Hey, my name is Jens and use the philosophy "A smile a day keeps the doctor away!" as daily motivation - and it works :-D

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Communicating and networking are one of the greatest things in life - no matter how - I think.
Each of us has lots of stories to tell and I'm really curious to hear yours and I hope you are interested in mine, too.

Interests

I love to play the piano and I am really interested in almost all kinds of sports from table tennis and volleyball to climbing, jogging and tai chi. Sometimes a good board game is as challenging as the above ;-)

Computers, programming and this kind of magic is one of my passions - mainly cryptography (you're not the only one who does not really know what it is - but I will tell you if we meet up).
Traveling to countries I've never been before, exploring new cultures and languages and meeting new open-minded people are as rewarding as reading a good biography.

• dancing
• chocolate
• traveling
• magic
• piano
• rock climbing
• volleyball
• table tennis
• computer science
• languages
• tango argentino

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite movies at the moment are Marvel's Movies, Inception, The Imitation Game and the series Lie to Me and Lucifer.

I think there's hardly a music genre I really dislike.
But I could hear Jazz and piano music as well as Dubstep all day long. Recent discovery: Electro Tango.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Building up friendships on long distance train rides.

Teach, Learn, Share

In school I didn't like to learn languages, but now I realized that different languages tell different stories and I enjoy hearing stories. So I hope I'm going to learn a lot more new languages in the future.
I have attended one course of Russian and Arabic to at least 'decrypt' the letters.

Besides playing Chopin or Yiruma or jazzy pieces, I also like to improvise and broadcast my current mood through music - and that's actually easier than you might think. I would really enjoy teaching you that.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Knowledge about computers, a lot of tasty chocolate or being a humorous big talk conversationist :-D

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany