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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
learn the rules of my own language so I can teach them to others :)
ABOUT ME
Well,... I like to make new experiences and share them with others. I`m always happy to see new places and talk to people of different countries and cultures for everyone has a story to tell.
I studied at the University of Leipzig for becoming a teacher for philosophy, french and german as a foreign language. Now I'm working in Mongolia as teacher for german.
I like children and to work with them (see them grow and develop), that's why I wanted to become a teacher. It's a work where you give a lot but get back so much more.
PHILOSOPHY
To be generous, helpful and good.
Be the change you want for this world.
Do bee do bee doo ...
... in the end never take life too serious :)
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Yet I have so far some experiences with CouchSurfing and they were all great. Nice people with whom I liked to talk and spend time a lot.
It's a good place to come together and learn from each other. I really liked to see the world as one someday.
Interests
Especially music, singing and playing instruments. I am also collecting instruments.
I love languages and knowing the origin of words, phrases and names (I can be a bit nerdy about this sometimes), but also nature, climbing, diving, canoeing, walking, nice countrysides and being a help for my friends.
Seeing as much as possible of this wonderful world and try to help to keep this world a good and clean place to live.
- singing
- walking
- juggling
- music
- canoeing
- camping
- scuba diving
- rock climbing
- teaching
- languages
- sign language
- nature
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: different stuff, doesn´t depend on style or artist (if I can sing along to it or it moves my feed I normally like it :) but depends on my mood.
Books: Brave new world, 1984, all the Discworld Novels, The Pillars of the Earth, all the Shakespear stories, Measuring the World, Siddhartha, ...
Movies: especially movies from Tim Burton, Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Monty Python and movies like Gardenstate, American Beauty, Constantin, Mr. Nobody, Amelie, Gran Torino, My Life without me, Dead Poets Society, ...
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Visiting deaf children in Uganda an see how happy you can make them just by playing with them for a while and let them explain to you there sign language.
black sand in Cuba; the rainforest in Uganda where the monkeys play; Lake Victoria; the deserts of Peru, Lake Titicaca, the temple of Angkor Wat and the other temples around; Dolphins swimming in the Mekong River; the blue coasts of the Cote d'Azur; seeing a solar eclipse on the Aiguille du Midi (3842m) next to Mont Blanc; wild horses in Mongolia; hear the ice crack at Lake Khovsgol at -21°C; ...
Teach, Learn, Share
Well, I can teach you a bit juggling or german, english, french if you like :)
(Unfortunately I don't have my Ukulele here with me)
What I Can Share with Hosts
My own songs and a lot of stories.
Countries I’ve Visited
Andorra, Austria, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vatican City State
Countries I’ve Lived In
France, Germany, Mongolia