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Overview

  • 5 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in German; learning English, Norwegian Bokmål
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • read, plan, act,...
  • still in progress
  • From Grafenwoehr, Bayern, Deutschland
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

getting married!

ABOUT ME

I am working the change.

PHILOSOPHY

On one side I really want to make the world a better place to live on. I mean for the poor and starving. Therefore I could decide to work on renewble alternativ sources for energy. I think the energy topic can be a "key" to solve a lot of problems on earth. I am really interested in this and I know were to start.
But on the other hand why should I waste my life on this.
I don´t why save the world when most of the people don´t give a...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I participated in a school exchange in Istanbul in 1999. At this time I did a small expedition to the city completely on my own. It was fascinating to me being completely alone in this big city, between crowds of people not understanding a single word they spoke. Since I experienced that the world is bigger than my small bavarian hometown, I started to get to know the rest of it.

My first contact with couchsurfing was in Summer 2007 in Denmark, where Kevin Jones (look at my friends) told me about couchsurfing.com. A few weeks later I surfed couches in Götheburg and Stockholm. In January 2008 I surfed Oslo and Trondheim.

Interests

My main interests are gaining knowledge about different cultures and people, going to cinema, reading books, listening to music, dancing ,...

  • books
  • dancing
  • politics
  • movies
  • reading
  • music
  • swimming
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Garden State, Children of Men, Cicade de Deus,...
Music: All kinds, mostly rock, pop, and electronic music like minimal, ambient, and minimal house.
Books: Umberto Eco, John Le Carrè, and books about History

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Got lost in Istanbul, got wasted in Berlin, got free in Norway, got "illegal" accomodation in Oxford, got bored in London, got 10 minutes sleep in the bus to Edinburg, got peace anytime anywhere, got free pasta in Stockholm, got good time swimming in ice-cold lake near Vakkeryd, ... got to be continued...

Teach, Learn, Share

renewable sources of energy, politics&history,

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Norway

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