ABOUT ME

Hey! My name is Manuel and I live in Austria, Graz! I'm 21 years old and I'm currently attending the College for Fashion and Clothing Design in my hometwon.
Before that I was doing comunity service (which is the alternative to military here in Austria) where you have to work for an aid organization for 9 months and attended the commercial college in Graz and made my A-Levels! :)

I’d describe myself as kind, reliable, easy going, always happy and ready to help, open minded and communicative.

Summer 2014 is going to be a life time chance for me as I'm going to spend 6.5 weeks in Stockholm for doing an internship with a super talented swedish fashion designer. I'll be in Stockholm from 31/7 until 14/9 so if anyone wants to hangout or do anything contact me. I'd love to get to know people so I dont feel lonely there and need to skype with my family and friends all the time. :D

PHILOSOPHY

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says
»I'm possible«!" - Audrey Hepburn

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Gone from 31/7 until 14/9.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In Summer 2013 I was doing Interrail with two friends of mine where we also stayed at several couchsurfers (in Hamburg, Stockholm, Oslo, Paris, Arcachon) and this was really fun and a great experience.

Interests

I love fashion and to design (my own) clothes and my aim is to become a fashion desginer. Further I love doing sports (riding my bike, running, swimming, tennis or working out)! If there is time left I love having a good time with friends, go partying and stuff like this!

• design
• fashion
• running
• working out
• partying
• clothing
• billiards
• cycling
• skiing
• sports
• tennis
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
I love comedy movies where you're able to laugh a lot. :) Beside comedy movies I enjoy movies which "blow your mind" and make your brain working as for example Blood Diamond!

Music:
Basically I don't prefer any type of music. It depends on what I'm doing when listening to music.

Books:
I love to read biographies of sports athletes or celebrities. It's inspiring to see how they made their way up to success and you can get a lot out of it for your own life! :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

thats difficult to answer. There are a few things which pop into my head. The coolest thing I have experienced so far maybe was when I was participating in an under 19 cycling race in Italy in 2011. For being a junior cyclist it was an amazing experience I won't forget. The spectators were great and the organization of the race was not comparable with races I did so far. We had an average speed of 45kp/h over 130km! I finished in the bunch around 30th to 40th place. It was a cool day! :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm able to teach you a lot of things about sport. So if you have any questions concerning cycling, skiing or ski jumping there is nearly nothing I don't know! :D I'm also capable of teaching you skiing - as you know austrians are very well in skiing so if you need some lessons or tips I'm your man! :D

There is not a day where you don't learn anything - so I'm always open to learn new things no matter what it is about! I love having "far-reaching" conversations talking about everything! It's always a lot of fun!

What I'm able to share? I don't know - I have many things to share like a swimming pool or bikes.