If you would like to find out more "about me", as this profile section suggests, you can also read some of my references. In my opinion it is always better to let others describe oneself, because I am (obviously) biased towards myself :D

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to experience different cultures in depth. There is no better platform than Couchsurfing for making this possible.
Couchsurfing is a unique way to meet complete strangers and live with them as if you were their best friend, including the very likely possibility of eventually becoming good friends. That's precious and this why I love couchsurfing.

I was hosted by:
David Meisterjahn in Doha, Qatar
Melissa and Manhar Dalal in Al Ain, UAE
Tom Gundacker and Katrin Tauber in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Nasser AlQattan in Kuwait City, Kuwait
Fatima Torabi and Masoud Esmaeili in Teheran, Iran
Ali Alamshahi in Teheran, Iran
Meisam Zad Hosseini in Rasht, Iran
Eliyas Tamizi in Tabriz, Iran
Sarina Hashemi in Teheran, Iran
Olivier Therondel in Paris, France
Mohamed Ahmed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Al Juaid in Taif, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

I hosted:
Joe Wells from the UK
Ryan Nay from the USA
Andro Fabijanic from Croatia
Bruce Wyatt from the USA

Interests

I am always interested in learning more and making new experiences. This is why travelling is one of the things I enjoy most from.

The Middle East in particular is a place I have always been fascinated with. The diversity of culture, the rich history behind places and the contrasting values to the place I have grown up are some of the factors, why the Middle East became my favourite place in the world.

My wife says she knows no person who is as "foody" as me and she is right with that, I am extremely curious about food, new food and I love to eat well and much.

• culture
• dining
• fitness
• traveling
• music
• sports
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

The dystopian "1984" by George Orwell is a masterpiece I am glad I have read. The accuracy in which Orwell described a postmodern totalitarian state is breathtaking.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Well, I
-married the love of my life
-fell in love with my cs-host (now my wife)
-ate the head of a sheep in Istanbul
-rode a camel in UAE
-went to opera and ballet in Florence
-got engaged in Venice
-made a bike tour around the greek island of Thassos
-jumped off a cliff in Croatia
-made friends in Kuwait
-was accidentally an actor in a war movie in Iran
-touched the Shrine of Imam Reza in Iran
-had fresh camel milk in Jeddah
-did couchsurfing in an army compound
-flew to Paris for just one cent
-enjoyed from Vivaldi in Bologna
-fed monkeys in Taif
-listened to the Viennese Philharmonic's New Years Concert
-wore Dishdasha in Saudi Arabia
-went to Switzerland by mistake

(the order of this list is random, also it is not complete and constantly expanding)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria