CURRENT MISSION

Developing conservation strategies for endangered bird species in Ecuador

ABOUT ME

I am an open-minded person and i love meeting new people from all over the world. I like trying to integrate into foreign cultures and to forget my own nationality for a moment. Just to find out more about how different people live with different attitudes , to learn for my own life. I love being outside in these beautiful landscapes we have on this planet. And I´m trying to direct my studies in the way that I can help saving these for the future.
Hmm, so well I love discussions that go deeper than the usual small talk but I´m up to partys as well:-)))

PHILOSOPHY

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe
harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
(Mark Twain)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I just started...but so far i love it:-)) It makes travelling so much more worthwile and interesting that i leave no more occasion out to try new couches, even when travelling my own country. And i switched my couch search behavior from "i wanna go to this and that place,so i look for people there" to "hey, this profile looks really interesting, let´s see whether i find a reason to go and visit his place" :-)

Interests

Nature, Animals, Horseback Riding, Juggling, Unicycling, Circus, Ornithology, Vaulting, Drawing, Jogging, Traveling, Reading, Skiing and now also learning snowboarding...

• animals
• cats
• birds
• reading
• traveling
• juggling
• drawing
• equestrian
• sailing
• skiing
• snowboarding
• languages
• ornithology

Music, Movies, and Books

Lord of the Rings, DaVinci Code, God Delusion, Celestine Prophecy, the swarm, into the wild....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Humpback whales in Australia and finally, after chasing them for 2 month, Northern Lights in Sweden!!

and now here could follow a long list of beautiful birds i´ve seen, but i guess i should skip that one;-)

Being on stage in a "real" circus was also a great time! And dogsledding in Lappland... Or Horseback Riding through the Camarque...jumping orcas around vancouver island... Or... well let´s just talk more when we meet...

Teach, Learn, Share

Hm, well, i could teach you juggling, if you want. Or how to set up lure sticks to attract wild cats;-) Otherwise we could practice any of the languages, at least to the extend that i speak them. But what i love the most is sharing travel experiences:-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Cook Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Gibraltar, Italy, Kenya, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Ecuador, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden

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