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Overview

  • 31 references 20 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • Postdoctoral Scholar at Harvard
  • PhD Biology
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

Just moved from Germany to Boston. Looking for nice spirits to explore the city, grab a bite, get a drink together.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is one of the best platforms for meeting new people and discovering lives, cultures, places, and to grow and learn.

Couchsurfing allows not only meeting, interaction and making new contacts but at the same time, it involves a lot of cultural and ideas exchange. Be it talking, be it shared cooking, be it loitering around in the city and drinking at the bar, be it simply walking late at night and sitting over a high point where the shimmering city is visible, be it gazing at the night sky, be it working out together, be it dancing, be it painting, I am interested in all such things. And I would love to share or gain more such experiences from fellow surfers!

In 2015, I undertook an eastern Europe trip with one of my good friends and we covered six countries via hitchhiking and accommodating ourselves with the locals in each country through couchsurfing. The experiences I had and the humane colours of people that I have seen has increased my respect for CS manyfolds and has taught me great lessons.

The world is a great place to live in! Love it. Respect everyone. Help others. Smile. Explore places. Discover yourself. After all, we are travellers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity.
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Interests

I like to try and explore new things constantly. Having said that, I love travelling, photography, cooking and baking, hiking, biking, reading, writing, and drinking!

  • culture
  • writing
  • photography
  • dining
  • cooking
  • walking
  • partying
  • drinking
  • pub crawls
  • crafts
  • reading
  • traveling
  • painting
  • history
  • science
  • climbing
  • watersports
  • adventure sports

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: When it comes to music, I have a generalized taste for music.
Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Julie London, Nina Simone.
Queen! Queen! Queen! I love Mercury!
Nirvana! Nirvana! Nirvana! I love Kurt!

Dire Straits, Ben Howard, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Adele, Elvis Presley, The Corrs, The Cranberries, John Denver, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, The Chordettes, Cliff Richard, Metallica, U2, Joe Satriani, Jethro Tull, Himi Hendrix, Coldplay, Fleet Foxes, Violent Femmes, London Grammar, Florence and the machine, Wolf Alice, Kodaline, The Villagers, Tame Impala, Pink Floyd, Paolo Nutini and a lot more depending on the mood.

Movies: This is tough job! I like pretty much all the movies which has a strong message implied directly or indirectly such as Black Swan, Birdman, Whiplash, One flew over the cuckoo's nest, Inception, Monalisa Smile etc. Well, the list goes on. I also enjoy action, animation, horror movies as well. Depends on the mood for the rest.

Books: I am a big fan of literature. I enjoy reading.

Authors I appreciate a lot: Kafka (short stories), William Shakespeare (Seven stages, Julius Caeser, Hamlet), Vladimir Nabokov (Lolita), Markus Zusak (The book thief), D.H. Lawrence (Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow), Joseph Conrad (Heart of Darkness), Jorge Borges (The labyrinth and other essays) and many other works such as Jane Eyre, Cloud Atlas, Shantaram, Wide Sargasso Sea, The Fountain Head, The Kite runner, The Alchemist, All the light we cannot sea, The girl on the train, Home Going, The ministry of utmost happiness, Sea of poppies, The god of small things,The Namesake, Hitchhikers way to the galaxy, Bronte sisters etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I do not have a great list of things like many others. One amazing thing that I really cherish all the time is to help people in need without any sort of prejudices.

Teach, Learn, Share

Well, that is a part of every relationship and I think surfers also hold a relationship!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, thoughts, ideas, stories, honesty!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, India, United States

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