Hey folks,

I am Xaver, a 28 years old student of Cruise Tourism Management, spending now two semester abroad for a Double Degree in Bangkok until May 2025.
For most of my life I've been a voyager, since the first time my parents took my sister and me on travels.
In 2016, I started a professional seafaring career and was able to turn my wanderlust into reality:
Seeing parts of the globe that I didn't know exist and experiencing foreign cultures has made the world much smaller to me and amazing people have made me feel at home in many places in the world. This is what I wish to share with you, both as a host and guest.
So far, I experienced said hospitality in Singapore and Toulouse and was also able to accommodate in my place in Germany.
I post now and then some of my travels on instagram: @theus_r_us

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

There are so many places to see and there is so little time to live to see them.
So I found for myself that the unique places I have travelled so far are not necessarily those which are the most remote, popular or sublime.
In fact, it's the people I have been with who create experiences and will turn those places into memorable adventours of travel.

Interests

• baking
• hiking
• sociology
• poetry slam
• ships
• dinner parties
• wine and cheese

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies directed by S. Kubrick, T. Gilliam, T. Burton or Q. Tarantino

Books written by O. Wilde, J.K. Rowling, C. Bukowski or D. Brown

Music performed by Roosevelt, Glass Animals, Caravan Palace or Alle Farben

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Skydiving in Queentown, New Zealand
- Steering a reefer ship through the Panama Canal
- Hiking across the scenic Island of Skye, Scotland
- Seeing a moonlight rainbow at sea, somewhere off the Azores

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to bake and some of my signature cakes include
🟧 Pumpkin-Carrot
🟪 Currant-Cheesecake
🟥 Cherry-Amarettini
🟫 Chocolate-Zucchini (it‘s really juicy!)

Provide a hand mixer + a baking pan and I‘ll make your blood sugar soar 😉

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cabo Verde, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, New Zealand, Thailand