CURRENT MISSION

Travelling with my female partner Betty (38) in South Asia

ABOUT ME

Hi, my name is Martin, 38 years old and I graduated in psychology and business, living in Vienna/Austria. I guess (and hope that other people see that too) I´m a lovely (sometimes a Little bit crazy), open-minded and easy going man. I like to meet other people, enjoy going out with friends (dancing, see great local music, having a drink...)and hobbies are travelling, reading, music (playing gipsy- guitar), sports like skiing, swimming. Mostly I try to find a "middle way" between easy funny life and serious responsibility in social life.

PHILOSOPHY

Respect other people/cultures and nature, be responsible for your doing in life, learn to live/love and enjoy life as conscious as possible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Couch Surfing is for me a gread idea and possibility for open-minded persons to meet people from countries all over the word. It will be a pleasure for me to help people that want to visit my home country Austria and vienna,giving information about local adresses for going out, learning about cultur and more - having a drink together and exchange experiences - maybe accomodation too (my female partner and I live in a rented appartment - our "nice renter" will not accept that we host other people, but feel free to write me a mail and we will see...)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A member since october 2007 - had nice experiences with people that hosted me - just look at references

Interests

I´m interested in different things: music (hearing, dancing and playing guitar), reading, travelling, sports like swimming and skiing, interessted in the topics of philosophy, politic, psychology, culture/art, I like to have interessting discussions with friends, having a drink and enjoy life...

• arts
• culture
• dancing
• coffee
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• surfing
• skiing
• sports
• swimming
• business
• emergency services
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: from rock/funk/jazz - very different stuff like rage against the machine (hardcore), Led Zeppelin (classic rock), nick cave (alternative rock), jamiroquai (funk, house), jestofunk (funk) maceo parker (funk, jazz), tom waits (blues), herby hancock (jazz)
Movies: for example from Jim Jarmush, Stanley Kubrik, Emir Kosturica and Woody Allen...
Books: for example books from Erich Fromm, Mo Yan, Murakami or Thomas Bernhart

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

hm....hard question - in New Orleans I tried to earn money as a "street musician" - after 3 days of hard work I had to accept, that there are so many good musicians playing for less money, that they don´t need another guy from Austria trying to play guitar too...police also gave me the "opportunity" to stop playing without permission or prison...

Teach, Learn, Share

I`ll be open for new experiences - would like to show people my city/vienna (culture, mentality, going out...), having a drink or coffee and maybe offering a place to sleep. It should be a good balance of "giving and taking", having fun too.

What I Can Share with Hosts

experience, thoughts, fun...

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bolivia, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria

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