the lake "Heiliger See" where you can take a run, swim or do some yoga or standup paddling. It is surrounded by some well known tourist attractions like the "Marmorpalais" or "Cecilienhof Palace". In the winter I do indoor sports on a weekly basis like badminton or blouldering. In case we have great weather and its not too cold outside I like to play beach volleyball at a place thats really close. Additionally I use my bike a lot. For example to hit Berlin at the weekends or go to the office. In 2019 I did my first real bikepacking tour from here to spain where I met a lot of crazy people. In autumn I like to hike through the forest and collect mushrooms to cook great meals.

I am doing couchsurfing because I want to meet other open minded and inspiring people. Sleeping in a hotel for me is boring and can also be very expensive. I hate racism, foodwaste and the fact that there are unfortunately so many homeless people in my country.

You can also check out my twitter if you want: https://twitter.com/chrstphrblckm

WARNING: MBTI (https://www.16personalities.com/) says that I am a campaigner, so I will blow you away with loads of useless stories and nonesense. Not kidding.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new, open minded and inspiring people and listen to their stories.

Interests

• cooking
• coffee
• vegetarian
• vegan
• bouldering
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• badminton
• sup
• longboarding
• metal
• rap
• beach volleyball
• indie
• hiphop
• bikepacking
• foodsharing

Music, Movies, and Books

One of my absolute favourite movies is the science fiction classic one "Alien". Feel free to checkout my letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/chrisbbb/

Most of the time I'am listening to grunge, rock, metalcore, hiphop, rap, german indie, chillhop and so on - my taste is very diverse. You can checkout some of my spotify playlists, if you want:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1RupmwmbXQS5E18rqP5p6g
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2edHSEsn9VeXmKbU5QmoYh
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/27yhSQxXpuQ6KdHZlbLWd5
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/787EvzL91fvDYoX90ctOui
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6cGlNxV3u6OAFX18KydBjn

I also love podcasts tackling topics like startup stuff, social entrepreneurship, bicycle stuff and how to fail fast.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Some random group of awesome people that my brother and me accidentally met in canada. We had the chance to help these people with preparing and serving food for homeless people in St. Catharines. You rock!

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach you how to code if you want to. ;-)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, beer, happiness and my knowledge and experience especially about cycling routes around here or some nice locations in Berlin to do several things.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany