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Overview

  • 67 references 31 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning Chinese, Spanish
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Traveling freelancer
  • Master of Arts
  • From Lower Austria, Austria
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To explore the world physically and metaphorically!

ABOUT ME

I'm very open-minded, always on the run for new impressions and love traveling.

Generally I'm always in for party and the crazy stuff, but I do enjoy intense and serious conversation among few people. Social activity is very important for me, and so are some peaceful moments every now and then. Eager to try the new and unconventional, easy-going and friendly.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is a marathon and no sprint.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm trying to spread a better understanding for Austrian culture and absorb other cultures at the same time.

Interests

design
philosophy
basketball
reading
martial arts
soccer
guitar
traveling
music concerts
movies

  • arts
  • culture
  • photography
  • concerts
  • wine
  • cheese
  • beer
  • marathon
  • running
  • sprinting
  • partying
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • basketball
  • martial arts
  • soccer

Music, Movies, and Books

Too diverse to post here, but to give you a better understanding:

I love all kinds of MUSIC, but my focus is specially on indie rock, hardrock and electronic music. To name a few bands/musicians I totally dig:
RATM, Bloc Party, Cocorosie, Modeselektor, Radiohead, Noir Desir, Ben Harper, Amon Amarth, Tegan And Sara, The Glitchmob, The Bouncing Souls, Pantera

MOVIES are an important part of my life too. I watch a lot of movies and also tons of lesser known titles.

BOOKS I like are Otherland, Nightfall, War And Peace, Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, Wheel Of Time and philosophic literature.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There is so many amazing things I've seen, I can't even recall one right now : )

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH
German
Video and Post-Production
Photography
How to open a wine bottle with newspaper and a tree
How to count in Finnish
How to prepare chicken with beer and cheese sauce

LEARN
Anything

SHARE
Laughs
Good moments

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, China, Finland, Germany, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

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