I'm not available at the moment 'cause I'm traveling, but from mid-September onwards my flat is open again for everyone.

CURRENT MISSION

see the world

ABOUT ME

I'm working as a mechanical engineer and study management and economics at the University of Innsbruck. I'm eager to meet new people (well most of the time they are not really new, they are usually at least 20 years old, but they are new to me ;-)) who can challenge the status quo and are willing to share and communicate their perspective on live.

PHILOSOPHY

It's not the distance traveled which defines how big your journey has been, but the difference between the person leaving and the one returning.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love to travel and am happy to host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosting some great people in Innsbruck and surfing all the way to Gibraltar, Spain and back. Looking forward to do more of it soon.

Interests

I'm into all kinds of music and play the guitar myself.
I love to learn new stuff at work, university or in the exchange of thought with friends and travelers.
I'm love languages and how they are related to the cultures which use them.
I'm currently training for my first marathon in October and I love to bike up the mountains surrounding Innsbruck.
In the winter I'm all for alpine touring.

• theater
• dancing
• coffee
• marathon
• politics
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• surfing
• astronomy
• biology
• economics
• engineering
• languages
• science
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: everything that gets my nugget working and leaves me wondering at the end.
Also I find myself watching videos on ted.com quite frequently..

Music: The Accidental, Arctic Monkeys, Art of Noise, Asian Dub Foundation, Band of Horses, The Bravery, Manu Chaou, Chingon, Eric Clapton, Crowded House, Miles Davis, Skye Edwards, Tommy Emmanuel, The Frattelis, Herbert Grönemeyer, Juan Luis Guerra, Habib Koité & Bamada, Héroes de Silencio, Jestofunk, Paco di Lucia, Kasabian, The Levellers, M.I.A., Maná, Metallica, Morcheeba, The National, Paolo Nutini, Paul Oakenfold, Phantom Planet, Porcupine Tree, The Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Don Ross, Carlos Santana, The Shins, Frank Sinatra, Ska-P, Smash Mouth, Soundgarden, Spoon, Stereophonics, The Talking Heads, Terra Samba, The Good the bad and the Queen, Travis, U2, Vampire Weekend, The White Stripes, Wise Guys, Roddy Woomble

Books: Herman Hesse (Siddharta, Glasperlenspiel, Der Steppenwolf, Unterm Rad), Albert Camus (Die Pest), Franz Kafka (Der Prozess, Das Schloss), Heinrich Böll (Ansichten eines Clowns), George Orwell (Farm der Tiere, 1984), Malcom Gladwell (Outliers, Blink), Stephen Hawking (Das Universum in der Nussschale, Eine kurze Geschichte der Zeit),....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Working full-time, renovating the apartment I now live in with my own hands and finishing my studies at the same time is definitely something that I'm proud of, tough it definitely cost me some years of life expectancy and financed a big share of Costa-rican coffee-farmers.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm fascinated by the natural sciences as well as psychology and anthropology. I can teach some German, guitar while sharing a drink.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Portugal, San Marino, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Switzerland