Hey out there!
I am signed up on this page now for years - as I noticed now... I never used this account but now everything will change. :D
I live in beautiful Hamburg for one and half years now, doing the best job for me in the world and enjoying life here.
I am a laid-back and tolerant person. I like to talk about everything, mostly about people and why life is like this or that. I enjoy having time for sitting down and eating an drinking wine, beer or whiskey. I could do this for hours. I enjoy Irish pubs and Irish music. I also like to go for long walks through the city or the nature and I love to explore new areas.
I can be lazy sometimes and I can be very, very active on other times. It depends a lot on the question if I like what I do. For example if I do a job I enjoy I will do it with all my heart. If I am on a boring party, I will prefer to go home and sleep. I like my sleep. :) I am more an early bird, due to my job.
I am shy with new people sometimes, but when I warm up, I will laugh a lot and take things easy. I don't like bossy people - then I can become cold and distanced.
I live in a very multicultural area close to the river Elbe and quite central. I love the Turkish cookies of the shop down my street. :D

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to meet new people and to understand, how others see the world. I am very interested in new stuff and new ideas! When I travel, I am much more interested in the culture, in the people than into sight seeing.
If you visit me and it's a weekend I would be very happy to show you around Hamburg, if you want. If it is during the week I am mostly home at 3pm. I also have time to do things then, but sometimes I am busy.

Interests

I like to go out dancing tango argentino, salsa or ballroom/latin at the weekends - there are lots of nice dancing events here. I also love to go to the movies into the small cinemas with the good beers at the bar. I love drinking red wine with a good friend and playing poker in the bar - I didn't do this for a while now, because I don't know so many people in this city. (That's also a good reason for couch surfing!) I love all kind of cultural events, from exhibitions to poetry slams or cabaret. Since winter started I got a little lazy, but I love sport like climbing, ice or inline skating and swimming in lakes (in summer of course). There are good swimming lakes here around Hamburg. I love hiking with a tent, I love to be as close as possible to nature. I am always up to new ideas. I also like to go out partying once in a while, but I guess I am getting a little old with that already. Still doing it sometimes though and the Reeperbahn is a nice place, not for every weekend, but from time to time. When I am alone, I paint, I play my wonderful new piano or I pet my cats. :)

• pets
• cats
• culture
• poetry
• dancing
• tango
• dining
• wine
• red wine
• beer
• partying
• drinking
• pub crawls
• shopping
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• poker
• music
• piano
• hiking
• surfing
• sports
• rock climbing
• swimming
• volunteering
• sightseeing
• lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

I like slow movies that make me thing about people and life. I like to cry at movies, but I can't stand easy love or drama movies - they should go deeper. Fanny and Alexander, Pans Labyrinth, Apocalypse now and Spirited away are my favourite movies. With books I am not that picky and would often prefer something easy and exciting. I love Hemingway!
I like music, but I don't listen to it often. I play it on the piano (classical stuff) or I dance to it (tango for example)... Sometimes I also listen to it, I like Regina Spector and Mumford and Sons.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I think most of the best experiences of my life I had while working with people. I was volunteering many times and I always loved to work with children, the eldery or people with mental disabilities - they are not so stressed by everyday life, they watch and listen better - they also enjoy better sometimes! I love Turkey for it's wonderful people, so I think the best thing I have done lately was hiking the lycian way and getting offered tea and tasty food in a little village. :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I like to do things together, but sometimes I would enjoy exploring the surrounding by myself. I think it depends!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Italy