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Overview

  • 17 references 14 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning Korean, Polish, Swedish
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • IT guy
  • Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts
  • From Nuremberg, Bavaria
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

seeking

ABOUT ME

I'm very openminded and interested in pretty much everything from quantum physics to literature, philosophy, psychology and mythology.
I want to see the world and meet new people.
This is not all about me, but enough to fill this box ;-)

"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." Edgar Allan Poe

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have been offered so many good things and such a wonderful time by other people via CS. I'd like to return some of it to whoever is in need of a tour around, a place to sleep or just some company.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed all around in Sweden, Estonia and some places in Germany over the last years and I have always been welcomed with great hospitality. The best thing was being greeted with a hot sauna evening after an 7 hour train ride. It was a great time and i met so many interesting and nice people that I never will forget!

Interests

Music, hot(!) food, having fun, pen & paper rpg, medieval festivals, meeting interesting people and exploring other cultures... and having discussions until the break of dawn along with some wine or beer.

  • literature
  • festivals
  • dining
  • wine
  • beer
  • sauna
  • traveling
  • music
  • hiking
  • boxing
  • physics
  • psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Asian Horror Movies e.g. Ring, Into the Mirror, Old Boy

all sorts of Power-Symphonic-Melodic-Speed Metal like Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, Dragonforce, and various other stuff

Dystopic fiction literature like 1984, Stephen Kings Dark Tower series and various others. Also books about mathematical riddles and logical reasoning, paradoxes, illusions, fallacies and alike (long list), e.g. Raymond Smullyan.
And some mythology and fairy tales, philosophies of various cultures like Khalil Gibran, Jostein Gaarder or Rafik Schami.

... and reading many more of things at random

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trip on the inlandsbanan in Sweden. Travelling around the Isle of Ven. Hiking in Lapland. Taking a roadtrip trough the USA.

Teach, Learn, Share

I studied a lot so far and am still not finished with my thirst for new things (who is ever?). Also did some tutoring in several subjects and due to my studies I'm quite skilled with computers and various IT stuff.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share stories, jokes and experience :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany

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