CURRENT MISSION

giving back the love I got though life and spread the inner smile :)

ABOUT ME

I love Yoga and Running and try to discover the world step by step through traveling. I`m a collector of fairy tale books from all around the world and love visiting art exhibitions especially of contemporary art. I almost worship cooking sessions with friends and home cooking.

PHILOSOPHY

When I started practicing yoga in New York, the teacher would always read a quote at the end of the class. This quote has become essential to me and to my life, because I believe we all can make a difference from inside ourselves:

When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.
I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.
When I found I couldn't change the nation, I began to focus on my town.
I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.

Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

When I was in Canada, I didn`t get a place to sleep in a hostel anymore one night. A friend told me about couchsurfing, so I created this account. Just as life happens sometimes, that evening I met a woman who just like that offered me to crush on her couch for the night. So far I don`t have that much experience with couchsurfing, but I am planing to change that.
I got lucky a lot of times in life, when I really needed help and I`d love giving back and share that good experiences with people, whether through a couch to crush on, or a helpful and inspiring talk.

Interests

I`m always curious about things I haven`t done before, so learning is my biggest interest in life. Besides that I love watching Tatort with my roomies on Sundays (Tatort is a crime tv-show playing in different cities all around Germany that switch every sunday. It is quite famous and is even displayed at public viewings in bars which makes it a nice community event).

• arts
• books
• design
• fashion
• contemporary art
• cooking
• coffee
• yoga
• running
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• drawing
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: drive, only lovers left alive, momo, some like it hot

music: tycho, low roar, chet faker, shlohmo, gorillaz, love of lesbian, mäbu

books: fairy tale books, dictionaries, ian m banks, khalil gibran

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

howling with the wolves at Algonquin Park - that was great - feeling connected to nature!!!

Teach, Learn, Share

teach: a little yoga, everything around fashion design (sewing, drawing, creating concepts and moods...), explaining the way fashion works to everyone who is interested, help learning german, english or a little spanish

learn: how to speak new languages, a different way to see the world, to know and cook dishes from all over the planet

share: books after reading, good advice to friends who need some, and always an open ear and heart

What I Can Share with Hosts

a couch to crush on, a tour around Pforzheim, a coffee, tea or meal, some advice about the city or help with problems that might come up when moving to Germany

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Canada, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, Spain