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Overview

  • 19 references 17 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Spanish; learning Italian
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • Scientist
  • Chemical and process engineering
  • From Wels, Upper Austria, Austria
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About Me

ABOUT ME

Since my last long backpacking trip from Cuba to Bolivia for 6 months in 2018, I wasn't travelling so much and I'm really looking forward to a 3 weeks trip to Sweden and Norway this summer.
My girlfriend and me hope that we meet amazing people during our trip and are very excited to explore a bit more of the countries apart from the beaten tourist paths.

I really like to meet people from all over the world, making fun together and explore different cultures! After being on InterRail and twice for a longer trip in Latin America I consider myself a real viajero :)

In my everyday life I am working at an extra-university research center for hydrogen technologies in Graz (HyCentA) and I am working on a more sustainable lifestyle in my leisure time and travels.

As board member of the Club Alpbach Upper Austria I enjoy to organize inspiring events throughout the year and discuss burning issues with scientists, politicians, artists and philosophers.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is what you make it :)

No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.

¡Vive el momento, porque la vida está hecha en los momentos!

"We are all living under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon"
[Konrad Adenauer]

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet open-minded people and really get in contact with the population and culture of the countries I visit.

Interests

running
cycling
hiking
ski touring, cross-country, alpine skiing
yoga
tennis
sailing
dancing
...sports in general...
cooking and eating (multicultural cuisines)
reading
theatre,
chill with friends with a good glass of wine
and TRAVELING for sure :)

  • culture
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • running
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • sailing
  • skiing
  • sports
  • tennis

Music, Movies, and Books

Indie Rock
but generally across all genres

Scientific thrillers (Mark Elsberg)
Non-fiction (a short history of humankind)
Bibliography (a promised land)
Drama, thrillers, novel (Dan Brown)

El secreto de sus ojos
Dallas Buyers Club
Imitation Game
Inception
Charité
Lupin

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

6 months backpacking from Cuba to Bolivia, kind of the whole latin-america experience ...it was definitely amazing, probably the best journey I've ever done, but admittedly, that's what I say after (almost) every single one...haha xD
are you feeling the same?!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Netherlands, Spain

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