I have a one bedroom/livingroom flat
I'm open minded and like to meet up with open minded people.
Apart from the details in my profile I just want to let you know that I highly appreciate short personal messages that let me know why you would like to stay with me (what you find interesting on my profile). And I also like to cook and taste what you cook normally... There is also a nice gay restaurant with great food on the underground line that I'm on...
Info about Vienna:
http://wiki.couchsurfing.org/en/Vienna
http://wiki.couchsurfing.org/en/Getting_to_Vienna
I like to cook together with my guests and show them my city. I live close to the center and good public transport around the corner. Let me know why you want to stay with me.
If you don't know how to write a couch request:
http://wiki.couchsurfing.org/en/How_to_write_a_CouchRequest
ALICE 30, Female Vienna, Vienna Austria Friends since July 2005 "How could anybody not like Marcus and his diabolic laugh that comes at exactly the right situation and makes you feel a bit uneasy :o) Thanks for the ride! I'm glad we got to know each other!" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Marcus Eder
Elias Gruber 34, Male Vienna, Vienna Austria Friends since July 1995 "from the medical examination for military service in salzburg (austiria)" Friendship Type: Best Friend I vouched for Marcus Eder 30+30+
angel.goes.traveling 100, Female San Juan La Laguna, Solola Guatemala Friends since August 2005 "Met him at several CS meetings, he is Mr. Couchsurfing Austria and I'm really happy to know him :-)" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Marcus Eder 2
BRIE 42, Female Munich, Bavaria Germany Friends since November 2005 "We met at the fantastic Munich CS meeting - what a sweet guy (except when he got mad at me for correcting entries in his meeting book and tried to limit my comments to a very small space) - what a wicked laugh! Hope to catch up again betw. here and there!" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend I vouched for Marcus Eder 4
Immanuel Gruber 0, Male Vienna, Vienna Austria Friends since 1995 "He's a good friend of mine; I think I know him very well"
Karim Ayari 31, Male Ottawa, Ontario Canada Friends since November 2005 "I couch surfed at his flat! Wonderful person!" Friendship Type: Friend I vouched for Marcus Eder 45
Josua Gruber 28, Male Vienna, Vienna Austria Friends since July 2007 "good friend of mine" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Marcus Eder 30+
FERMATA 30, Female Seattle, Washington United States Friends since November 2005 "I met Marcus in Munich and then again at his home in Vienna." Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Marcus Eder 2
Ana + Peter Längauer 40, Male Vienna, Vienna Austria Friends since June 2004 "I contacted him via HC and now we meet almost weekly." Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Marcus Eder
KOOLKARMA 28, Male Weimar, Thuringia Germany Friends since June 2007 "marcus surfed my couch and we had a lot of fun together" Friendship Type: Good Friend I vouched for Marcus Eder 2
I did part of the community building of CS and inspired parts of the website. However after more than five years of Ambassadorship (Global Amb from the time the system was introduced). Also initiated and Co-Moderated the European CS Collective in Eisenstadt where everyone was welcome to contribute. (Only Collective that did not cost a cent for CS)
CouchSurfing Experience
www.servas.org is great! Most hosts are 40 or older but very young at heart people! They also have some rules (minimum and maximum two nights - except the host offers more) you have to go for an interview - for security but lots of hosts in OZ and NZ. You are part of the family for two nights...
Couchsurfed Germany, Sweden, USA and had lots of guests from all over the world - even Bangladesh :-)
www.hospitalityclub.org is good as well - same idea as servas but has more younger people and easier to become a member of. No "two nights" - rule...
www.globalfreeloade rs.com the idea is free accommodation but also here people are interested in the traveller and like to share ideas and views.
Fellow motorcyclists who I met on my travels in NZ e.g. www.kiwibiker.co.nz. Very nice and hospitable people.
People who gave me a lift while hitch hiking. Also very hospitable people.
(Hosted 109 People till Feb 17th 2008 for a average of three nights)
Interests
Travelling, meeting new people, discussions, cooking, electronics, motorcycle, space technology -- was part of my thesis...
