Hi! I'm Yuval, originally a 26 year old student from Jerusalem, Israel, currently doing an Erasmus exchange semester in Erlangen, the capital of Europe.

Stuff I've done so far includes backpacking in SE Asia and WWOOFing in Japan (Awesome times!), serving in the IDF for 3 years (not-so-good times), getting fired from a restaurant for not working fast enough, studying PPE (Political Science, Philosophy and Economics), regretting not studying carpentry and pottery-making, hiking across the Israeli National Trail and many more

Unfortunately, the apartment I'm currently renting is too small for conveniently hosting couchsurfers. Sorry!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

When you are with locals you are more likely to go to this really nice little italian restaurant instead of paying 5.5 euros for a really mediocre hot-dog at the tourists' area (both are true stories)

Interests

cooking, reading, traveling, finding obscure music, learning new things!

• cooking
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• agriculture
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
Neil young, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bach, Avishai Cohen, Philip Glass, João Gilberto and the general experimental stuff they play in student clubs

Movies
Moonrise Kingdom, La Granda Bellezza, Only Yesterday, Drowning by Numbers, Faces Places, A Separation

Books
Thomas Mann, George Orwell, Herman Hesse, Plato, Amos Oz

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking the Kumano Kodo pilgramage route in Japan!
I was also awarded "The best grandma in the world" with an honourary mug by friends.

Teach, Learn, Share

Can share my sense of humor, some Israeli recipes and dish-washing skills.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Talk about growing vegetables, teaching you how to say bus in Hebrew (Otobus, אוטובוס) - from going out for a beer to doing house chores, I think anything will end up being fun :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Poland, Spain, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Israel