CURRENT MISSION

A new chapter of my life starts now being retired and having the possibility to travel again.
In 2025 I spend my time in France in Touraine-area, thats why it is difficult to be a host at the moment.

One of my activities is now to do consulting and teaching methods to become more auto-determinated and more effective.
My website www.stawi.info will tell you a lot about me, so maybe you want to have a look. It is available in German, Spanish, French (and English soon) and I offer in 2025 a free online meeting to support you defining your personal goals in life.

Contact with other cultures is something I enjoy a lot, also traveling and meeting people.

PHILOSOPHY

All people are citizens of the world, all people are individuals. Tolerance is an important virtue

If traveling a country it is best to live with the people - or even study/work there, so that you really get to know the culture.

I don't agree to nationalistic thinking and frontiers.
All humans should have the same rights - also to choose where they want to live or travel to.

My favorite philosopher are Whitehead (Process and Reality) and St.Exupéry

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I really enjoy to offer hospitality and show my guests around in Kallmünz... and when traveling to contact couchsurfers - just to meet locals- and to get to know them, their local culture.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I was hitchhiking a lot and received hospitality in many countries from people I just met on the road - learning their culture, their point of views. Also via Internet I met already some people and we met (in my town or I went to their home)- Some years ago I was with my 2 kids for 3 days in Skopje, Macedonia - being guest of a very hospital family. Couchsurfing is a very good way to meet open minded people and getting to know local people...

Interests

Music (playing viola/violin, hurdy gurdy and singing)
One of my projects is to sing Christmas Carols in youtube: you can find them looking for Stawi Weihnachtslieder

Reading (we have some books in English, French, German and Spanish filling our library...)

Traveling (camping, backpacking, visiting friends...) in the region (Germany is a very beautiful and very diverse country to visit) - or in the world

Playing (Canasta, Tarot/Skat, Ticket to Ride)

• culture
• books
• singing
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• backpacking
• camping
• philosophy
• tourism
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Books are so many: Some of my favorite writers are William Gibson (Pattern Recognition), Marion Zimmer Bradley (Darkover series), Thomas Bernhard (Alte Meister...) Rowling (Harry Potter), and the favorite of favorites Saint-Exupéry (La citadelle, Le petit prince, Vol de nuit....)

Music: Classical Music (serious music of all centuries, my favorites are Bartok, Prokofieff, Schnittke, Hindemith, Schubert, Bach and many more), Independent, Industrial, Genesis, Supertramp, Peter Fox, Apocalyptica...

Movies: Independent movies (Peter Greenaway, Aki Kaurismäki...), Jackie Chan, The Addams Family, Shrek

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Done: Raising my children, planting a tree, building a house

Seen: The fall of the Berlin wall in November 1989. First night I was on the Kurfürstendamm seeing all the East Germans coming over to West Berlin for the first time. Second night I was on top of the wall close to the Brandenburg gate.... 7th of January 1990 I as West Berlin citizen was first time free to go to East Germany crossing the Glienicker Brücke close to Potsdam with my bike on a sunny winterday.

Teach, Learn, Share

One of my dreams is to become a consultant for personal development - who helps people with rational methods (I learned as a management consultant) and intuitive methods (like Tarot..). That dream starts to become true.

Some of my friends come to me if they have difficult personal decisions to make - I help them thinking clearer what they want.

With the website www.stawi.info I share my methods and am ready to teach them or help you applying them.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Accomodation,
A guided tour through our village (I am a local tourist guide)
A nice cup of tea or coffee
and many interesting discussions...
If wanted coaching for the definition of lifetime goals.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, France, Germany, Paraguay, United States

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