I'm a german philosophy student, 19. (Don't run away now, I promise I won't be talking about Nietzsche and Kant the entire time. Though some quotes must be expected.) After a backpacking trip to greeces westcoast I couldn't think of staying in Germany afterwards, at least not permanently. It's insane how small the world can seem before we see it, and how overwhelmingly big after you saw a tiny part of it. Wwoofing (working on an organic farm somewhere in the world) really showed me how small my horizon was. The amazing Basque farmers there (two ex-journalist and great florists) taught me more new things and ideas in 3 weeks than I learned in a year at home. And that's what I'm out for now. Understanding the world, writing about other cultures and meeting you guys. Of course everyone has his own ways of thinking, but the more of those u see, the better you will understand your own.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Throught wwoofing I learned the beauty of living in foreign cultures and learning from real people and their experience. Both sides of that coin are pure bliss and get new viewpoints right in your house/get right in the house of new viewpoints. Gouchsurfing seems like the best way to find out about the world without being a typical 'tourist'.

Interests

I can't say my hobbies are very defined. Apart from playing theater and philosophizing around in university, I want to try out as many things as possible whilst young. Reading, gardening, traveling, trying out lucid dreaming or diving for a while. Sometimes more the calm life with boardgame evenings and a friendship hiking trip in the Alps, then again going along with the insane (and honestly inhumane...) bike trips of my best friend (cursed be he). Let's see what's next.

• literature
• theater
• traveling
• skiing
• philosophy
• diving
• lucid dreaming
• creative writing
• hiking in the mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Everything Christoph Bangert ever wrote, classics like Dune, Lord of the Rings, Foundation. Apart from that, a bit of everything, Harry Potter, Name of the wind and on the road, and whatever books u can recommend :)
(Cursed be Rothfuss for not finishing the best book series there is... I am waiting since TEN years... I barely live that long). I would complain more if I wasn't a perfectionist as well sometimes.

For musics I am a fan of all the classic rock bands of the 70s and 80s with Queen on the top. (Killer queen is the best alarmsound there is) As well as some experimental music. Cosmo Sheldrake would be the best example here, a complete maniac but also a very original and amazing songwriter.
And as a new addition, swing and jazz from the 30s to 40s, the music that makes forces you to dance, either sad or happy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Camped in the open on a sandbank-island near Ithaka in greece - calculated wrong - unwilling midnight swim. Turns out, even greece can get cold if you're soaked at night, but no less pretty for that.

Teach, Learn, Share

Learning? Everything! I don't think there is a thing that's not worth learning. In terms of teaching, I can always try. I have read and tried a lot in psychology and philosophy during the last years and are always happy to share ideas of the big thinkers. I believe lucid dreaming (it's not spiritual, rather scientific) is a skill everyone should at least have tried out, and am always happy to show first steps. And I have a big list of amazing books people recommended me over the year

What I Can Share with Hosts

I think how the time will be should be up to the hosts. If you wish for privacy, of course, I'm the guest and it's your home!
If you do couchsurfing in part to meet new people, I'd be glad to take part in everything u'd have planned and some more I bring :). I'd love to find out what life is like for you. In a way, that's exactly what I travel for, to see real new ways of this living thing we all seem to be trying. So couchsurfing is more an ends than a means. Whenever I can help in your household, just ask. I learned italien and spanish cooking and am always happy to serve up, as well as clean up after myself.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Spain