Hey everyone! My name is Patrick and I am a technical consultant for blind-specific products.
I've been grown up in Stade, a small city near Hamburg; but eversince 2007, I got used to traveling, as I left home to attend a boarding school in Marburg specialized on blind and visually impaired students. Therefore, I tried to travel home as much as possible or travel elsewhere to catch up with friends, especially outside Germany!
Btw, please excuse the less photos I have, maybe I'm gonna update this section later on. ;)

Also, as I travel a lot, I started a blog on which I post my travel experiences. Feel free to take a look at it! You can find it hereunder:
http://www.patrickdembinski.org

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to travel a lot, in worst case even on my own and - more or less - fully independently. But sometimes, friends are busy when I am not, and I rather go somewhere to meet new people and get to know other places than staying at home, being bored to death. :) Also, it is more difficult and expensive to arrange a room in a hotel/hostel, not knowing the surroundings to well.

Sure I'm blind, but that's no obstacle when I travel, as long as I can find people who'd like to hang around with me for a while and, in best case, can even host me for some time.

Interests

• meeting people
• i like traveling
• getting to know other places and have some fun

Music, Movies, and Books

I must admit that I stopped listening to mainstream radio a few years ago. I am not completely against electronic music featuring DJs for example, but the kind of music they usually play on the radio nowadays doesn't really suit me anymore. I appreciate handmade music, pop, rock, metal (symphonic metal most preferred), and especially folk and powerfolk. My current favorite band is SCRUM, a Dutch band playing powerfolk songs. I also like to read a lot. Thanks to Kindle, even I can enjoy a huge variety of books that are not available as audiobooks or printed in Braille.
As for movies, that's a little difficult... Chrime movies and comedies are quite nice, but I'm open for a lot, although I am no big fan of romantic movies in general.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The reason why I like to travel a lot especially internationally is already stated above... I've got a lot of friends living in different countries and we gladly visit each other.
I met most of my international friends on ICC, an international camp for blind and visually impaired people. I attended ICC in Riga, Latvia, for the first time, which had a huge influence on my entire life, especially as far as meeting people and traveling is concerned.

I furthermore try to attend English meetings and couchsurfing meet-ups in Marburg regularily, and found a lot of friends there as well.

Teach, Learn, Share

Phew, that's difficult...
I like to learn about other places, the people and their culture.
If you think it's difficult handling me being a blind person, I can probably teach you very quickly. Don't worry, it's easier than you think, and most likely you will find out yourself without I have to teach you too much.

What I Can Share with Hosts

as you probably already noticed, I've been touring a lot of countries already, so we can share experiences and talk about different cultures as well. ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany