CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy parenthood while travelling the world.

ABOUT ME

restless dreamer and traveler, road tripper, adventurer, photographer, music-addict who wants to grow but never grow up.

I live with my wife Kerstin ( https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/2018427/profile ), our son Mika (1 year old) and our two cats.
We're a queer happy family.

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Places/Things I wanna see:

Albania
Alaska
Angkor Wat
Antarctica
Aurora Borealis
[Auschwitz concentration camp] 07/2018
Burning Man
[Cape of Good Hope] 10/2014
Cape Breton
Cape Reinga
Cappadocia
Chile
Cristo Redentor
Falkland Islands
Galapagos Islands
Georgia (Asia)
Giza Necropolois
[Great Wall of China] 01/2014
Greenland
Haida Gwaii
Hawaii
Himalayas
[Iceland] 02/2017
Kakadu National Park
[Kruger National Park] 10/2014
Lofoten
Machu Picchu
Madagascar
Mexico (anywhere, with Sammy)
Moai, Easter Island
Mongolia
Montreal
[Mont Saint-Michel] 05/2018
Mount Rushmore
[Neuschwanstein Castle] 07/2013
New Caledonia
Newfoundland
[New Zealand] 12/2013
New York City
Niagara Falls
North Cape
North Pole
Papua New Guinea
Patagonia
Peaks of the Balkans
Peru
Pompeii
Red Sea (diving)
Stampede Trail
Stonehenge
Svalbard
Tallinn
Taj Mahal
Tibet
Tierra del Fuego
Toronto
Torres del Paine National Park
Trans-Siberian Railway
Trolltunga
Venice
Vietnam
Wild Atlantic Way
Yellowknife

and SO much more!

I dream of visiting every country in the world.

If you could chose to visit any country without having to worry about time or money, which country would you pick??
Please answer that question in your request to prove that you have read my profile.

PHILOSOPHY

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. - James Dean

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Host, surf, meet, talk, cook...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been to several CS meetings and have met wonderful people. I've had great times exploring new cities abroad. I love how couchsurfers connect so easily. It's just a great experience. The hosts I've had so far have been genuine, trusting people. My wife and I started hosting after moving to Düsseldorf. We've had great guests so far.

Surfed in: Austria, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Seychelles, Spain, Switzerland,

Hosted from: Australia, Canada, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine, USA

Interests

I love all sorts of outdoorsy and adventurous stuff like climbing/bouldering, hiking, scuba diving, skydiving and motorcycling.

12 years ago I chose to be a vegetarian and about 5 years ago my wife and I made the final cut to veganism without really having to cut anything down. I still get to enjoy chocolate, cheese, joghurt, ice cream and all the things I thought I couldn't live without. Only difference: now it's cruelty free! Based on rice, almond, oat or soy.
We also try to reduce our waste as much as possible, especially plastic. We enjoy a trip to the local market or orcanic store where we can pack fruit and vegetables in our eco baggies instead of buying everything wrapped in plastic and we take our breadbag to the bakery.

• traveling
• bouldering
• hiking
• scuba diving
• skydiving
• rock climbing
• road trips
• veganism
• geocaching
• environmentalism

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:
Abby, An Horse, Angus and Julia Stone, Bastille, Boy, Crystal Castles, Eddie Vedder, Florian Ostertag, Half Moon Run, Honig, Hunter Valentine, I Blame CoCo, Imagine Dragons, Jimmy Eat World, Kings of Convenience, La Roux, Metric, Mumford and Sons, Muse, Nada Surf, Nick Drake, Of Monsters and Men, Peaches, Phoenix, Pink, Ra Ra Riot, Said the Whale, Steel Train, Tegan and Sara, Tender Forever, Two Door Cinema Club, Vampire Weekend, Youth Group, Zaz

MOVIES:
Millenium Series: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, Into The Wild, Little Miss Sunshine, Domino, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, 21 Gramm, Les Choristes, Memento, Collateral, Pulp Fiction, Pirates Of The Caribbean I, Juno, Good Bye Lenin...

SERIES:
The Mentalist, Bones, Criminal Minds, Orange is the new Black, Orphan Black

BOOKS:
A Thousand Spledid Suns & The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, Millenium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson, Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli & Isles Novels, The Prof. Langdon Series by Dan Brown

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Safari at Kruger National Park, ZA
Diving in the Seychelles
Doing the Tongariro Crossing, NZ
Seeing a Space Shuttle take off at Cape Canaveral
Climbing The Rock in Gibraltar
Traveling the Great Ocean Road, OZ
Swinging the Nevis Swing, NZ
Skydiving in OZ and Slovenia
Walking along the Great Wall of China

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to solve the rubik's cube.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Vegan dinner or a helping hand in the kitchen/household.
Travel advice.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, Germany

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