CURRENT MISSION

Deciding what's for dinner.

ABOUT ME

A while ago someone described me as ''Rough as a beach pole.''

PHILOSOPHY

We should never compromise on freedom. If people compromise on their own freedom, because they prefer security, we should force them to embrace radical freedom.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've only surfed one time yet, with an Indian student in Ljubljana. It was great!

Interests

Literature, linguistics, mountains, guinea pigs, ice cream, food in general, alcohol, Soviet pop culture, long distance sports, Europe, emancipation, the small peculiarities of cultures

• culture
• literature
• dining
• cycling
• sports
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Apocalypse Now, Underground, La Cité Des Enfants Perdus, Cry Baby, La Distancia, Kaos
Music: Jonnhy Cash, The Doors, Link Wray, The White Stripes, Howling Wolf, Goran Bregovic, Tony Joe White, Janis Joplin
Books: Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Gajto Gazdanov, Hugo Claus, etc. etc. etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I like to walk or cycle great distances. Last summer I cycled from Amsterdam through Germany to Poland, back to Luxembourg and then back to the Netherlands through Belgium. Also, I climb statues when drunk.

Teach, Learn, Share

Slavic tribes used to populate most of what is now Germany. You can tell by town names like Chemnitz and Güstrow. Any name that ends on -itz or -ow is of slavic origin.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Netherlands, Russian Federation