CURRENT MISSION

To meet different cultures,experience new lifestyles and make friends

ABOUT ME

www.nickharwart.com

I am a full-hearted photographer,with a lot of curiosity.Photography and travelling are my passions,cause it makes me understand the world and broaden my mind.
I love meeting people, laughing together, having good conversations or just hang around together, letting the world go past and get lost out there.
I think I can say that you can count of me, though I am a little clumsy and crazy now and then.
You can adventure with me, get bored of me, get drunk, get sober,catch a movie,take a dive in the ocean or drive through the whole of europe(probably we have to find the suitcase with the gold before) ;)

I could tell everything and nothing bout me, but isn't it exciting to find out?

Nobody wants to just read what people are like,thats why we travel,isnt it?

What would Supertramp say :
"Happiness - only real when shared!"

PHILOSOPHY

Stay hungry,
stay foolish.

Sometimes you gotta jump off a cliff and build your wings on the way down.
-Annie Dillard

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Be my guest as long as you are willing to have a good time together and not just because it's for free.;)
I can help you with finding good places around, though I might not join you for everything as I am working in 3 jobs and studying.
If you like to cook something in the evening or share a beer, I am in for sure and I help you best I can.

Also feel free to read one of my many books (only few on english) , use my vinylplayer etc.

(We have nice rooftop to rest in daytime too ;) )

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I did it now and then and had different experiences , mostly I stayed at least 3 days to also get to know the host and the city. During 2013 I did a documentary with a film team about couchsurfing,which made me travel whole Balkans.
The experience was always a blast, each individually.

The last stay in Israel was more of having a friendship as we travelled the whole country and also worked as photographer and journalist together.

I travelled a lot and I'd say - everything is possible.

Interests

Photography

Friendship,
Surfing,
Motobikes,
Road-Tripping,
Coinscedences,
Good Movies(Jim Jarmusch,Fatih Akin,Coen Brothers,Wim Wenders,Woody Allen,Kaurismäki,Tom Tykwer),
Books&Magazines and basically trying everything what could surprise me.

• books
• photography
• documentaries
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• surfing
• communications
• teaching
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

60's , 70's sounds make me feel good,especially Soul and Jazz.
Part of my Vinyl collection are the Doors,Bon Iver,Santana,Stereophinics,Bill Withers,U2,Otis Redding just to name few.

Lately I became more into Detroit House and also Old - Rock stuff like Led Zeppelin.

Movies :
Wes Anderson,
Jarmusch,
Wenders,
Tykwer,
Coen Brothers,
Scorsese and Fatih Akin and many others.

Favourite movies
1.Night on Earth
2.Snatch
3.One flew over the cocoo's nest
4.Darjeeling Limited
5.Drive
6.L.A Crash

"Extremely Loud and Incredebly Near" is a wonderful book as well as some I read of Herman Hesse.

Atm I am reading different books from Murakamyi, Zafon and some motorcycle Diaries.

Favourite Photographers:
Alex Webb
Bresson
Magdalena Wosinska
Corbijn

and a lot more..I am bad at names

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Last year I travelled 8 countries,
cause of winning a competition. Each experience itself was outstanding.
So I could not really name one.

Teach, Learn, Share

Oh I wouldn't consider myself as a teacher but for sure I will help with anything you ask me for.I know some things about this and that in music,films,media,travelling and in photography and related subjects.

I would like to learn a lot of things,but first of all it's great for me to connect with people and understand them and their way of life. I think you can learn in every conversation if you listen carefuly. It does not have to be anything in specific but if anybody can teach me parachuting I am all in ;).

Sharing:Coffee&Cigarettes, Car-Rides, Morning Views, Cooking Nights, Joy and days on the road

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Portugal, Spain