I am a teacher from Germany. In 2011I studied in Chile. Since that I love travelling, learning languages, sharing stories with other people. Topics that interest me a lot are social and political change, nature, animals, especially birds and whales, activism (environmental and feminism), trekking, bikepacking, packrafting and nutrition as well as cooking.
Maybe I missed some, but we definitely will find out.

I am currently on a sabbatical. I have just been to South Korea and Japan. I hiked parts of the MCT in northern Japan.
Now I want to visit South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and maybe later Latin America again. In Western Australia I am considering hiking the Bibbalum Trail. I am also considering staying at some place for longer maybe taking Portuguese Classes in Brazil or a nice city somewhere. I am also considering living for some time in an alternative living project (ecological or social). If you have any suggestions don't hesitate to contact me. I try to figure out, what I like most and will do that.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Life is about sharing experiences, kindness and ideas.

Interests

Literature, Art, Cooking, Architecture, Travelling, Trekking, Philosophy, History, Hiking, Languages,

• arts
• culture
• literature
• architecture
• ethics
• cooking
• recipes
• flowers
• traveling
• hiking
• history
• languages
• mountains
• trekking
• bikepacking
• birdwatching
• packrafting
• whale watching

Music, Movies, and Books

I really love reading and I would have hundreds of recommendations. So I just want to put my all-time favorites here:

García Márquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude
Le Guin - Earthsea, The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, The ones that walked away from omelas
Lahiri - When Mr. Prizadas came to dine
Austen - Pride and Prejudice
Rowling - Harry Potter
Toole - A Confederacy of Dunces
Everything of Shakespeare
Short Stories of Borges and Chiang
Inger Christensen's Butterfly Valley and Alphabet
Ovid's Metamorphosis
Chatwins Songlines
Poetry of Rumi, Neruda, Heine, Fried, Bachmann

Non-fiction books
Mustill's - How to speak whale
Yunkaporta's - Sand Talk
Kimmerer's - Gathering Moss
Brum's - Banzeiro okoto
Quammen's - The song of the Dodo
Diamond's - Guns, Germs and Steel
Krenak's - Postponing the end of the world

On cooking:
Ottolenghi's Flavour, Niki Segnit's The Flavor Thesaurus Both Volumes, Samin Nosrath's, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, The book of Fou de Patisserie.

And a book recommendation that's a well kept secret of mine, which I may share with you. It's a book about icecream and sadly almost all of the icecreams I can make are from this book, except one strawberry recipe I developed in weeks of the pandemics turning my kitchen into a laboratory.

Music
The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Barfuß, Victor Jara, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Fruko y sus Tesos, Calle 13, Chavela Vargas, Mercedes Sosa, STS, Georg Danzer, Ricchi e poveri, Eros Ramazzotti, Rita Indiana, Aerosmith, AnneMayKantereit, Von wegen Lisbeth, Sistema Solar, Los Prisioneros, Fito

Documentaries:
Planet Earth,The Journey of Jane Goodall, The Yes Men fix the World, Up, Searching for Sugarman, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, a lot of Werner Herzog, especially Lo and behold and Cave of Forgotten Dreams,

Movies
Apokalypse Now, Le nom de gens, Bienvenue chez les Schtiis, Wild Strawberries, The Big Lebowski, Embrace of the serpent, big fish, Lost in Translation, In the mood for love, Orfeu negro, Some like it hot, The graduation, Hair, Dancing in the Rain, Hero, everything, everywhere, all at once, everything by the Coen. brothers, Wes Anderson, Terry Gilliam, Alfred Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman

I almost don't watch series because they are too time-consuming. In my entire life I watched maybe roundabout five. I really enjoyed Avatar and The Sopranos.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Only the one who jumped in a pond in autumn, sleept in the snow in the woods, saw the lights on the hills of Valparaìso, tasted the salt of the sea, danced in the streets of a city, fought for an idea, rebelled against authorities, questioned his culture and was in love with the flowers of nature and values, knows what life is capable to do with you.

Teach, Learn, Share

I really love cooking for others or together. So at least I could prepare a meal for you! I can also teach you German, English or Spanish.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook great meals, bake delicious cakes and some special ice creams.
In the pandemics I designed a delicious strawberry ice cream recipe that I could share with / prepare for you. Although we would need fresh strawberries for it. :)
I can also tell you about German history, society and culture.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Colombia, Germany