Life is great and I highly enjoy living : )

I´m very passionate about my PhD field in Sustainable agriculture, food security, natural sciences and all kinds of societal development issues. On the other side I have strong philosphical and arts tendencies, I love literature and generally the capacity to express oneself - words shape reality!

I lived abroad a couple of times and currently work in Bonn (Germany) where I conduct my PhD.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I get a lot of energy by human encounters

then as well - my lasting travel memories were not so much about all the different landscapes,
but about the people ! incredibly kind, generous and funny souls from whom I learned a lot. Different ways of living I will never forget : )

Interests

"consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds" - I try to integrate and accept all kinds of different domains and tendencies of life which I consider to be interesting and wholesome.

or in other words: Gardening during the daytime and raving during the nighttime : )

• arts
• books
• singing
• festivals
• dancing
• environment
• dining
• beer
• partying
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• music
• electronic music
• hiking
• volleyball
• agriculture
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Literature: Henry Miller, Roger Willemsen, Milan Kundera, Hermann Hesse, Henry de Montherlant, Oscar Wilde, Albert Camus, Cees Nooteboom, Fernando Pessoa, Max Frisch, Selim Özdogan, Schopenhauer, Irvin Yalom, Kazuo Ishiguro , much more...

I truly believe that the enrichment of dedicated reading & writing is seriously undervalued !

I´m very passionate about movies ( I worked in a Cinema part time, but actually spend full-time hours there :) ) and love to discuss about them, some of my favorite movie makers are:
Wim Wenders, Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Andrej Tarkovskj, Jim Jarmusch, Stanley Kubrick, generally European (independent) cinema

Music: puh.... too much to name, broadly interested in everything (expect gangster rap). some are right now:
Neil Young, Rodriguez, Belle and Sebastian, Beirut, Jesus and Mary Chains, Stone Roses, Lexer, the Kinks, Babyshambles, Vibrasphere, Pogúes, Lowlife, Travis, Seattle grunge rock bands like Bush - Mad Season - Soundgarden -Alice in Chains, Kettcar, the Smiths, Air,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Falling asleep on a dune in Namibia and waking up in an unexpectedly clear meditative trance

Teach, Learn, Share

Knowledge about global agriculture and food security. I love to discuss about literature and movies : )

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Namibia, Netherlands, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, Netherlands, South Africa