Hey, i am Yannick (21). I started travelling after finishing highschool last summer and have been for 4 months on the road last year. We hitchhiked our way from Northern Germany to Poland, Slowakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania and Greece for the last month.
Now I am on my way back from Cuba and South America.
After one year of travelling i plan to study this summer.

I would describe myself as calm and open, who enjoys embracing mindful moments and interesting conversations and are looking forward to take on the adventures that life brings with it.

Other stuff about me:

- pan 🏳️‍🌈
- looking forward to study philosophy
- played football in a team almost my whole life
- lived vegi for 3 years
- practicing meditation and yoga
- love to cook

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to experience the I'm at as real as possible, that's why i think it can be amazing to spend our time with people that live there, hear there stories and be part of their lives for a moment.

Interests

My interests span above all fields of art, when I'm at home and on the road I love to read, listen to music, go to concerts and enjoy art museums. The reason I am travelling is to see nature, different cultures and meeting interesting people while being independent, that's why i am hitchhiking.

• literature
• theater
• design
• cooking
• vegetarian
• music
• medicine
• philosophy
• hitchhiking
• art
• nature
• stargazing
• science and technology
• travelling around the world
• mindful living
• yoga and meditation
• reading and writing
• history and culture

Music, Movies, and Books

From Rock and Alternative Classics like Pink Floyd, Queen, Linkin Park,
Over Pop Punk like My Chemical Romance and Panic!
to Indie Pop Rock and Hip Hop
It's good music if there is passion behind it :)
Favourites: Bring me the horizon and Modern Baseball
In literature, my interest reaches from philosophy over novels to classic literature. Schiller, Goethe, Nietzsche, Kafka, Schopenhauer, Albert Camus,... The list goes on and on and on and on...
I never watched that many movies, but she had me at Tarantino movies ;)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-hitchhiked from Poland to Greece, sleeping almost exclusively in our tarp
-travelled through whole Cuba from the smallest village to the biggest memorials
- spent almost a month solo hiking in the Andes over the course of 3 months.
-biggest hike: 10 days, 150 Kilometers, 9 mountain passes between 4000m and 5500m in the cordillera real in Bolivia.

Teach, Learn, Share

-Sharing experiences about travelling on a budget, hitchhiking and living in a tarp
- lots of history/ philosophy literature / music / art knowledge and even more interest
- a lot of stories
- two open ears for your stories :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

a young and easy going dude, with a lots of stories to tell, open ears for every story you can tell and every advise you can give, willing to learn, share and also help you out :)

As i enjoy cooking, i am ready to prepare meals from time to time. I would love to have dinner together with a good conversation as i am open minded and enjoy getting to know different mindsets and your way of life.
Although exchange would be pretty nice, i am totally fine with spending the free time with myself if you have no capacity.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany