CURRENT MISSION

I'm out and about to trespass as many of my own boundaries as possible

ABOUT ME

Life never gets boring. There is always so much to do, to discover, to learn, to understand, to try out.... time is never enough! That's why I started with Yoga - 90min of breathing, balancing, strengthening, and shutting up. So, I can actually sit still now! Moving is human. I am the happiest person on the road. And I am happy to change: from a music instrument maker, to a social worker, to a Tim Hortons baker, a librarian, a cook, a bartender, a student, a German to a Canadian (maybe :), a metalhead to a weird folk fan, from never sleeping in Berlin to fish eggs and sewing in the Northwest Territories.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Looking to meet local people on my travels and opening my house for travellers has always been a big part of my life. The nights I slept in a hotel in all of my life, you can count on one hand. One of the best experiences was in a student residence in Irkutsk/Russia where I was just overwhelmed with the hospitality of the students. CouchSurfing in this format is pretty new to me, but it has already brought some great people in my life with amazing stories to tell.

Interests

People and their countless views on what a good life means. Music. How to not die being out in the bush. Good stories, as in good conversations, books and films. Politics behind the scenes. Reducing consumption in daily life.

• fish
• books
• cooking
• yoga
• politics
• movies
• music
• fishing
• social work

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Lines (Tim Ingold), Glasshouse (Charles Stross), Excursions (Michael Jackson), books by Noam Chomsky, Nietzsche, H.P. LOvecraft., E.A. Poe, Thomas King...
Film: stuff directed by Peter Greenaway, Men who hate women, Memento, Angel Heart, The life of Others, Persepolis, Gadjo Dilo....and yes, embarrasing as it might be, I love the little dialogues between Scully and Mulder, not all of them, but many, X-Files rule :)
Music: Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, Primus, CocoRosie, IMAX, Monotekktoni, The Cure, Queens of the Stone Age, Dead Weather, Singapore Sling, Tindersticks, Anthony and the Johnsons, The Spirit Girls, Swing, Blues, Turkish Folk, Chopin, Beethoven,....

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany