General Information
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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 | Active in 21 more groups. Show them all |
Couch Information
Couch Available: Definitely! Preferred Gender: Any Max Surfers Per Night: 3
Shared Sleeping Surface: No Shared Room: NoYou 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)
Manja Sader 29, Several people Chemnitz, Saxony Germany Friends since January 1995 "about Manja" Friendship Type: Best Friend
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Steffen Kaestner 22, Male Zittau, Saxony Germany Friends since October 1987 "Thomas is my cousin,..." Friendship Type: Close Friend
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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
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Faraz Masood 27, Male Stockholm, Stockholm Sweden Friends since March 2009 "hosted him in Stockholm" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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Don Shine 30, Male Berlin, Berlin Germany Friends since July 2009 "CS Ambassador Meeting in Thüringen" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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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
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Dominik 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
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Dominik Schöler 21, Male Augsburg, Bavaria Germany Friends since March 2009 "I met him at a Couch-Surfing-Meeting" Friendship Type: Acquaintance
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Mandy Boehm 31, Female Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany Friends since June 2009 "CS-Pasta-Party at Silvias house" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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Conny Ludwig 31, Female Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom Friends since June 2009 "Thomas surfed my couch" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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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.


Feel also free to take a look at my pictures of several travels at topas Picasaweb accountHow I Participate in CSAs 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 newbiesCouchSurfing ExperienceSeveral 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 :)
 InterestsVisiting other cities
Meeting other people
Nice discussions with other interesting people
Seeing all of EuropePhilosophyLive independend and enjoy your life. There's enough time to get old.Music, Movies, Bookswide 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 thingsTypes of People I enjoyCalm 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 ProjectGreat 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 TraveledTRAVELED: 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 References
From LeopoldR Bamberg, Germany Mar 15 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.
From Adnane Boulerbah Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dec 20, 2009 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.
From MIMIMINI Bangkok, Thailand Nov 22, 2009 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!
From Grucha Warsaw, Poland Aug 7, 2009 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.
From Hana Krejcova Witzenhausen, Germany Aug 3, 2009 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...
From Anne Kürschner Bremen, Germany Jul 30, 2009 Positive Hoffe Flug und Urlaub waren toll.
From Toufik Brahimi Haugesund, Norway Jul 20, 2009 Positive Thomas surfed my couch;
He is the perfect guest... on time and precise, 100% made in Germany ;)
Thanks for the little lighthouse
From Konrad M. Lawson Stavanger, Norway Jul 16, 2009 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.
From Silje Dagslott Trondheim, Norway Jul 15, 2009 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
From Robert Koellner Jena, Germany Jul 8, 2009 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.
From Holla the woodfairy Jena, Germany Jul 4, 2009 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.
From Mathias Andreas Reiter Cagliari, Italy Jun 30, 2009 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!! ...
From Conny Ludwig Edinburgh, United Kingdom Jun 28, 2009 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!
From KIWIA Utrecht, Netherlands Jun 22, 2009 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!
From Ver Ibong San Diego, United States May 18, 2009 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!
From Faraz Masood Stockholm, Sweden Apr 5, 2009 Positive Thomas is a very nice person, generous and with a sense of humour.
We had a lot of good conversations :)
From Felix Beckebanze Utrecht, Netherlands Mar 23, 2009 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 =)...
From Manja Sader Chemnitz, Germany Jul 16, 2008 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.
From Dominik Kapusta Gdansk, Poland Jul 15, 2008 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.
From Sergei Tshekulajev Tallinn, Estonia Jul 8, 2008 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!
From Aigula Cimmermane Kiev, Ukraine Jul 8, 2008 Positive Thomas and his friend Holm were really nice surfers, they prepared appetizing pasta and wine :) They are interesting people, friendly, orderly, cheerfully ;)
From Roman and Oleg Bosyuk Kaliningrad, Russia Jun 28, 2008 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.
From CK Lee Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Jan 25, 2008 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 :)
From Ainars Kamalis Riga, Latvia Oct 29, 2007 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! :)
From Maia Pekki Leiden, Netherlands Oct 8, 2007 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!
From Argita Celmina Brussels, Belgium Oct 3, 2007 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
From Sanna723 Milano, Italy Aug 20, 2007 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!
From Michal Maga Prague, Czech Republic Jun 22, 2007 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.
From Ekaterina Maslova Moscow, Russia Mar 31, 2007 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.
From Yan Kostin Moscow, Russia Mar 22, 2007 Positive Thomas is very kind and polite guy! We have a lot of good conversation ;))
From Lidiya Rzhavina Moscow, Russia Mar 19, 2007 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!
From Magdalena Zawadzka Wroclaw, Poland Feb 6, 2007 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!!
From Citra Setya Jakarta, Indonesia Aug 9, 2006 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
From Michael-Julie Creen Sunshine Coast, Australia Aug 2, 2006 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. |