My dad never really distinguished between truth and tale whilst raising me and my siblings. My sister came to school and insisted that our father had been a general in the Vietnam war, which would have been an impressive feat for a 14-year old.

I didn't inherit my father's vivid imagination, but I share his fondness for discussion and stories, his constant travelling and curiosity for the world. I'm always up for a new conversation and a new experience with a new friend.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Understanding and getting to know another person is probably the best sensation in the world. It doesn't really matter who a person is, but merely that it's a person with which you are able to share experiences, thoughts, dreams and misadventures. Couchsurfing offers an excellent platform to facilitate this.

Interests

Parties, politics, vegetarian cooking, cinema, photography and literature - preferably mixed together like a great jambalaya.

Music, Movies, and Books

In general I like anything that a critic might describe as concerning "the human condition". Freedom by Jonathan Franzen fits into that category, but it's a quite a wide genre so throw anything that concerns the misery or well-being of people in there and you'll be fine.

Other books that I like: A Clockwork Orange, No Country for Old Men, Brokeback Mountain, The Road, 1984, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and so on.

As for cinema I like Requiem for a Dream, 12 Angry Men, Amelie, Brokeback Mountain, The Lives of Others, Rushmore (And Wes Anderson in general). Have watched quite a lot of Werner Herzog movies as well. Currently very keen on 70s movies.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hong Kong, India, Sweden

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