I like getting to know people and places rather than being a tourist.
Born and grown up in East Germany, I studied Medicine in Berlin and settled in UK in 2000.
I am in relationship with my partner of four years we live in Bermonsey area.
For a living a work as a psychiatrist in the NHS.

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

I haven't done 'official couchsurving.com' but previous experience with similar informal arrangement have brought new impressions and lasting friendships.

Centres d'intérêt

Classical song (listening) only #2 on my music lessons count
Creativity & Mental illness
Psychology and Therapy / coaching
Cooking
Quality Improvement
Teaching Theory - particularly Activity Theory
(and therefore lately Marxism - never would have thought this!!)

• cooking
• meditation
• music
• medicine
• psychology

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

Purcell and Wagner
Werner Herzog movies and everything 3D
books just finished Daniel J. Levitin's 'Organised Mind'
my last prose frenzy after Harry Potter was Michael Houllebecq

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

pew! ... tidied my junk drawer does this count?

(I would not take the credit but last year we did 'Creative Madness in Song' this was pretty amazing - http://songinthecity.org/social-projects/)

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

- I make quite good gravy. Also pelmeni.
- Mindfulness

Ce que j'aimerais partager avec mes hôtes

- I would join in with meditation practice.
- a decent time to retire to bed if not on holidays

Pays que j'ai visités

American Samoa, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Madagascar, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

Germany, United Kingdom