CURRENT MISSION

explore

ABOUT ME

Originally from the wonderful city of Berlin, I fell in love with Latin America while living in Colombia. Over there, I was working in a research group at a local university, enjoying the country, its nature and its wonderful people. Later on, I came back to the region to do my Master's thesis research in Valdivia, Chile. Up until October, I was in Santiago de Chile in the field of climate change and am now travelling up to Colombia, getting to know more of the region's cultures, people and nature.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING:

To be expected: "I can say without a doubt that Berlin is my favorite city in the world thanks to your tour of both the tourist sights and the dark and dirty underground art. Telling people about it makes some think I hallucinated it all. Especially the bit about the exhibit of the demonic robots and giant spider attacking us that had to be warded off with anti-monster spray hahaha. The best part of visiting you, however, was how you were so willing to share all your friends with me for a few days. They are all very sweet and fun and totally open to showing a perfect stranger a good time." - Nick, a friend of mine after visiting Berlin for the first time.

Interests

cultures, knowledge, people, education, opinions, theories, travel, nature, art, books, social movements, subversion, politics.

Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. - Bertolt Brecht

I am not a Marxist. - Karl Marx

• arts
• books
• education
• politics
• traveling
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Bertold Brecht, Theodor W. Adorno, Arturo Escobar, Raul Zelik, George Orwell, Franz Kafka, Jonathan Safran Foer, Isabel Allende, Milan Kundera, Erich Fromm, Walter Benjamin, Hermann Hesse, Gabriel García Márquez, Heinrich Böll, Michel Foucault, Stanislav Lem, Erich Fried, Pierre Bourdieu, Friedrich Nietzsche, J.R.R. Tolkien, Fjodor Dostojewski, J.K. Rowling, Chuck Palahniuk, Kurt Tucholski, Eduardo Galeano, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, Rafael Chaparro, Erich Fromm.

The Doors, Bonaparte, The XX, Alle Farben, Mumford & Sons, Beirut, Nicolas Jaar, Noze, Hundreds, Bodi Bill, Damien Rice, Boys Noize, FM Belfast, Inti Illimani, Pink Floyd, Stars, Malente, Fleet Foxes, Beatsteaks, Lykke Li, Drauf und Dran, Ra Ra Riot, Peaches, The Kooks, Apparat, Umami, Aka Aka, Britta Arnold, Gebrueder Teichmann, Kombinat 100, Mediengruppe Telekommander, Die Ãrzte, Element of Crime, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Nirvana, Der Dritte Raum, Kabale und Liebe, The Beatles, Brandt Brauer Frick, Ruede Hagelstein, Franz Ferdinand, Hercules and Love Affair, The Killers, Bob Dylan, Darwin Deez, Belle and Sebastian, Manu Chao, Bomba Estereo.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiked 2100 km through the world´s driest desert - Atacama, Chile - within 36 horas.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to share philosophical, transcendental, as well as random conversations.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Home-cooked meals, thoughts and laughter.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Spain, United States

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