CURRENT MISSION
To organise my new life in Hamburg and explore the city together with you :)

ABOUT ME

I am a languages and music addict. Too many languages I'd like to learn, too many instruments I'd like to play... Can you teach me yours? I grew up in a remote place in Lower Bavaria and I love the country life. When I go travelling, I enjoy seeing places hardly any tourist ever visits, but I like all kinds of travels, the most important thing is to experience a "wow-effect" that thrills you in any way. I am communicative, spontaneous, uncomplicated, inquisitive, respectful, tolerant, entertaining, happy and always up for a good laugh!

PHILOSOPHY

Trennung lässt matte Leidenschaften verkümmern und starke wachsen, wie der Wind die Kerze verlöscht und das Feuer entzündet.

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.

L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.

[Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld]

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing, hosting, showing people around my lovely city

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed with
- Giovanna near Trento, Italy
- Erik in Helsinki, Finnland
- Felipe in Madrid, Spain
- Jorge in O Porto, Portugal
- Marcos in A Coruña, Spain
- Rubén in Gijon, Spain
- Héctor in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Álvaro in Madrid, Spain

I met for a drink with
- André, O Porto, Portugal
- Pablo, Gijón, Spain
- Mohamed, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain

I hosted
- Chris from New Zealand

I showed Innsbruck to
- Kaitlin (USA), Martin (UK) and Florian (Germany)
- Konstantinos and friends (Canada)
- Omar (Spain)

Interests

music, languages, hiking, beer, nature, animals, travelling, cultural exchange, being silly, hiking, horseback riding, history, unplanned and spontaneous adventures (not necessarily in that order...)

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Life of Brian (Monty Python in general), Dances with Wolves, Máncora, Hable con Ella, Funny Games, Austrian and Bavarian films
Music: Funk (Maceo Parker, Tower of Power, Candy Dulfer, Fred Wesley, Nils Landgrend,...), Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eric Clapton, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Ben Folds, Queen, Manu Chao, Santana, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Jamiroquai, EAV, Soundtracks, ... I could go on for hours here!
Books: Henning Mankell, John Grisham, Erich Kästner, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Michael Ende, Astrid Lindgren, Stefan Zweig, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, John Steinbeck

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I did the Camino de Santiago three times so far. The last time, I started in front of my house in Innsbruck, Austria, and arrived four months later.

Teach, Learn, Share

A few years ago, a fairly crazy idea popped up in my head: I want to learn as many tonguetwisters in as many different languages as possible. I already know some in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Finnish, Swedish, Polish, Georgian, Bulgarian, Serbian and Hungarian. Can you teach me one in your language please? I can teach you some yodelling ;)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Bavarian/Austrian cooking, jam sessions

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, Spain