CURRENT MISSION

"Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing ... . A new Hedonism - that is what our century wants."

ABOUT ME

Hey, y'all.
I am from Germany and currently live in the states to finish my studies. Most people come around with me pretty well. Sometimes my brain takes a huge timeout from everything surrounding me and I am just daydreaming - what a wonderful occupation ...

PHILOSOPHY

Treating everyone equally and some lessons from Mario Puzo, Nelle Harper Lee, Charles Dickens and Niccolò Machiavelli.

One could hold against me, that I often only see the good things in people ...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am pretty new, here.

Of course I am looking forward to surfe around the world.
I want to host as well, but that has to wait, till I am back in Germany in autumn 2011.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None, so far.

Interests

Basketball: NBA, pick up games with any kind of folks.
Travelling - That's why I am here ...
People and conversations with lots of laughing.
Cooking: Thai, Seefood, Spicy

• cooking
• traveling
• piano
• basketball
• rock climbing
• swimming
• engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

Reading: Puzo, Dickens, Tolstoi, Rowling and www.nba.com every morning ...

Movies: Deniro and Pacino in Heat - legendary. Nowadays its Ryan Gosling - Watch Half Nelson, great movie.
Music: Nas, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Erykha Badu. Life music is awesome, no matter what kind ... but especially jazz in tiny bars in New Orleans.

I also enjoy watching TV series, like The Wire, MadMen, Breaking Bad and Entourage...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Well amazing depends on the point of view. I am from a small town in Germany, so comming to the states and finish my studies there directly at the gulf cost, is/was pretty amazing, ... at least for me I guess.

Otherwise - snorkling at the Great Barrier Reef near Australia was unbelievable beautiful - little sharks and turtoises swimming all around you!
Climbing Mount Aetna (the volacano) in Sicily - sweaty, almost suffocating, covered with earth and soil and mudd and smelling like old sulfur and rotten eggs - but sowmehow it was amazing ...

Teach, Learn, Share

Mhhh, that is a good question actually. I can tell ya lots of things, about chemical engineering, logistics and finance - but that would probably bore you senseless!

Much more fun would it be to cook together, or I'll mix you a Whysky Sour, as I have been a bartender for many years back in Germany. People say I am a good listener and I am always crazy about learning a new language or improve my English and French.
I'd like to learn how to play the piano, too ... but I am so damn nonmusical.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States

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