ABOUT ME

i guess i have always been quite curious and maybe therefor interested in a broad variety of topics and activities. i always had the feeling i was looking for a way to integrate all my interests and i am still working on this task, trying to be more than a "dilettante in everything".
i try to lead a reasonable life, not to base it on vain things, improve my relationship to the people around me, find my role in this world..

PHILOSOPHY

...can be a very fascinating and at the same time disquieting and engrossing thing to be occupied with.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

get to know people and their places, spread the message and be a good guest and sometimes also such a host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

only good ones! both hosting and being hosted has always been a pleasure.

Interests

learning about what makes people lead their lives the way they do

• festivals
• music
• trumpet

Music, Movies, and Books

some russian authors like jerofeev, gogol, dostoyevsky, bulgakov..among my favorite austrian authors are ernst jandl, thomas bernhard, elfriede jelinek, werner schwab, christof ransmayr, georg trakl..others: georg büchner, oscar wilde, lewis carrol, wolfgang borchert, ..the velvet underground, animal collective, talking heads, john cale, robert johnson, bob dylan, element of crime, j.s. bach, gounod, odetta, dave van ronk, devendra banhart, nick cave and the bad seeds, kurt weill, franz schubert, the beatles, brian eno, leonard cohen, tom waits, francis poulenc, henry purcell, fabrizio de andre, wladimir wysotzky..
directors: andrej tarkovsky, marcel ophüls, apitchatpong weerasethakul, ingmar bergman, emir kusturica, eric rohmer, jim jarmush, werner herzog, milos forman, ozu yasujiro, john cassavetes, chantal ackerman, theo angelopoulos, aki kaurismäki, kelly reichardt, wes anderson, paul shrader, artavazd peleshjan..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

having spent one winter night in the snow, wrapped up only in a sleeping bag. having spent 5 days in a trumpet festival in guca/serbia with non-stop brass music. having seen giotto's affreschi in the cathedral of san francesco d'assisi. having experienced the complete silence on the top of a mountain in the alps. all things one can't really write about, unless one wants them to become something like pieces of furniture which are meant for decoration in a room you come to call you life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Finland