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  • 30 references 21 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning French, Spanish, Swedish
  • 38, Other
  • Member since 2008
  • Think Tanker
  • Through life and my friends :)
  • From Germany
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Gaining knowledge and wisdom

ABOUT ME

That could be a lot... I try to keep it short. So I work at an environmental think tank, because I love it. I like to travel around, spend my time with people, having fun, drink a lot of beer (sometimes wine) and discuss about interesting topics.
I have this urge to try everything, which let me to learning diving, sailing, juggling, unicyling, climbing on trees if I see one and other strange things...

...and I'm a vegetarian (or you could say I try to eat the most sustainable food)

PHILOSOPHY

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.

- Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfed a lot and try to host people now - give something back to the community!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couch surfed in Germany, New Zealand, Austalia, Japan (a lot), Korea, France, Sweden, Finland, Spain and many more places!

Was always great so far!

Interests

My further interests are role playing games (like D&D), drinking good beer, watching movies (some people say I'm a walking movie database), Juggling (need more practice), SiFi/Fantasy and other books, Discuss how to change the world, philosophy, traveling, cooking (spicy stuff), diving, hiking, learning languages, try to fit in other cultures, hitch-hiking ;) ...

Music, Movies, and Books

Just some:
Music: Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Bob Marley, Prodigy, Subway to Sally...
Movies: The Dark Knight, Old Boy, 300, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, Ghibili Studio movies (the best: Nausicaa)...
Books: Books by Douglas Adams, Jarod Diamond, JRR Tokien, Stanislav Lem, Isacc Asimov, the Hanibal trilogy, Watchmen, Animal farm, Brave new world ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Kebnekaise, highest mountain of Sweden
Farewell Spit, New Zealand
Te Paki Giant Sand Dunes, New Zealand
Overland track, Tasmania, Australia
South Mole Island, Australia
Diving close to Bundaberg, Australia
Night dive Wellington, New Zealand
Building a 'house' in the rainforest, Innisfail, Australia

Teach, Learn, Share

Well, I'm a multi-disciplinary scientist. First of all I have a degree in computer science, but my personal passion is global change, understanding humans and the environment with all their aspects.

And of course I can show you how to juggle, unicycle and to behave childish ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, France, Ireland, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, France, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden

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