CURRENT MISSION

To learn and to love

ABOUT ME

Not easy to write about oneself, is it.. One doesn't want to come across as overly modest or boastful.
I am a man of 36. I enjoy life, can be spontaneous and adventurous. I love people - I love learning. Especially about the cultures of the world. I am attracted to the past, and can drown myself in history books. Beautiful things are important to me. I don't respond well to constraints and systems. It's a cliche, but I am a 'free spirit'. At the same time I don't believe in taking myself or the world around too seriously.

PHILOSOPHY

I am one of those empathetic liberal types that can see the other side of view. I always try and understand things from the other culture's perspective. I am driven by love and beauty. I do have a moral code, but it is very personal.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am still learning about this community having only joined last week... I think it is a great phenomenon and with time I will try and build the community further.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hardly any.. Actually come to think of it - none.

Interests

People, literature, love, philosophy, culture, music, art, languages, politics. Abstract things. Less interested in technical things. Beautiful things.

• arts
• culture
• books
• literature
• architecture
• beauty
• politics
• coding
• music
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I think my favourite film is Mephisto - a German film from the 1980s with the wonderful Klaus Maria Brandauer in the lead role. I recently discovered Haruki Murakami, The Wind-up Bird, and was seduced! In music I have a wide taste in many genres, but my favourite piece of music of all time Leos Janacek's Kreutzer Sonata. I feel that music is me.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The place that touched me more than any other is probably the Great Zimbabwe Ruins. A mysterious civilisation in a country due to its government hardly visited by foreigners. Noone really knows how it came to be as it is. The aura of the place is quite breathtaking.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am good at bringing Prague architecture to life.. And Czech history.. I am always in to learning new things. And experiencing new realities (sorry this is a bit vague). Maybe I need to think about it more.

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