CURRENT MISSION

Trying to find way to combine work life with freedom and achieving life goals.

ABOUT ME

I am a serious-minded person (doesn't mean boring!), always keeping the power of feelings in mind, on a journey to myself to understand them.
During this journey I now recognized that I would like to be referred to as they (and not he/she) and called Carli* [before you will find Norman] as I feel the gender-category "male" (or "female") is limiting me in the way I am.

I have straight logical but confusing and profound thoughts as well as an perhaps unordinary/morbid humour, too.
Travel was and is my way to understand the world a little better and to validate what I read or watched at TV (in the time long long ago, I got one). And of course to get to know new people. Also I had the ultimate privilege to live if in different countries already (Kenia, Poland, India) for some multiple month period, which led me understand much more how it is to be a foreigner.

For environmental reasons, I (try to) avoid using planes and do not consume meat/milk/egg products.
This goes ahead with my political activism trying to build a better more equal world for everybody (no matter which origin/ethnicity/religion/gender or sexual orientation).

PHILOSOPHY

My First goal is to serve Jesus Christ. This results in a LOVE to ALL people on Earth. Which also results in my way of life. But I am still on the way or I have been? In the last years I have been a bit confused regarding that (in terms of religion not loving, what I still do!) but currently looking to find back the faith of my youth.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

First I was lucky to enjoy the hospitality of a lot of hosts and I guessing of the feedback of my guest, I did not so bad in "paying back". But as surfers also give you the chance to see your home with their eyes, I can't say I am even, even so hosting more then surfed.

In general: Tell me what you like(d) and what not. I will try to make your experience more enjoyable (either surfing or hosting) :-).

And actually just to have it said. I really dislike the changes in Couchsurfing in since it became a BCorp - so if you write me on bewelcome instead - I would be glad.

Also living in Oldenburg now and not any more in the fancy Berlin put an hold to host requests which is a bit sad.

Interests

SAVE THE EARTH,
politics & activism,
rock and indoor climbing,
cycling,
reading,
natural sciences,
visting concerts and festivals,
programming,
hitch hiking

• concerts
• festivals
• vegan
• politics
• cycling
• hiking
• mountaineering
• rock climbing
• engineering
• physics
• religion
• hitchhiking
• volunteering
• mountains
• sustainability
• activism
• feminism
• free software
• social movements
• renewable energies
• queer theory

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors and Books: Hermann Hesse, Stanislaw Lem, The Holy Bible, George Orwell
Movies: Matrix, Le fabouleux destin d'Amelie Poulin, Hotel Ruanda
Music: Ska (not pure one, sooner Ska mixed with several other music genere), Trip Hop, Brass.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trying to make every day amazing...
(Why we failing so often to do this???)

Besides this: Climbing some mountains, still one of the best feelings I got in my life.
Crossing the alps by bicycle.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can cook you Saxon gastronomic specialities.
I can teach several computer skills like encryption of your mails and computer up to programming and administration of servers and perhaps how to do a somersault in the air. But by the most I am enjoying introducing people in climbing and political activities.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, India, Kenya, Poland

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