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Overview

  • 24 references 22 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Teacher. Currently in a bi-lingual school in Munich.
  • Got a B of Teaching\B of Fine Arts. Now I do the educatin...
  • From Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To avoid having one particular mission...

ABOUT ME

G'day.
Originally from the beautiful Central Coast of Australia (one hour North of Sydney). It has great beaches and not much else. Currently living in Munich, Germany. It has no beaches but wonderful everything else.
I'm a high school art teacher, having lived and worked in Australia (obviously) and London for a while. I'm currently working in a bi-lingual private school as a teaching assistant in the primary school with the small kids. It's pretty fun.
You can find out the particulars in person, I guess. I'm always up for a beer and a laugh, or just a good old afternoon nap on the couch after a heavy day of wandering around a strange, new city for 6 hours straight.
I'd be happy to show you my (new) city, and would be really keen for you to show me yours.
Cheers!

PHILOSOPHY

Let's cover that one over a drink or two...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing and hosting. I've hosted a few people from all over the place now, and it's always been a blast.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had the best time traveling through Sweden, Denmark, the North of Germany, Poland, Serbia, Turkey and Czech Republic. And all in less than six months! Everyone was so wonderful for so many different reasons, I'm such a couchsurfing convert now.

Interests

I paint and draw a lot. Reading (so long as it's either really complicated or really stupid), trying to appreciate wine more so I can understand what all the wine-snobs are talking about, traveling (duh), and being unable to think of what my interests are when i actually have to write them down.

  • arts
  • wine
  • beer
  • drinking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • painting
  • drawing
  • surfing
  • teaching
  • beaches

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lots of stuff.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a little bit about a little bit. Anything from art (especially surrealism or street) and philosophy (the existentialists were pretty neat) to bogans and BBC comedies. But keen to learn anything new really.

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United Kingdom

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