CURRENT MISSION

finish Uni and plan my next adventure

ABOUT ME

My name is Bill and I'm 22 years old, and have 1 semester left at Uni where I'm studying Management Information Systems and Computer Science.

I love interacting with new cultures and learning to view life from as many different perspectives as possible and meeting new people.

I love playing soccer at any opportunity & attending heavy metal concerts. I LOVE (eating) food, and cooking has become another hobby of mine within the last few years.

States/provinces/cities I have lived in:
--Maryland, USA
--Bavaria, Germany
--baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
--Philadelphia, USA
--Berlin, Germany
--Rome, Italy
--Colorado, USA

PHILOSOPHY

Treat others how you would like to be treated.

I try to understand everyone's point of view in an attempt to learn as many different perspective's of thought as possible.

I love getting to know other people and hearing about their lives.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

May 2010 - Aug 2010 (Berlin)
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My roommate and I hosted a few of the kids in our work program and spent a weekend couchsurfing in Amsterdam. I also met some people with whom I camped at Wacken Open Air.

Aug 2010 - Dec 2010 (Rome)
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With classes only 4 days a week, I traveled a lot. I surfed while visiting Sicily and the German city of Mainz, as well as having made some friends through this website during that time.

Summer 2011
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Couchsurfed in Montreal for the Heavy MTL festival. This was my best friend's first time leaving the USA, and it was a blast.

Right now
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Exploring Colorado for the summer

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've met many amazing people and experienced, seen & learned many things.

Interests

Soccer (Fussball), Heavy metal, Food, Concerts, beer, Travel, Cooking, homebrewing, culture

pushing the limits

• culture
• concerts
• festivals
• oktoberfest
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• running
• traveling
• homebrewing
• blogging
• soccer
• world cup
• computer science
• languages
• law
• science
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

Music (mostly heavy metal)
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AC/DC, Alestorm, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, Black Sabbath, Behemoth, Bloodbath, Cavalera Conspiracy, Chimaira, Combichrist, Daath, Devildriver, Fear Factory, In Flames, KoRn, Lamb of God, Linkin Park, Machine Head, Rammstein, Slipknot, System of a Down, Vader, and many more

Books
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Lord of the Rings -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Inheritance Cycle -Christopher Paolini, The bartimaeus Trilogy -Jonathon Stroud, 'Why We Suck' -Denis Leary, 'Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter' -Phoebe Damrusch, 'Call Me Ted' -Ted Turner, 'Rework' -Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson

Movies
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LOTR, The Patriot, Gladiator, Star Wars (episodes IV-VI), Braveheart, Independence Day, 300, Food Inc, Supersize Me, Nowhere in Africa, Hitman, The Social Network

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Making a quick exit from the USA v. Italy game during the World Cup in 2006 because my father claimed that "Italians are above the law," while sitting in a section populated by the rabid fans of the United States.

Accomplished a dream of mine to FINALLY attend a European metal festival by attending 2 of them (Wacken Open Air & Graspop Metal Meeting).

Oktoberfest 2010 was amazing...

Eating Executed horse in in Malta with a local software Developer I met at Oktoberfest, then running through flooded streets the next morning in an attempt to make my 9:00AM flight (which I missed by a whole 2 minutes)

12 May, 2011 = Bottled my first homemade alcohol (mead)
31 July 2011 = Brewed my first beer

Teach, Learn, Share

http://billstravels.tumblr.com
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It's a bit old (2010), but I kept a travel blog of my experiences based in Jamaica, Berlin & Rome. Also included are trips to various cities around Europe.

Feel free to pick my brain on anything. Even if we disagree, I love a healthy debate.

Things I could share
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--Heavy metal
--travel experiences in Germany and central Europe
--homebrewing
--cooking
--German & English Languages
--my addiction to playing soccer (Fussball)

I love learning new things, especially about other people's goals and dreams for their lives and how they plan on accomplishing them. It always inspires me to hear how someone came to be where they are in life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Liechtenstein, Malta, Netherlands, San Marino, Slovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Italy, United States