CURRENT MISSION

To enjoy living fully after this strange past year

ABOUT ME

I'm very bad at describing myself, but here are some quotes from Christopher Johnson McCandless (movie about him: Into the wild) that quite represent some of my thoughts:
"The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences. "
"I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong. To measure yourself at least once. To find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions. Facing the blind death stone alone, with nothing to help you but your hands and your own head. "
"Happiness is only real when shared."

PHILOSOPHY

I think that there are lots of positive things in life which make me believe that it is possible to improve the world, even if it seems difficult sometimes.
I'm not religious but I think that for every good action that you do, you will get something back from it. The same is for negative actions, one day you will be punished for it (by destiny, people, who knows?).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm just very happy that I can meet people here who love different cultures.
I'm glad too if I can show Vienna, the city where I live now, to other people even if I'm not so good at telling history facts ;-) Unfortunately I have a tiny apartment so hosting possibilities are limited but happy to chat.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been on couchsurfing for 10 years but only used a few times. I did meet one of my best friends through CS though.

Interests

people, nature, animals, africa, politics, economics, all type of cultures, music, books, free diving

• animals
• books
• acting
• politics
• reading
• socializing
• music
• surfing
• swimming
• economics
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

There are too many ;-)
Movies: Into the wild, Auberge espagnole, Les choristes, Cinema paradiso, Inception, Avatar, Kill Bill....
Books: Les royaumes du Nord, L'élegance du Herisson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, L'usage du monde, Le sommeil de l'esclave..
Music: The Beatles, Idir, Fatoumata Diawara, film music, Cali, french music 30', music from the 60'...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have done many amazing things in my life. I think you don't necessarily need to be on the Mount Everest to have an exciting experience (even if it is one hell of one ^^). It's up to you to make your life an adventure, hearing or reading other stories from beautiful places is one way for example.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm always happy to learn new things, whatever topic it is about.
I think I'm too young to be able to really teach something, but the one thing I'm good at is acceptance: there is always a reason why a person is acting the way he/she is, sometimes the best way is not to judge but to try to find the reason and maybe solve it.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can tell stories and cook. Happy to do the dishes (no I'm not kidding, I find it to be some kind of meditation task weirdly enough)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Ghana, Hungary, Japan, Kenya, Kosovo, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Benin, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom