CURRENT MISSION

be authentic and fair and support my kids in their development without forgetting to take care of myself

ABOUT ME

If I would be an animal, I might be the colourful yellow cow painted by Macke, hopping around and having fun.

... later on I might add a link, the cow is in Stuttgart State Gallery to be seen....

but as I definitly would not like to be a steak, maybe it is better not to be a cow...

PHILOSOPHY

wow, what shall I write?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have not looked up my e-mail so regularly in the last months, so I did not get any visitors, but I want to change this now.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It always happend to me in foreign countries that people, whom I just met occassionally, offered me to stay at their houses. That is always a great experience. And there are always people staying in my home, friends, friends of friends, people from Capoeira,... and lately also people from the couch surfing as I live with friends, who are quite active in the couch surfing: so I thought I might join as well. Although I like when things happen by occasion, the bit of organisation through coach surfing should be o.k..

Interests

too many for too little time with two small kids:

painting, print, ,fotos,...I am interested in much more things than I actually do, as the day is always too short for me. Anyhow, some things I do regularly: Capoeira Angola, hiking, cycling, painting.
Other things I do less regularly like swimming, going to arts museums, reading, climbing, skiing, plastic arts in clay or soap stone.
There are things I always dream of doing, but never will achieve (as making a salto, learning film production...) . I also love travelling, ...
I am very interested in my work and like my job in a development organisation.
...and I have two little kids, who are cute, - sometimes, when they do notfight each other

• animals
• arts
• capoeira
• coach
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• skiing
• rock climbing
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: We do not have a TV, so just occacionally I go to the cinema: I love films by Tarkowsky, my favourite is Stalker,
but there are so many good films worth watching, like Amelie, Quemada, Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei, Ausser Atem, Der letzte Tango, American Dream, Time of the gipsies, der Weichensteller, ...
Music: I like Classics, but also Brazilian music. My favourite band for the moment is Stimmhorn. ... Wow and there is ths singer from Angola: Bonga. ... and music from Mali is great...
books: Cortazar, Toni Morrison, Lenz, Böll, Ranzmayer (Die letzte Welt), Botho Strauss (Paare), ... I wished I had more time for reading, I used to read a lot, but now it is a long time I did not touch any book

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

my two little sons

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: ?
Learn:
1. I would like to learn more on film production, filming
2. climbing
3. ... there are so many things to learn

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Mozambique, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Germany, Nepal, Switzerland