Thomas Paschke

Thomas Paschke

Current Mission: "Try to see every country of the EU"

Personal Designations

Definitely couch available Vouched for6

Community Designations

CS Team Member City Ambassador (Paderborn)
Contribution
Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Paderborn
Lat: 51.71788, Lon: 8.75439
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General Information

Thomas Paschke is a CS City Ambassador for Paderborn, Germany!
Thomas Paschke has been vouched for
VERIFIED MEMBER Identity Checked, Location Verified (3) more info
Couch availableDefinitely!
CouchSurf requests replied to100%
member sinceJanuary 16th, 2006
profile views2640
age30
birthday23 April
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genderMale
membernameTOPAS
occupationProgrammer
educationUniversity
grew up inEisenhüttenstadt
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Languages

  • GermanExpert
  • EnglishExpert
  • PolishBeginner
  • RussianBeginner

Groups I Belong To

Germany 67149:6504
Why: Because I life in germany and may try to help visitors :)
Europe 557892:34401
Why: Living there :)
Berlin 21231:84973
Why: Grew up nearby, passing this town almost every weekend
Paderborn 90:185
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Couch Information



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Couch Available: Definitely!
Preferred Gender: Any
Max Surfers Per Night: 3

Shared Sleeping Surface: No
Shared Room: No

You will sleep either on the couch (hey, it's called couchsurfing *g*) - extendable, so it will be ok for two people. The couch is in the living room/kitchen/office - it's a all-in-one room and that's why a common area.
Or we change and you'll sleep in my bed (of course I have fresh linen) and I'll sleep on the couch - so it will be a private room for you (ok, once a day I will have to enter to get fresh clothes *g*). In this room there is also enough space for a 3rd guest to sleep on the floor.
I'd prefer the secound way as I go to bed late (and get up not later than you'll do).
Anyhow: I have one more blanket - so if you arrive in a group (2 or 3 people) some have to bring their sleeping bags with them.

I finally have my first own flat - a quite small one, but there's enough space to host some people. I live in a small village nearby Paderborn - but the bus goes every 15 minutes to the town center, passing the railway station. I can offer a double bed and a place on the floor.
Please contact me at least 7-8 days in advance - especially if you'll pass by during the weekend, because I'm sometimes off for weekend. That doesn't mean that I don't host you last minute :)
Because I just moved here some times ago I unfortunately can't offer you a perfect guide through the city, but I know some good pubs - the nearest is 15 meter from my flat :)

So feel free to contact me. In emergency cases you can call me (+49 170 3410698) but I prefer to get a usual CS request *g*

Greetings

Friends (38)

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Manja SaderManja Sader
29, Several people
Chemnitz, Saxony
Germany
Friends since January 1995
"about Manja"
Friendship Type: Best Friend
Met in person   Hosted30+  
Steffen KaestnerSteffen Kaestner
22, Male
Zittau, Saxony
Germany
Friends since October 1987
"Thomas is my cousin,..."
Friendship Type: Close Friend
Met in person   Hosted30+   Surfed30+  
Michal Maga Michal Maga
34, Male
Prague, Praha
Czech Republic
Friends since July 1997
"Surfed my couch already back in the 90s :-)"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for Thomas Paschke
Met in person   Hosted15  
Faraz MasoodFaraz Masood
27, Male
Stockholm, Stockholm
Sweden
Friends since March 2009
"hosted him in Stockholm"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person   Hosted2  
Don ShineDon Shine
30, Male
Berlin, Berlin
Germany
Friends since July 2009
"CS Ambassador Meeting in Thüringen"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person  
Aigula Cimmermane Aigula Cimmermane
27, Female
Kiev, Kiev City
Ukraine
Friends since July 2008
"I was hosted Thomas and his friend Holm for 2 night"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person   Hosted2  
Dominik KapustaDominik Kapusta
27, Male
Gdansk, Pomerian
Poland
Friends since June 2008
"We've hosted Thomas for 1 night and spent goot time together"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person   Hosted1  
Dominik SchölerDominik Schöler
21, Male
Augsburg, Bavaria
Germany
Friends since March 2009
"I met him at a Couch-Surfing-Meeting"
Friendship Type: Acquaintance
Met in person  
Mandy BoehmMandy Boehm
31, Female
Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Friends since June 2009
"CS-Pasta-Party at Silvias house"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person  
Conny Ludwig Conny Ludwig
31, Female
Edinburgh, Scotland
United Kingdom
Friends since June 2009
"Thomas surfed my couch"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person   Hosted2  
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Thomas Paschke
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Personal Description


So I'm a calm and polite guy. I prefer nice evenings in a nice group instead of partying in clubs. Somehow talkative - I love to talk to other people, learn something about them, their view on things and life at all. Every opinion, every view might be a new piece in your view of the world.

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Feel also free to take a look at my pictures of several travels at topas Picasaweb account

How I Participate in CS

As a driver who does a lot of car sharing I tell all co-drivers about it - so it's some kind of promotion
Also started working as a city ambassador - would need more time to do better, but it's already improving
Also work (as time allows) in the New Member Welcome group to greet all the newbies

CouchSurfing Experience

Several hosts in Ireland during a bicycle trip (1000km within 11 days)
Also had hosts in Moscow, Wroclaw, Prague, Strasbourgh, Milano, Riga, Leiden, Gdansk, Kaliningrad, Vilnius, Tallin, Olsztyn, Stockholm, Cagliari, Edinburgh, Utrecht, Stavanger, Skudeneshavn, Haugesund,Tampere (and those I might have forgotten).
Always either went out for a beer or had a very nice evening in the flat, sometimes I also made a pasta dinner :)

Interests

Visiting other cities
Meeting other people
Nice discussions with other interesting people
Seeing all of Europe

Philosophy

Live independend and enjoy your life. There's enough time to get old.

Music, Movies, Books

wide range...
Music everything in (classic) rock and pop, sometimes wider range
Movies: More the funny stuff... Favorite actors are Jackie Chan and Eddie murphy
Books I don't read that much... the Harry Potter stuff has been the latest things

Types of People I enjoy

Calm people thar prefer to spend a nice evening (maybe with a glass of wine or bottle of beer) and to talk. People that are interested in talking about themselfe and to listen to others.

Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org Project

Great idea... The more you leave the tourist trails the more you see and feel the country. No one knows the town or country better than your host.

Locations Traveled

TRAVELED: Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland (Republic of), Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom
WANTS TO GO: Greece, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Spain
IS GOING TO: United Kingdom

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LeopoldR
From LeopoldR
 Bamberg, Germany
 Mar 15
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 3 days 
Positive

We met at the MUC CS Movers unconference, he is a very active member of CS, we will work together to improve the CS website - and I am also looking forward to show him Bamberg.

Adnane Boulerbah
From Adnane Boulerbah
 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
 Dec 20, 2009
Met in person Good Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Thomas is genuinely a good host, he took time to show me what Paderborn has to offer during Xmas. I enjoy that sweet hot wine. He always have plans to travel even though he hasn't got all the vacations he wished. I would gladly host him whenever he has a chance. Will definetly see him again. I am very gratefull for his warm welcome.

MIMIMINI
From MIMIMINI
 Bangkok, Thailand
 Nov 22, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Even i have a chance to host him only 1night but i can tell he's a nice person and really worth it to be friend with ;)
hope to see you again in Germany!

 Grucha
From Grucha
 Warsaw, Poland
 Aug 7, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Thomas is great host! Even if we came late at night, he welcomed us very warm :-))) Unfortunatley we stayed the only few hours during one night, we spent nice time with him! Thomas is master of the cheapest flights :-) We wish you all the best, be in touch, thanks and see you in Lublin! Adam and Beata Gruchola.

Hana Krejcova
From Hana Krejcova
 Witzenhausen, Germany
 Aug 3, 2009
Met in person Surfed 1 days  
Positive

thomas is a really nice guy. although we contacted him only shortly before we wanted to sleep at his place it was no problem. we arrived late and still had a nice evening - he told us about all his journeys through Europe and his couch surfing experiences. then he let us sleep in his own bed and he slept on the couch! great host! thanx a lot...

Anne Kürschner
From Anne Kürschner
 Bremen, Germany
 Jul 30, 2009
Met in person Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Hoffe Flug und Urlaub waren toll.

Toufik Brahimi
From Toufik Brahimi
 Haugesund, Norway
 Jul 20, 2009
Met in person Acquaintance, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Thomas surfed my couch;
He is the perfect guest... on time and precise, 100% made in Germany ;)
Thanks for the little lighthouse

Konrad M. Lawson
From Konrad M. Lawson
 Stavanger, Norway
 Jul 16, 2009
Met in person Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Thomas was a wonderful guest: very polite, respectful, and friendly. I wish I could have given him better weather for his stay and small rockets on the bike I lent him that he bravely took up to pulpit rock.

