CURRENT MISSION

to create the possible, we constantly have to try achieving the impossible

ABOUT ME

nicosomatic: "buzzing creature of planet earth with talent in music and languages," so they say....

"A happy life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge" (B. Russell)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Usually hosting people in Tel Aviv. When I travel I usually get along without CS

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

AMAZING! Chapeau to all the great masterminds that established this website... This is definitely THE way to get around the world and understand it better... I hope that quality, which constitutes the core of this project, won't deteriorate because of quantity!

Interests

Philosophy, meeting interesting clever people, Chen Tai Chi, acrobatics, piano, guitar, Jewish-harp (mouthpiece), darbuka-drums, singing, animals (especially dogs, cats and horses), fire-juggling, magic stick, wind-surfing, art and painting, learning languages, cooking, theater & dance, photography...

• animals
• cats
• dogs
• horses
• arts
• literature
• singing
• theater
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• traveling
• juggling
• painting
• magic
• music
• guitar
• piano
• drums
• surfing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I've translated 5 books of Martin Buber from English to German and Hebrew, great honor!!!
Music (to name just a few): from Kruder&Dorfmeister, Der Dritte Raum, Fanta Vier (German) over Asian Dub Foundation, Balkan Beat Box, Chemical Brothers, and Bob Dylan, Jack Johnson, Nick Drake, Ben Harper, Neil Young, Norah Jones, Duffy, Siggy Marley, Eddie Vedder, Calexico (English) to Los Delincuentes and Estopa (Spanish) & Banot Nehama, Ehud/Meir Banai, Meir Ariel, Shalom Chanoch (Israeli) as well as Manau & MCSolaar (French) ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One amazing thing I haven't done?

Teach, Learn, Share

Teaching: German and French and how to read and write Hebrew, or how to play piano and guitar or how to do the most delicious apple-cake ...
Learn: I'd love to know kite-boarding and practice better my Spoken- and Literature-Arabic...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Craziness of Tel Aviv

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Israel, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom