CURRENT MISSION traveling the world during a sabbatical and being fascinated by diversity ABOUT ME I'm very interested in meeting people and learning to see the world from different perspectives... I'm open-minded, reliable, always up to something new and exciting... I studied English and history at the university of Cologne and I'm currently teaching English in upper school. Throughout my life, I've always tried to travel as much as I had time and money because I like meeting new people and getting to know about their social and cultural lives. PHILOSOPHY Don't destroy your now worrying about tomorrow! (Janis Joplin)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm looking forward to guiding tourists through Cologne, telling them about the history and the local folk culture of the city. It will be my pleasure to make my contribution to CS that way.
I myself travel a lot and I'm always interested in meeting people from other cultures and in learning more about their lives, beliefs and attitudes. I, thus, hope to get the chance to do so via CS anywhere my way will lead me.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It's a great community :o)

Interests

Travelling... travelling... travelling /
Friends /
(Beach) Volleyball /
Playing steel darts /
Shakespeare /
Fair Trade / Human Rights / an ecologically oriented way of life

• culture
• human rights
• traveling
• socializing
• volleyball
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Anajo /
Gisbert zu Knyphausen /
Zweiraumwohnung /
Cocoon /
Alela Diane /
Indi rock & pop /
(British) rock music /
some (German) folk

Books:
children's literature /
Shakespeare /
historic novels by Rebecca Gablé /
this and that

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sometimes it's the small things that are most amazing such as the silence and first sun beams of a misty morning in the middle of nowhere...

Teach, Learn, Share

I love getting inspired by people brimming over with life... people that are happy, smiling and light-hearted. I can definitely learn from those! Teaching and learning often happens implicitly... I don't know what skills I possess that are worth teaching but I'm happy to share everything I know and value

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Peru, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United Kingdom, United States

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