CURRENT MISSION

travel! if you're prevented, travel with your mind!

ABOUT ME

i would describe myself as a sportsman ready for adventure, who doesn't live in his small squared mind but is open and looking abroad to what is happening in the big world.
i hate complicated persons, multis and lobbies, globalization, neoliberalism and neocolonialism, the imf and the wto with gats, tipp and mai, suits and ties, big cars and heavy watches and status symbols.
about my external appearance: height 1.83m, weight 73kg, brown-blonde hair, blue eyes, find out the rest :o)

PHILOSOPHY

travelling is the best way to break down prejudices and preconceptions!

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

unfortunately i have too little time to travel around the world, learn other countries and people, and utilize couchsurfing a bit more, but i'm happy to host friends and new interesting people.
all this because i believe that every stranger is a friend i don't know yet :-)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

most experiences i had and continue to have are as host. as guest i was welcomed in ethiopia, in the u.s. and in some other city in europe, and i met some couchsurfers from other italian cities while travelling for work, mostly in sardinia and in the south of italy.

so far i hosted:
Alyssa from Australia
Anais from France
Andrea from Germany
Andrea from the United States
Anxa from Spain
Barbara from Germany
Bastian from Germany
Bibi from the Netherlands
Carine from France
Carolin from Germany
Caroline from France
Dadiana from Romania
Dominik from Germany
Ella from Russia
Erik from Sweden
Francesca from Italy
Golan from Israel
Julia from Latvia
Julien from France
Justyna from Poland
Karo from Germany
Magdalena from Poland
Marina from Argentina
Matthäus from Italy
Nadine from Germany
Raquel from Brazil
Sandrine from France
Shu from Canada
Silke from Germany
Sophie from Germany
Steffen from Germany
Thembithongo from South Africa
Valle from Germany
Victoria from Ukraine

and I was guest of:
Aga in Madrid, Spain
Alessandro & Ani in Yerevan, Arminia
Amelie in Berlin, Germany
Andrea in Linz, Austria
Anica in Dortmund, Germany
Anina, Switzerland
Befekadu in Gondar, Ethiopia
Behailu in Gondar, Ethiopia
Betelehem & Christian in Berlin, Germany
Billie in Philadelphia, United States
Bini in Nazret, Ethiopia
Carolin in Dülmen, Germany
Christin & Piet in Dresden, Germany
Christian in Stade, Germany
Claudio in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Davide in Siddi, Italy
Eileen in Philadelphia, United States
Hana in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Hanna in Freiburg, Germany
Hayk in Shurnukh, Armenia
Jolanta in Leipzig, