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Overview

  • 8 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German, Spanish
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • No occupation listed
  • University of California, Santa Barbara / Freie Universit...
  • From San Diego, CA, United States
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I wish to travel Europe, North Africa, the Middle East

ABOUT ME

What can I say? It's impossible to answer these questions, but here goes. I like to consider myself a relatively well rounded person. I enjoy hiking, backpacking, reading, playing almost any sport, listening to music, having conversations, surfing, cooking, etc. The list really does go on and on. As a positive person, I am attracted to positivity.

PHILOSOPHY

Frankfurt School, Humanism

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently, I am unavailable to accommodate couchsurfers as I am boarding with a host father during my stead in Berlin, and it is not my couch to rent.

I would be more than happy to meet up for coffee or drinks, and to show you around the city, however.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I play soccer from time to time with a group organized through couchsurfing and it has always been a good time. I get to meet new people and work on my German, not to mention exercise and play a sport that I love. Other than that, I have no experience. Hoping to change that shortly!

Interests

Literature, philosophy, poetry, post-colonial history. Jazz, Folk, underground hip-hop. Art. The outdoors, going places where I can see a lot of stars, climbing trees. Playing/watching soccer. Talking, telling jokes, making fun of famous people and politicians. Being.

  • arts
  • literature
  • poetry
  • cooking
  • coffee
  • exercise
  • drinking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • jazz
  • opera
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • surfing
  • sports
  • rock climbing
  • soccer
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

Currently: Albert Camus, Edward Said, Hannah Arendt, Theodor Adorno, James Connolly, William Wordsworth.

Das Racist, Big Baby Gandhi, Bob Dylan (always), Earl Scruggs, Beirut, Tallest Man on Earth, New Order.

Blade Runner, Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, The Sopranos.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sunsets at Oslo Opera House

Teufelsberg - Berlin

Teach, Learn, Share

I enjoy listening and learning from other people, if need be, I can talk for days about neo-colonialism and cultural imperialism.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States

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