Hi there,
my name is Michel Sturm and I am from Kiel, the northern part of Germany.
I love traveling through the world to see new places, meet new people and enjoy/live foreign cultures.
I would describe me as an open, confident, funny and friendly guy who loves to be out in the nature and live adventures as well as having fun and laugh with friends. My hobbies are soccer, underwater-rugby, geocaching and I play the saxophone. I am a volunteer firefighter back in my hometown.
I have been to the US for one year as an exchange so I am speaking the english language fluently. I had 4 years of French in school, maybe I can refresh that in your place. One of my future goals is to learn Spanish!!

I would really love to meet up with you!
I am looking forward to stay at your place and discover new countries I've never been to!

Hope to see you soon,
greetings,
Michel

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

One of my greatest hobbies is traveling: But for me, traveling is not just seeing as many places as possible but also getting to know and meeting up with the people of different countries.
Couchsurfing provides me this opportunity to get in touch with locals that really show me specific places a "normal tourist" wouldn't go to.
And I maybe even create a lifelong friendship!!

Interests

• traveling
• hiking
• soccer
• rugby
• emergency services
• volunteering
• bicycle
• geocaching

Music, Movies, and Books

My music preference is Rock, Hip-Hop, House (deep house + electronic house), here and there some Pop... A good mix out of everything.. depends on my mood ;-)

I love to watch action movies!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Oh there are quite a few:

- one year high school exchange in the USA
- scuba diving in Oman, Panama, Indonesia
- Paragliding in Malang - Indonesia
- 13 days trekking to Annapurna base camp in Nepal
- dune surfing in the desert of Oman
- various vulcano hikes in Indonesia and Costa Rica
- ziplining through the rainforest in Costa Rica
- 9 weeks of backpacking in Indonesia: 3 weeks couchsurfing in Java
- ........

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share many travel experiences from quite a few countries from all around the world - I have listed a few in my Profile!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Portugal, United States