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Overview

  • 9 references
  • Fluent in English, German, Spanish; learning Hebrew (modern), Portuguese, Turkish
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • student, book sale, project assistant, personal assistant
  • High School, Univerity
  • From Vienna
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

back home...let's see for how long.

ABOUT ME

I'm (still) a student of Studies/History of Religion, having lived and studied in many places (Panamá, Argentina, Israel...).
Austria is a small country and although I like it and my folks here I take any opportunity I can get in order to go where I really belong: abroad.

I'm easy going trying not to take myself and others people too seriously - life seems to be serious enough anyway (watching the news every day reminds me of that).
I think I'm a very radical and consequent person: consequent in changing my mind and keeping it open for new perspectives.
I try to avoid extreme point of views - instead I try to keep it balanced which is not always easy but at least I try.

PHILOSOPHY

*Two sides of a river*

Nasruddin sat on a river bank when someone shouted to him from the opposite side:

"Hey! How do I get to the other side?"

"You ARE on the other side!" Nasruddin shouted back.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Some of my friends & my family got me into this: Thank you!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had my first couch surfing experience in Istanbul/Turkey - since then I've never stopped surfing/hosting...

Interests

Fist of all: music, may it be classical, alternative, electronic, "oriental" or latin american... (Most of the money I earn I spent on travelling and live concerts)
Furthermore: a good book, my friends, studying religions/crazy people, chocolate, Mexican food, Turkish food, Indian food, Sicilian food, Levantine cuisine, food in general, cooking for/with friends, my bed, watching silly T.V. series, thunderstorms...

  • books
  • concerts
  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • chocolate
  • indian food
  • mexican food
  • news
  • traveling
  • music
  • surfing
  • history
  • religion

Music, Movies, and Books

"Todo sobre mi madre"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOMe-8Tf1Y0
"Where the Wild Things are"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- sleeping under the stars on a Caribbean island
- having traveled 5000km by bus in 5 days
- dancing on the streets of Salvador da Bahia with complete strangers all night long
- having watched totally stoned dervishes dancing to Bhangra music in Pakistan

...to be continued...

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, India, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Poland, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Austria, Israel, Panama

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