Silje Dagslott
From Silje Dagslott
 Trondheim, Norway
 Jul 15, 2009
Met in person Hosted 1 days  
Positive

My first surfer! Thomas made hosting beeing very easy. Trustworthy, easy to talk with, yes, he even swam in the freezing Norwegian sea. No problem taking this guy into your home ( as long as your house isn`t on th top of the hill) ;D

Robert Koellner
From Robert Koellner
 Jena, Germany
 Jul 8, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Thomas came to Jena for the "Get together" CS Ambassador meeting and asked me and my girlfiend for a couch. After hanging ariund at the Theatercafe, in a Park, called Paradise and at the Campus we went home. After arriving there he helped Caro (my girlfriend) very much to create her website (www.der-ideen-kopf.de) while I was talking to our other guest Serhan.
It was a nice experience to meet him.
Thank you for helping Caro.

Holla the woodfairy 
From Holla the woodfairy
 Jena, Germany
 Jul 4, 2009
Met in person Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

We met together on the "Get together"-CS-meeting in Jena and were going on different party-places.

When we arrived my flat-share Thomas was so friendly to feel up to help me and was try to find a solution for my homepage-problem.

Anyway, Thomas is in the first time a little bit shy, but after some time it is nice to have a talk with him.

Mathias Andreas Reiter 
From Mathias Andreas Reiter
 Cagliari, Italy
 Jun 30, 2009
Met in person Hosted 2 days  
Positive

...seemed to be shy at first impact ...indipendent and perfectly organized ...but after sunset as Ichnusa parties usually starts he was overwhelming box of funny stories making laugh the whole company on board!! ...

Conny Ludwig 
From Conny Ludwig
 Edinburgh, United Kingdom
 Jun 28, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

I hosted Thomas during Edinburgh Rocks! and we joined in on a few events meeting lots of nice folks. He is a pleasant person to have around and he cooked dinner as well, which is always a nice gesture!

KIWIA 
From KIWIA
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Jun 22, 2009
Met in person Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

The first person to seem genuinly happy about sitting on the back of my bike during the ride to my house :)
Thomas was great to have around, very easy going and low maintenance. See you next year!

Ver Ibong 
From Ver Ibong
 San Diego, United States
 May 18, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 2 days 
Positive

Thomas provided me an avenue and courage to CSing in Germany. My initial CSing request to him was handled enthusiastically and positively. During my CSing in his location, he provided me travel venue to Berlin. In Berlin, when I was unable to connect to my CS host, he stuck with me until I was secured and had a place to stay. His dedication and sincere attitude to provide positive and encouraging CSing experience is highly commendable.Cheers!

Faraz Masood
From Faraz Masood
 Stockholm, Sweden
 Apr 5, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Thomas is a very nice person, generous and with a sense of humour.
We had a lot of good conversations :)

Felix Beckebanze
From Felix Beckebanze
 Utrecht, Netherlands
 Mar 23, 2009
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Thomas came to the CS meeting I organized in Halle close to Bielefeld. It was very nice meeting him, talking about travels etc. and I am glad to have a "City Ambassador neighbor" like him in Paderborn :). See you someother time again and enjoy your weekend in Stockholm =)...

Manja Sader
From Manja Sader
 Chemnitz, Germany
 Jul 16, 2008
Met in person Best Friend, Hosted 30 days  
Positive

Manja writes: the most reliable person I met in my life,

Rico writes: we spend few times in Irish pubs and I'm still waiting he will show his 12 pints experiment :-)

There is no hesitation to recommend Thomas at any time.

Dominik Kapusta
From Dominik Kapusta
 Gdansk, Poland
 Jul 15, 2008
Met in person Good Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Thomas is a very nice person, generous and with a sense of humour. It was very interesting to talk to each other. We welcome him again if he travels through Gdansk next time.

Sergei Tshekulajev 
From Sergei Tshekulajev
 Tallinn, Estonia
 Jul 8, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Thomas and Holm are very friendly and polite guys. It was easy and comfortable to host them. Surprisingly they reacted very positively on my guidance through the old city (I felt like I should buy me a tourist book asap)...and bringing some local beer was a good idea!

Aigula Cimmermane 
From Aigula Cimmermane
 Kiev, Ukraine
 Jul 8, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Thomas and his friend Holm were really nice surfers, they prepared appetizing pasta and wine :) They are interesting people, friendly, orderly, cheerfully ;)

Roman and Oleg Bosyuk
From Roman and Oleg Bosyuk
 Kaliningrad, Russia
 Jun 28, 2008
Met in person Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Thomas is cool.He surfed my sofa on his trip through Baltic countries.Though his stay was quite brief(one night) we managed to see quite alot and even picked up some chicks in the beer restaurant.Also Thomas is german precise and accurate,he has good timing and plans things much in advance.
Hi,Thomas!See u next summer in Russia and Lithuania.
PS:) The schwarzbeer you presented was really good.

