CURRENT MISSION

Knowing the meaning of friends better than a dictionary

ABOUT ME

Well, I'm a dork. I love music and food and I love talking to interesting people. I'm 22 years old and I come from a one horse town in rural Bavaria, Germany. Right now I'm living in England and teach my native tongue at an Upper School there, which is just fun! I basically travelled the whole of western and central Europe. Everything else: bring it on! I'm young and hungry for experience, different cultures and all of that caboodle! :-)
I'm a musician (playing in two bands), an actor and a DJ in the lovely town of Bamberg where I usually pretend to study. Apart from that I love, love, love to cook! Give me some ingredients and I'm gladly taking over that job.
Oh, and I love a well compiled mixtape!

PHILOSOPHY

Be relaxed. Not relaxed in the "Smoke pot everyday" way, but in a reasonable manner. Be nice to the people around you and they most probably will treat you the same way. If not: well, make and effort to find proper people. It's worth it!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Selfishness I guess. Putting a profile up for the sake of other people? Come on! It's me who wants to host in order to meet interesting people. It's me who wants to see the world. It's me who wants to see places. It's me who wants to show his place to you.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet, workin on it! I'm basically a couch virgin. Couch is for couchsurfing though.

Interests

Peace, Love & Understanding. But also: Hoi-Sin Sauce, warm summer nights, boulevards, bitter lemon, green sea, olive oil, great beer, campfires, sunrises, barbecues, the mediterranean, morrocan food, heat, bossa nova, Fender Jazzmasters, gin tonics, mojitoes, drama (the one on stage), philly cheesesteaks, food markets, the beach (not the movie).

• acting
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• music
• guitar
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: interesting song structures, boundaries pushed, clever melodies! A band should never be afraid to write a pop song though. Artists: Radiohead, Broken Social Scene, Wilco, The Pixies, dEUS, Talk Talk, Common, Edan, Tom Waits, Decemberists, Marvin Gaye, El-P, Flying Lotus, Fleet Foxes, Portico Quartet, Twin Sister, Toro Y Moi, The Tallest Man On Earth, Nada Surf, Kanye West, The National, Four Tet, Metro Area, Kenny Burrell, Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey, Joao Gilberto, Jorge Ben, Tom Jobim, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Iron & Wine, Bon Iver, Thomas Dybdahl, Clinic, Destroyer, Shuggie Otis, Talking Heads, Menahan Street Band, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, The Budos Band, John Zorn, Mahmoud Ahmed, Fela Kuti...

Well, the same goes for books and movies: if it's creative and engaging I'll indulge in it.
Movies: City of God, The Big Lebowski, Memento, Kill Bill, Seven, Jackie Brown, The Prestige, Requiem for a Dream, Hot Fuzz, Black Swan, some German gems, etc.

Books: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Carroll), On the Road (Kerouac), House of Leaves (Danielewski), 1984 (Orwell), The Dark Tower (King), A Clockwork Orange (Burgess), England England (Barnes).

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:
- How to make a decent bolognese in 20 minutes
- Some guitar fiddling
- Being clumsy
- Unnecessary pop music knowledge from 1962 til today

Learn:
- Make elk breeding sounds
- Being graceful and poised
- Folding letters the right way so that they fit in these little envelopes. Cursed be them!

Share: Some burgers, some beers, some laughs

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United Kingdom