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Overview
About Me
ABOUT ME
Some of my friends say that I am open-minded, globetrotter, charming, humorous, a smart cookie, authentic, reliable and hospitable and that I say things straight forward.
Some others say I am incomprehensibly self-confident and not athletic at all, but just because we do not take ourselves that serious.
In general I am in for almost everything that makes fun and makes me or others laugh :)
During the last 5 years I studied in Germany, Norway, Sweden and Canada. I just moved to Trondheim again. It is one of my favourite places in the world and I am really happy to be back here :)
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I surfed a couch for a few times (in Sweden, Canada, Austria). Other than that I have friends in lots of different places which is why I don´t need couchsurfing, haha. But even then I am trying to meet other couchsurfing locals from time to time.
When I am not traveling myself, I am trying to host as many people as possible, but that is only possible, if I am not too busy with other stuff. I don´t like hosting people for 1 night only because then you don´t really get to know the other person(s). Then it feels more like being a hotel and I am definitely not a hotel. In my opinion the idea of couchsurfing is getting to know people and not just offering a free space. People that write, "that it is OK when I am busy and I don´t have time for them because they are only staying at my place for sleeping anyway", will get a DECLINE, just as all the people that write a request where it is obvious that they only wanna stay somewhere for free...
Interests
I am really into every kind of sports. In my leisure time I play soccer, volleyball or go running. Furthermore I like photography. Sometimes I annoy my friends because I spend too much time for taking a picture.
The best part of being a student is spending time with my friends. I like to have people around me, get to know new people or go out. I like to cook with my friends or just watch a movie or a series. If I can choose the movie it would be something like "96 hours", "Max Paine", "Kevin and Perry", "White collar" or "Two and a half men".
I love to travel around and get to know new places in the whole world. Going out and travelling is basically what I spent my money for...
I am a huge fan of MotoGP and motorcycle racing in general. Watching a race is mostly quite emotional :)
During my holidays I like to be in the countryside and go hiking. Holiday is for calming down, since I can go out every week, although I don´t mind an adrenalin rush :)
- photography
- cooking
- running
- traveling
- hiking
- sports
- soccer
- volleyball
Music, Movies, and Books
Movies: Max Paine, Transporter, Lord of the Rings, Adjustment Bureau, Vantage Point
Music: good house music, Angus and Julia Stone, Yann Tiersen, Ludovico Einaudi, Rammstein, Iron Maiden, quite different music as you can see ;)
Books: The Little Prince, Illuminati
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Things that left me awestruck... that´s difficult.
I met one of my favourite motorcycle racers in paddock for a few times. After I have met him a few times in all the years he recognized me and said: "Ah, the guy from Germany. Nice to meet you. How are you doin?" That was amazing... Just a fan out of millions, but he remembered me... pretty nice :)
When I went to the Great Wall of China it was unbelievable how small a person becomes compared to such a, let´s call it, monument. Amazing that people built such a structure without using huge machines...
Amazing thing I have done?!? I have done many cool things, but I dont know whether other people think it is amazing, haha :D
Countries I’ve Visited
Andorra, Austria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Gibraltar, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Countries I’ve Lived In
Canada, Germany, Norway, Sweden