CURRENT MISSION

Exploring Japan and learning harvesting skills together with two close friends.
Japan is a country that fascinates me since many years and I really like the Japanese culture. I’ve already been to japan for a few weeks about two years ago and I really liked it. I visited Tokio, Kyoto and Hiroshima and now I am looking forward to returning with two friends and also visit the more rural areas of japan this time. I also did a Japanese language course with my friends here in Germany, so we speak a tiny bit of Japanese, but we would love to learn more and improve our Japanese skills souring our journey.

ABOUT ME

Moin Moin
Mein Name ist Mario und ich bin Student, aus Hamburg. Ich lebe und studiere momentan in der wunderschönen Hafenstadt Hamburg, wo ich in einer kleinen WG lebe.
Anfang des Jahres habe ich meinen Bachelor of Arts in Soziologie gemacht und setze dieses Studium nun im Master fort. Nebenbei bin ich immer auf der Suche nach neuen Bekanntschaften. Ich bin stets offen und interessiert und immer für ein spannendes Gespräch zu haben. Gerne lerne ich neue Menschen kennen, versuche ihre Gedanken und Sichtweisen zu verstehen und so meinen eigenen Horizont zu erweitern.
Ein paar Couchsurfing-Erfahrungen könnte ich dabei in den letzten Jahren schon sammeln. Diese waren immer positiv, sodass ich unbedingt noch viele weitere "Host´s" und "Sufer" treffen will.

Hi there.
I am an open minded, student from Germany. I do not have much experience with couchsurfing, yet, but every Person I´ve met so far was great and inspiring. Therefore I am looking forward for the next possibility to host another great couchsurfer or to start my next trip.
I just finished my bachelor in sociology earlier this year and curently I am doing my sociology master in the beautiful seaport city of Hamburg. I love to meet new people, understand their thoughts and views of life and share my own interests with others. I am convinced that it's important to share and learn from each other and couchsurfing is a great chance to do so.
I am looking forward to meet new people and make new friends, visit new countries and simply have a good time with many interesting conversations!

PHILOSOPHY

Still searching for the meaning of life. I guess it makes more sense to live each day like its your first one, than living each day like its your last one. Also you should always try not to stop at one point in your life, change is what makes the life worth living.

"NO Border - NO Nation" - that is a world I dream off and the couchsurfing community let you feel that a little bit.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed three times so far. I have been to London with a friend a few years ago and a few weeks later we also hosted our host from London back in Germany.
I’ ve also been to Bochum in Germany with couchsurfing. When I was in Sweden I went to a couchsurfing event in an local bar and met a very nice host there. And last, but not least, I couchsurfed in Paris.

Interests

I really like to question everything in life and around me. I like to think about our society and politics, or the things that keep us together or separate us.
Questioning everything and making new experiences, this method keeps me going, or in other words: Learning new things makes me happy.

• arts
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• japanese food
• vegetarian
• vegan
• drinking
• politics
• sociology
• cultural exchange

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Nirvana, Pink Floyd, The XX, System of a Down, Daft Punk, Michael Jackson, Erykah Badu, Fugees, Portishead, Linkin Park and a lot of German rap. (This are just a few examples, there is alot of great music out there and I´am always interested in something new.)

Books: "Wer bin ich und wenn ja wie viele" / Richard David Precht
"Haben und Sein" / Erich Fromm
1984”, “Animal Farm” / George Orwell
Everything from Bruno Latour (my favourite sociologist)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The best moments in life are not loud, bright and colourful. The simple things in life matter: Having deep conversations with friends, drinking a good beer and food :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach how to cook vegetarian/vegan food :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany