CURRENT MISSION

To Live and Learn

ABOUT ME

I have recently moved to Berlin, at the moment I am learning the language and working in a Hostel. I would like to study for a second Bachelors in Informatics but but I need to achieve the appropriate language certificate, until then... Berlin!
I've lived most of my life in the Midwestern United States between the Chicagoland area and Milwaukee. I enjoy the warmth of good friends, food and drink, and anything involving exploration (especially hiking).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted and experienced the hospitality of fellow surfers while traveling. All good.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing has introduced me to some of the most amazing people, places, and moments of my life. I owe an debt I hope to repay in many small ways to all of the people that have come together to make couchsurfing work.

Interests

I love spending time with good friends and company. I spend alone time reading, writing or drawing. I love learning new things and new perspectives. I have a great love for music, both listening and playing it. I also enjoy leisurely strolls, bike rides, and even extended skateboard journeys, and getting lost in the process.

• writing
• dining
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• skateboarding
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Hanna , The High-rise, A Serious Man, 2001 a Space Odyssey , Solaris (the old one), Stalker, Four Rooms, Pulp Fiction, Pi, Metropia (not to be confused with Metropolis), Howells Moving Castel, Mind Game, Slacker,

Music: James Blake, The Pixies, The Violent Femmes, Iggy Pop, Talking Heads, Andrew Bird, Wu Tang Clan, Beirut, The Tallest Man on Earth, Beastie Boys, Asaf Avidan... psychedelic rock, folk, electronic, experimental, noise, music my friends make, music that echoes off of alley walls in city streets, and music I haven't yet discovered

Books: I Am A Strange Loop and Godel Escher Bach - Hofstadter, William Blake, Kerouac, Aldous Huxley, Allen Ginsberg, Herman Hesse,Kurt Vonnegut, Bruno Schultz, Czeslow Milosz, Witold Gombrowicz, Franz Kafka,Milan Kundera, Bertolt Brecht, Aristophanes, Bill Bryson, Hunter S. Thompson

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One moment that stands out as particularly awe-striking was a relatively simple moment in the city of Zakopane Poland. Laying in a park with a good friend, surrounded on all sides by mountains penetrating the sky on the horizons, cumulus clouds floating overhead and creeping over the peaks and ridges of the Tetra Mountains. At that moment I forgot myself and simply existed for a few moments in pure bliss.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can do some video editing work

What I Can Share with Hosts

Curry and I can make a tasty Vegetable Tom Kha soup.
note: I will buy the ingredients

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Guatemala, Poland, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Poland, United States