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Overview

  • 21 references 18 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Spanish; learning Czech, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Russian
  • 29, Male
  • Member since 2016
  • Aerospace Engineer
  • No education listed
  • From Marbach am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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About Me

My main goal is coming through this life without getting bored and with taking as much as possible. So sometimes I try to start new things (this year I started learning Krav Maga and Kayaking) and do trips and activities very spontaneously
I enjoy to get in touch with people from all over the world as I like to exchange and I like to understand different point of views, especially from diverse cultural backgrounds. That is also, why I'm interested in learning languages. During my times at university I did at least one language class per semester and when I'm traveling I always try to learn at least basic stuff from the country's languages (telling me interesting fun facts about your language is always welcome :D)
One main thing for me is learning, I like to broaden the horizon, try out new things and get new knowledge ("For knowledge itself is power").
I enjoy nature a lot so when I'm free I try to go to the mountains or at least do some sports outdoors in the nearby forests. In summer one of my absolute favorite activities is going to a viewing point, the riverside or to a lake with friends and have some beers.
I am also a huge fan of music, I love to discover new and different music styles, especially from foreign countries and genres I haven't heard of yet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

CS is a good chance to meet people from all over the world and the best way to learn about how is life in foreign countries and to learn new things. I was lucky to experience some cool stories, like once a host got us spontaneously to a local music festival for free or another one showed me a bar with a drinking that only exists there, never would have experienced that without CS.

Interests

  • literature
  • beer
  • aviation
  • politics
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • windsurfing
  • geography
  • history
  • languages
  • nature
  • biking
  • rock
  • punk
  • drum and bass
  • aerospace
  • solidarity

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: mostly rock and electronic music, especially (Ska) Punk and Drum and Bass, but I'm open to everything

Favorite artists: Talco, ZSK, Feine Sahne Fischfilet, SDP, K.I.Z., Sum 41, Rise Against, Fred V & Grafix, Netsky, Logistics, Faber, die Ärzte, Casper, Camo & Krooked, Martin Garrix, Giant Rooks, AnnenMayKantereit, Kraftklub, Linkin Park, Anti-Flag, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Skakeitan, Major Lazer, Maneskin

Books
Mostly classical books, my favorite ones are: The Count of Monte Cristo, Around the World in 80 Days, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Gambler

Films
I really like Hitchcock, Nolan, Tarantino, Miyazaki
My favorite movies are The Dark Knight, Blood Diamond, Inception, Nosferatu, Metropolis, Lammbock, Im Labyrinth des Schweigens

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Going on a sailing trip in Croatia, very laidback kind of travelling

Erasmus semester in Spain, I made friends from all over the world there, had the chance to discover a very beautiful country and made a lot of new experiences

Made a one month Interrail trip through Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Czech Republic

Learning dutch, because it was very interesting to learn a language very closely related to my own one

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm mostly up to meet, have some drinks and share music
I try to be a good tour guide for Augsburg and show you my favorite spots here.
As a German, I'm also open to teach you some words of our very beautiful language

What I Can Share with Hosts

Sharing experiences and travel stories, interesting conversations about everything, languages

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Spain

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