CURRENT MISSION

recovering from the bar exam + spreading positive energy

ABOUT ME

Okay, admittedly we are both German and lawyers. We know that sounds extremely boring.
BUT: We do laugh a lot despite these two facts!! At least twice a year... ;) A good sense of HUMOUR just makes life fun. And what's more important than that?

So as dry as our occupation sounds we totally enjoy the "odd" social get-together (that is as often as possible). We like to see ourselves as easy-going team players and we enjoy spending time on the beach or on the water and relax.

We love sports of almost all sorts. You are not looking for new sailing crew members btw are you?

We enjoy hanging out in the nature and see the world from all perspectives, in particular the people. We are not the greatest party animals any more, but we do enjoy the odd big night out. But on a daily basis we love to hang out in the sun and have a drink with friends and new people.

PHILOSOPHY

Think of the sky as partly SUNNY.

We love to spread our positive energy :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We are trying to increase our global CS network so when we return we shall hope to repay the favours given to us during our journeys around the planet.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We have had great CS experiences so far, given we have only recently joined the network, and we would love to have some more :)

Interests

said it already: social activity and sports, especially outside. Jana loves a good read (so does Matt, but Jana's desire for books is unbeatable)...

We scuba dive while we can and love to travel. Thus we should have some experiences to share..

We are keen tennis players and we love to sail and surf. Okay, as we are from Germany we are only kind of mediocre at surfing, but it's fun...

We both love pets, especially dogs. But we won't bring one. And we don't smoke.

• animals
• pets
• dogs
• books
• singing
• folklore
• perfumes
• oktoberfest
• beer
• partying
• drinking
• technology
• traveling
• surfing
• scuba diving
• sailing
• sports
• tennis
• law
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

yes, yes and yes.

best movie: Vantage Point, Life of the Others.
best music: hard to explain, very special, but anything that rises your mood will do.
best book: too many... Down Under by Bill Bryson, Anna Karenina, books featuring a small school boy with a scar on his forehead ;)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

We do it every year: GERMAN KARNEVAL.

It's a very traditional celebration 6 weeks prior to Easter and everybody gets crazy. We dress up in costumes, sing along the traditional (!) party songs that exist just for this season and have as many beers as our bank statement allows us. It's actually the only time where you party (not as in Xmas party, but party party) with the whole family and all friends in the same venue. No matter where they live, they will ever come back for this time of the year which usually is February (ie in the German winter).
Never heard of it? No surprise here because this is only celebrated where we are from, that is the river Rhine (far west Germany) with the centre of the tradition being Cologne.

Believe it: it's better than Oktoberfest!

And we do love to bring people from abroad and so far, most of them have made a habit of returning every year... Are you next?

Another amazing thing we've done: race sailing in Sydney Harbour on "Australia" that is the vessel that used to represent Australia in the 1977 and 1980 Americas Cup races. Just great!

Teach, Learn, Share

Trouble getting your technology working? I have good idea every once in a while.. Or do you anything that needs fixing? We are both hands-on so we might give it a try.

We could also teach German and law, but nobody wants that... ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Austria, United Kingdom