Trying to find a fair balance between making the world a better place and enjoying life to the fullest.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Well ... when I travel, I usually just want to hang out with locals and do what they do, talk to them a lot and learn get to know the place by doing so. Not that I hate tourists, but I just really suck at being a tourist. Not that I completely ignore museums, but I tend to be more excited about local delicacies than collections of antique cutlery and vases! ;-)

So far, I only couchsurfed only two nights in Guatemala...
But this experience was awesome... and I decided that it shouldn't be the last one!
I have hosted lots of people already, but I have not yet offered it due to my living situation.

Interests

I love cooking and photography...
Mindfulness and Yoga
Sports:
Mountaineering (climbing, skitouring, etc)
Skiing, snowboarding
Combat sports
Doing weird moves in clubs at 4am (endurance)
Swimming
and lots of other things

• cooking
• meditation
• hiking
• mountaineering
• skiing
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• swimming
• languages
• science
• volunteering
• mma
• mindfulness
• skitouring

Music, Movies, and Books

Siddharta (Hermann Hesse)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Living and volunteering for half a year in Nicaragua. A very insightful experience!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm passionate about food and how nutrients affects our body and our mind. I can tell lots of things that you totally want to hear (e.g. why coffee, tea, cocoa and mate is good for your health).

Aside from that I can instruct you the basics of lots of different sports. I've worked as a skiing and swimming instructor, but I know also enough about climbing, combat sports, how to lift heavy weights (without damaging your body).

... and how to learn a language in a lazy way :D

"Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream. And yet fools think they are awake, presuming to know that they are rulers or herdsmen. How dense!
- Zhuangzi

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food! Salads, desserts, curries etc. :)
I'm bad at memorizing songs and poems, but I do remember a mnemonic for all the French verbs that require the use of être

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Estonia, France, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Netherlands, Nicaragua