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Overview

  • 7 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning Dutch, French, Hungarian, Spanish
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • PhD student in Political Science
  • Bachelor, Master, PhD
  • From Konstanz, Germany
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Spreading humanism and living cosmopolitanism.

ABOUT ME

I do a lot of sports and traveling. I enjoy hanging out with friends, go out in the nature, get an adrenaline rush here and there and experience new things. I am the total opposite of what they call a 'couch potato'. I enjoy discussing (international) politics, philosophy and ethics and I prefer deep and thorough conversations to small talk. I don't need a lot of money, there are other things out there I value much higher, such as happiness.

PHILOSOPHY

Be happy. Question yourself. Don't subject yourself to hierarchies unless you truly believe in them. But question them. Learn. Improve.

"You shouldn't let poets lie to you!" (Björk)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Isn't everything written above? Well, come by, let's enjoy Budapest together and get to know me :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far it has been exclusively positive - let's hope it stays like that :)

Interests

Sports (skiing, ski-touring, rock climbing, paragliding, running, squash, mountaineering, etc.), cooking, discussing world affairs, going out with friends, traveling, meeting new people and cultures, being in the wilderness/nature, music (Violoncello, guitar, piano). And, not to forget, the leisure of life, such as relaxing with a cold beer ;)

  • ethics
  • cooking
  • beer
  • running
  • flying
  • politics
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • hiking
  • mountaineering
  • snorkeling
  • skiing
  • sports
  • rock climbing
  • racquetball
  • paragliding
  • squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The lives of others, Kill Bill, El secreto de sus ojos, Forrest Gump, The English Patient

Music: Massive Attack, Radiohead, Beirut, Supperclub, Cafe del Mar and occasionally Electro

Books: Hermann Hesse, Stieg Larsson

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing Mont Blanc.
Hiking through Sarek Nationalpark in northern Sweden.
Snorkeling in Kenya when suddenly Dolphins came by.
Paragliding - there is nothing better than flying...

Teach, Learn, Share

If you want I can lecture you once you are here ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States

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