Philosophy
In a time where people blow up themself cause of their desperation peace networks are more important than ever before. We have to support the intercultural understanding to strengthen the world peace.
I think our western society focuses too much on success and too little on people and their personal needs.
Music, Movies, Books
Trick, LotR, Das Experiment, Wag the Dog, Bowling for Colombine, Fahrenheit 9/11,
Kill Bill, Muttertag, Poppitz, Broken Hearts Club, Sound of Music
Types of People I enjoy
All kind of people are welcome as long as they respect others and are polite and friendly, be open minded and queer friendly :)
Teach, Learn, Share
Electronics: Prosthetics, Space Technology, Solar Systems
Cooking: Austrian dishes
One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done
The community feeling within CS and the enormous efforts that came out of the community to rebuild their network right after the crash...
Driving to europride with the car from Vienna. The live music event at the gay parade in Vienna 2008 where heavy rain and lightning added a great spirit to the event.
The Namib desert, Victoria Falls, Australia hitch hiking and New Zealand by motorcycle as well as bicycle tours and the two weeks work in China.
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http://pix.tix.at/?a=EventActi on&id=1290
New update I have to write...
I think CS would be given to the members and not to become a service that a user could use...
I had the vision to have a members network steered by members and developed and supported by members only.
I also think it si important to de- centralize and that includes local groups for Arab, African, South American and Asian countries - the only way to make a global intercultural network.
Opinion before end of 2006:
Couchsurfing became part of my life(style) and the direction CS is taking is one I can support fully. I am member of lots of other organizations but the openness of CS is the thing that made me putting most energy to Couchsurfing. During the crash one could see how strong the community already is and how people stood together in the hard time.
I love CS and the open people that I met through this great network.
HUGS, Marcus
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Marcus surfed my couch when he was in town for the Hannover Messe. Although he was busy on the fair we had a fun time in the evenings, we had dinner together and great chats about travelling and CS. He is a great guy, you should definately host him. And many thanks for introducing me to African Food! :)
He stayed with me for one night and we went out to an extremely good restaurant. I had a grand time, there were lots of laughter and quite a few good stories!
Look @ his profile: there is noone who has a bad thing to say about him and neither do I =)
He is welcome to stay at my place any time!
Me and my girlfriend stayed three nights at his place. Staying at his place was very comfortable, he showed us the city, and led us to the most amazing restaurants :-). We had a lot of fun.
From Vita Klejch Ceska Trebova, Czech Republic Jan 30
Positive
We spent with Marcus only short time but I think that he is friendly, clever guy and good host. Thanks for interesting discussion and thanks for my first CS experience - it was positive experience.
Marcus is a wonderful person and a great host! The two nights were awesome. We had great dinners, provocative conversations, nice movies, but maybe the most remarkable thing was an unforgettable company. Thanks!
Hi hosted Marcus and his friend Stefan and it was so much fun. Right the first evening when we spent an hour or two talking about his interest in collecting toilet paper and thinking about related business ideas :D Unfortunately it turned out that this interest was only theoretical... :( Nevertheless they brought me some toilet paper - the first CSers to do this small wish I listed in my profile :) See you in Vienna Marcus :)
I stayed with Marcus for four nights, and he was a kind and generous host. He gave me many helpful suggestions about what to see in Vienna, and cooked wienerschnitzel for me. Definitely a positive experience!
From Jiří Kinkor Prague, Czech Republic Dec 19, 2011
Positive
Marcus is very welcoming, open-minded and warm-hearted guy. But - DON´T WANT HIM TOO SHOW YOU HIS VERSION OF GOLLUM - it is so scary!! :-D Rather make him perform an italian guy going to Malta, you won´t regret! :-)
Marcus guided us through Vienna and overall it was a very pleasant experience.
Thank you Marcus, Ivca+Jirka
We met since several years at different meetings in Vienna and I write the reference what should have been done long time ago!
Marcus is easygoing, a warm hearted friend who has spontanous great ideas and who cooks the best "Kaiserschmarrn" I know!
Good luck for the renovation of your flat!
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