CURRENT MISSION

Peace and Freedom

ABOUT ME

After I had worked as a correspondent for a national newspaper for ten years I became press officer of a minister in the regional government dealing with economy, tourism, transport and European integration. Since 2004 I have been responsible for public relations concerning European affairs and external relations in the regional administration.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Actually I started couchsurfing aged 16 - that was in the the 1970s. There was neither internet nor mobile phones. But I often had success to find wonderful hosts as I travelled around (Western) Europe by Interrail or hitchhiking.

Later, as I owned a car, I often picked up hitchhikers and offered them my couch until I had my first family. Later I owned a camper. Then followed the second family. We experienced "Home Exchange" a couple of times and had great holidays - each for some weeks at a time.

Now, being single again, I want to repeat my couchsurfing experience and travel to the countries and regions where I have never been before: Ukraine was on my travel plans for 2015. And I think that I fell in love with this wonderful country in Eastern Europe. So I hope to have the possibility to travel there again!

Interests

Politics, Economics, Technics, IT, Travelling, Photography, Communication, Outdoor Recreation,
Music, Arts,
Movies, Religions & Spirituality, Culture, Intercultural Relations, Environment, Independent Media & Mass
Media, Technology & Innovation, Alternative Schools & Learning,
Advertising & Marketing Culture, Corporate Social Responsibility, Open Source, Water, Oil & Energy, Social Networks

• arts
• culture
• photography
• environment
• politics
• technology
• movies
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• camping
• communications
• economics
• religion
• tourism
• hitchhiking

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Many very interesting people

What I Can Share with Hosts

My holiday home in Zadar county, Croatia: www.facebook.com/ferienhaus.privlaka ,

my social media time lines www.facebook.com/johannes.steinbach and https://twitter.com/europajonny

as well as - of course - my appartment in Graz, Austria

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany