MY PHILOSOPHY

I hate walking, I hate cycling, I hate mountains and I also hate the sun, but somebody has to experience all the fun of life. So I just do it.

MY HISTORY

I am a lanscape-gardener and also studied to be a Bachelor of engineering in landscape-architecture.
After all, I somehow less and less agreed with society and therefore decided to search for an alternetive.

I sold everything not so important to me, donated the rest to some friends, invested the money into a backpack and its content and walked southwards.
In 2015 I made my pilgrimage by foot from Erkelenz (close to Cologne) to Santiago de Compostela/Fisterra.
In these 5 months I experienced and learned a lot. Also I met exclusively nice and interesting people.

Right now I stick to our pilgrim-principle nr. 1 "No step back" and just keep on going.
But I'm not that kind of highly religous pilgrim.
More the one quoting Mick Jagger when ever entering a church.

In Octobre 2015 I hitchhiked back to Germany, to stuff all my games into a cycle-trailer and fix everything on my bike.

In 2016 I rode my bike to Budapest and visited the first two pilgrims, with whom I arrived at the End-of-the-World in 2015.
On my way back, I had to realize that returning on the same track you went away feels pretty different in a bad way.
In 2017 I got sick and thought that my wonderful-alternative-life reached its end (due to financial reasons), but I ended up healthier and richer then before.
So in 2018 I decided to see how far I can get with pilgrims-principle Nr.1:
- around the world to arrive where I started

MY FUTURE

Since then I ride around and visit all the friends that helped me on my way.
I seduce new friends to leave their computer and pass some time on boards, cards or dices.
And maybe I can give something back by lending my hands or having nice conversations here and there.

AND THE WHOLE STORY IN GERMAN

MEINE PHILOSOPHIE

Ich hasse es zu wandern, ich hasse es Rad zu fahren, ich hasse die Berge und ausserdem hasse ich die Sonne, aber irgendjemand muss doch den ganzen Spaß des Lebens erfahren. Also mach ich das einfach mal.

MEINE GESCHICHTE

Ich gelernter Landschaftsgärtner und habe vor 3 Jahren meinen Bachelor der Landschaftsarchitektur bestanden.
Seitdem komme ich irgendwie immer weniger mit unserer Gesellschaft ins Reine und habe mich deshalb entschieden eine Alternative zu suchen.

Ich habe alles was mir nicht wirklich wichtig war verkauft und verschenkt, den Erlös in einen Rucksack und dessen Inhalt investiert und bin nach Süden gegangen.
2015 bin in zu Fuß von Erkelenz (nahe Köln) bis nach Santiago de Compostela/Fisterra gepilgert.
In diesen beinahe 5 Monaten habe ich vieles erlebt, gelernt und ausschließlich nette und interessante Menschen getroffen.

MEINE ZUKUNFT

Jetzt halte ich mich an unseren Pilger-Grundsatz Nr. 2 "keinen Schritt zurück" und gehe einfach weiter - bzw. ich fahre.
Ich bin im Oktober 2015 zurück nach Deutschland getrampt um meine Spiele-Sammlung in einen Fahrradanhänger hinter mein Fahrrad zu spannen.
Seitdem fahre umher, bedanke mich bei den Freunden, die mir auf dem Weg geholfen haben.
Ich verführe neue Freunde dem Computer den Rücken zu kehren und über Brettern, Karten oder Würfeln Zeit miteinander zu verbringen.
Und hoffentlich kann ich hier und da durch Muskelkraft oder ein Gespräch etwas hilfreiches zurückgeben.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I actually found out, that surfing on some couches gets me to know more interesting people than sleeping hidden somewhere in the woods.

THE GERMAN PART (JUST BECAUSE I WROTE IT AND DO NOT LIKE TO ERASE LITERATURE)

Ich habe heraus gefunden, dass man wesentlich mehr interessante Leute kennen lernt wenn man auf einer Couch surfed, anstatt versteckt irgendwo im Wald zu schlafen.

Interests

I am a passionat society-games-player, because you can spend some time with your friends in a wonderful way without getting into smalltalk.

By the way, my smalltalk-topics are policy-philosophy, music, movies and a little bit literature.

I love the Carnival - costumes, dancing, escalating
Also I play trumpet (much too seldom for my taste) and Blues Harp

AND EVERYTHING IN GERMAN AGAIN

Ich bin leidenschaftlicher Gesellschaftsspieler, weil man damit wunderbar Zeit mit Freunden verbringen kann, ohne großartig in Smalltalk zu verfallen.

Meine Smalltalk Themen sind nämlich Politik-Philosophie, Musik, Film und ein wenig Literatur.

Ich liebe den rheinischen Karneval - so richtig mit kostümieren, tanzen, eskalieren.

Ausserdem spiele ich auch - leider zu selten - selber mal Trompete und Mundharmonika.

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Music, Movies, and Books

There's nozhing better than Jazz!
Also I like listening to Queen, David Bowie, Rammstein, Ludwig van Beethoven, Tom Waits, Nick Cave Minimal and TripHop.

On the screen I prefer movies directed by Wes Anderson, Christopher Nolan, Taiki Waititi and Darren Aronofsky.

Books... books?... Oh Yeah! Those collections of papers with stories written inside. I used to read some in the last millenium. I think, I read Francois Lelord, Thomas Harris and Stephen King. Also Narziss und Goldmund (Hesse), Herr Lehmann (Regener), Payback (Schirrmacher) and Krabat (Preussler)

Actually I started to read again, because books do not need to be recharged, so they can entertain me all day long.
Right now I experience the adventures of "Don Quichote de la Mancha"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- My Pilgrimage on foot from Erkelenz/Cologne to Santiago de Compostela and Fisterra.
- My delivery of a bottle of liquor from Düsseldorf to a friend of mine in Budapest by bike.
- The second Pilgrimage by bike nearly the same as on foot with a short detour to visit a friend in Barcelona.

- I quitted to be an obedient cog in the capitalistic machinery with the only insurance that nothing is really sure.
- With this "maybe-cocussion" (the doctor wasn't sure) after dancing to drunk, I kept on celebrating the whole week of carnival as the Mad-Hatter
- I managed to find my way to the bed 3 of 6 times while we were partying on the "Oktoberfest"

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach nothing of real importance just some common bullshit - I am a bad teacher.

I am able to learn more than I learned already - I don't even know that I know nothing.

I will share everything I have - I am an anarchist and I don't possess anything.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Ich kann meinen Gastgebern sehr gerne mit Rat und Tat im Garten helfen.
I could lend mind and hand especially as its about your garden.

Ansonsten habe ich nur die Geschichten meiner Reise und meine verschrobene Lebensphilosophie anzubieten.
Otherwise I just can tell stories about my journey, play some games or give away my crooked life-philosophy.

Mehr passt einfach nicht auf mein Fahrrad.
There's no space for more on my bike.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany