I have studied Audio Engineering in Graz, Austria. I love travelling and getting to know new people and new countries. During my studies, I lived one year in Málaga, Spain and about 10 months near Copenhagen, Denmark. After my studies, I moved back to Austria. I did my PhD in the field of hearing research in Vienna. Right now I am currently in between cities - Vienna and Graz - but eventually moving to Graz soon, where I work as an acoustic engineer in the automotive sector.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am on Couchsurfing because I love the experience to get to know a new place/city/country by people who actually live there and who share their personal experiences with me. When I think back to all the cities I stayed with a Couchsurfer, I think back of a real person, a friend, and the great time I spent with those people.

I started with CouchSurfing during my Erasmus year in Spain. We did it for the first time while we were travelling in Morocco and I loved it. We also used to couchsurf within Spain like Santiago de Compostela, Valencia, ..., in Denmark (Aarhus), during our travel in South America in Argentinia and Chile, when I visited San Francisco, and my latest CouchSurfing experience as a surfer was on my solo-travel through Japan.

It is also great to host people. Especially when there is no time for travelling, it is nice making new friends and getting new impressions. That definitely helps appeasing some wanderlust :)

Interests

Music, listening to it (vinyls!) as well as going to concerts and festivals regularly

I love travelling! My personal goal: visiting every country in Europe - that does not mean I don't want to go to other places in the world... :)

books, parties, languages, cultures, people, swimming, photography (I have just bought 2 old polaroid cams and got a LOMO as a present, yeah) and many more

• books
• photography
• concerts
• festivals
• dining
• cooking
• nightlife
• partying
• traveling
• music
• swimming
• engineering
• languages
• study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

would be way too many, but for a start...

things I have recently listen to are: Interpol, Editors, Polkov, Reptile Youth, Vök, Bilderbuch, Dawa, Calexico, Aurora, Boy, Dry The River, Fink, Elbow, Portugal The Man, Frank Turner, Brasstronaut, James Blake, Florence and the Machine, WhoMadeWho, Efterklang, Yuksek, Kasabian, Foo Fighters, Team Me, Zoot Woman, The Districts, Olympique, ...
radio FM4 (Austrian radio station, see fm4.orf.at)

I watch rather series than movies, e.g., Stranger Things, This Is Us, Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, Dexter, The Affair, ...

I have just finished reading T. C. Boyle - América. Generally I love to read on the train or subway!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

there are probably many, but one of them during our trip in Argentina and Chile: I did a mini-trekking tour (i.e., walked on the ice) on the Perito Moreno glacier in Argentina.

more recently: watching northern lights and visiting an ice-cave on Iceland, absolutely amazing :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Having breakfest, brunch, lunch, or dinner together! We can either go out and get some good food. But I am also always up for discovering and trying out new dishes. I found out, during my trips the best way to get to know people is in the kitchen, while cooking.

I love to go to concerts and discover new music, whereever I am.
If you come to Vienna, we could discover Vienna's nightlife together since there are always a lot of things to do.

What I Can Share with Hosts

as I have stated already above: good food, big interest in discovering new countries, music, and of course getting to know my hosts and being nice to them! :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Denmark, Spain, United Kingdom