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  • 17 references 11 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning French, Italian, Spanish
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Engineer, Builder, Fire Artist, Yogi, Repair-Master, Bicy...
  • Never stop learning
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About Me

I cannot host till the end of August since I don't have my flat and will travel a lot :) enjoy cologne though ;)

CURRENT MISSION

Spreading love and happiness, bring to world to a more sustainable, nature friendly state. Start a business to sustain myself

ABOUT ME

positive attitude
open minded
straightforward
tinkerer
musician & music enthusiast
pacifist

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I made some amazing connections when i went to CS meetups in the San Francisco Bay Area, surfed and hosted in Germany, Rome, Ireland and Nottingham

I think all humans should work together to make this world a better place for every sentient being. Couchsurfing is a project that inherits a lot of this spirit in my opinion

Interests

yoga, acroyoga, acrobatics, Pois and fire sticks, singing, dancing, connecting, community living, rock climbing,
music, electric cars, fire, water, woods, nature, Slacklines, Festivals where people are all chill and relaxed and pick up their trash after them,
Food (hummus!),...

Music, Movies, and Books

Pettra, Tycho, Wildlight, HVOB, Rüfüs, Crystal Castles, Notwist, Hilight Tribe, Is Tropical, Digitalism, Fischerspooner, XX, Peter Licht, Ratatat, ZAZ, Peter Sarstedt, Young Chinese Dogs

Filme:
Ronja Räubertochter, la valse d'amelie, Avatar

Bücher:
der Alchemist, Freakonomics, Der Medicus, Traumfänger, Hofmanns Elixir

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived in a 31 year old fucked up mobile home for almost a year to avoid exorbitant prices for a room in Silicon Valley. Now I know almost every corner of San Francisco and the Valley. Also it saved me enough money to go on a road trip which ended at burning man 2014.

Hitchhiking all the way from boom 2016 back to germany, visiting hippie communes, beautiful beaches and squatted houses on the way.

Doing a 10 days silent meditation course (Vipassana)

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to understand how things work... break everything down to its basic principals. Therefore I'm very good at explaining and repairing things and love to teach people about it. Don't throw things away easily - analyze, understand, repair, upcycle,... =))

What I Can Share with Hosts

Yoga, meditation, acrobatic skills,
Technical/repair skills (I might be able to easily fix something you already wanted to throw away or explain how an accordion makes its sound),
Stories (e.g. from living in a van in California, Hitchhiking, Dirty Hippie Festivals,...),
Cooking skills (i love to improvise),
Languages (English and German are my pro languages but I'm also quite good with french and learning Italian and Spanish),
Often people also tell me that I'm spreading a positive vibe =)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

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