CK Lee
From CK Lee
 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 Jan 25, 2008
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

Thomas is a very nice guy. I was in Lippstadt for some business assignment & He came to fetch me from the hotel and brought me to his apartment to have dinner.

Thomas is a good cook ;) We had dinner, chat and share our CS & other experience. I had a good evening...... thanks Thomas.

Hope to see u one day in Malaysia :)

Ainars Kamalis
From Ainars Kamalis
 Riga, Latvia
 Oct 29, 2007
Met in person Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

I hosted Thomas in Riga. He is a great guy, a good company. In the evening we went for a beer, but ended up with a wonderful CS meeting in ROTH! :)

Maia Pekki
From Maia Pekki
 Leiden, Netherlands
 Oct 8, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Thomas and his friend stayed at our place for a couple of nights. They were extremely polite and friendly guests and they offered us a ride on one of the crazy atractions during Leiden festival!!! Thanks guys, it was very fun!! And first police oficer I met through cs :)))) Good luck guys!

Alexander Elhorst
From Alexander Elhorst
 Leiden, Netherlands
 Oct 7, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days Traveled 1 days 
Positive

He came with a friend. They were good guests and we had fun in the city during the 3rd of october fest :). Hope you two had a good trip home and no speeding tickets!

Argita Celmina
From Argita Celmina
 Brussels, Belgium
 Oct 3, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Thomas was a very nice guest and I appreciate his independency. Thanks for wonderful flowers, nice conversations and "gala" dinner with pasta and red wine with my friends!Wish You a lot of wonderful travels for future, a lot of fun and success!With the warmest greetings from Riga, Argita

Sanna723
From Sanna723
 Milano, Italy
 Aug 20, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Thomas surfed my couch; my first CS guest!
He is the perfect guest... kind, funny, autonomous and he even brought me my favorite beer from Germany!

Michal Maga 
From Michal Maga
 Prague, Czech Republic
 Jun 22, 2007
Met in person Good Friend, Hosted 15 days  
Positive

We've met for the first time back in 1997. After a small flood he had to move and sleep on the single available couch - that in my room :-). Since that time our friendship lasts.
Don't be afraid of hosting him, he's already a wise decent grown-up guy, he surely won't do it anymore :-D.

Ekaterina Maslova 
From Ekaterina Maslova
 Moscow, Russia
 Mar 31, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

I would have loved to spend more time with Thomas and his friend, but I understand that many other people also wanted to enjoy their company when they were in Moscow. They are really nice, friendly and humorous people. When they left, we were not at home, and they left a lot of gifts for us. Thank you for your gifts and for visiting us.

Yan Kostin
From Yan Kostin
 Moscow, Russia
 Mar 22, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Thomas is very kind and polite guy! We have a lot of good conversation ;))

Lidiya Rzhavina
From Lidiya Rzhavina
 Moscow, Russia
 Mar 19, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 4 days  
Positive

Thomas and his friend arrived at our place and we liked them at the same time. They were so polite and shy :-)) that everybody would like them! :) So, honesty, host Thomas without any doubt, he's a very trustworthy person!

Magdalena Zawadzka 
From Magdalena Zawadzka
 Wroclaw, Poland
 Feb 6, 2007
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

He is really nice, open easy going happy traveler! I had really nice time while he was staying in my place. He even cooked for me and my friends while we had international dinner in my kitchen!Really nice experience!!

Citra Setya
From Citra Setya
 Jakarta, Indonesia
 Aug 9, 2006
Only met online CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 10 days  
Positive

I didn't meet him yet, but i couched his room and meet his roomies :) Hehehe.. it was kind of him to let me couched his room for 10 days while he is on vacation. what a perfect timing! I need a room while he on holiday trip to Ireland :p Hope to hook up with you sometime Thomas :) and say hi to basti, rene and felix! you guys always welcome at Indonesia!
- citra

Michael-Julie Creen
From Michael-Julie Creen
 Sunshine Coast, Australia
 Aug 2, 2006
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

Thomas and his friend stayed with us for an evening. It was great fun exchanging stories and a good time was had by all. Thomas was a very generous guest and it was a pleasure having him stay.

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