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Overview

  • 49 references 30 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German, Spanish
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Power Engineer working in the wind power industry
  • UTAS
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Improve my Germany
ABOUT ME

I guess all I can say is that I am generally a friendly person who loves travelling and experiencing and seeing new things. If you are also friendly I am sure that we will get along fine.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe that people should really try to enjoy each day of their life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate in couch surfing through hosting, surfing, hanging out with friends surfers and attending couch surfing meetings in Bremen.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Arriving at 6:30 AM in Rapid City USA with no confirmed couch requests and no hostels in town. Breakfast at 7, the waitress who serves me is a couch surfer who very kindly offers me her couch. Thanks Carrie.

Interests

Hiking, learning new languages, running, travel, soccer, sailing, snow sports.

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Flash Gordon, American Beauty,Motor Cycle Diaries, Running on Empty, Forest Gump, The Beach, The Departed, Catch Me if You Can, Life is Beautiful, War of the Worlds, Saving Private Ryan.....Books: The girl With the Dragon Tatto, The Hobbit, Dune, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Beach, Jack Reacher series..Music: Fleet Foxes, Arcade Fire, Gotye, Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Boards of Canada, Modest Mouse, The Walkmen, The New Pornographers, DJ Shadow, Pixies,The National, Yuck, Sigur Ros, The Stone Roses, Tame Impala, David Bowie, Wu Lyf, Interpoll, Air, SBTRKT, Bombay Bicycle Club ....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiking in Canada in a convertible. Hanging out with locals in Northern Myanmar.

Teach, Learn, Share

I like helping people who are trying to improve there English and I am attempting to learn a little Spanish.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am always happy to help people with any job that they have around the house, and I believe that I have been able to become a better surfer by hosting myself.

Most importantly I am very happy to spend time with my host when possible or be independent as appropriate.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Italy, Laos, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Austria, Germany, Sweden

Old School Badges

  • 6 Vouches
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