I'm a married teacher from Kassel, Germany and have got two adult sons.
The boxes below give more information, I suppose.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Having visited other countries as a tourist, I often missed the contact with locals. I hardly got an idea of their everyday life. I'd like to change this!

Interests

Hiking, reading, politics, history, architecture, listening to music, ...

• architecture
• politics
• reading
• music
• hiking
• badminton
• teaching
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: From quiet like Gillian Welch to rough like Tom Waits.
Movies: From serious like 'The white ribbon' to funny like 'Oh brother where art thou?'
Books: Jonathan Franzen's 'Corrections', for example

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hard to say. Maybe starting to play badminton at almost 50, keeping to it up to now though always being the worst player in the gym.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teaching: a bit of the German language, for sure; learning: Everyday life behaviour and language; points of view foreigners have

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories and impressions from previous travels; walks around the places where my hosts live.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom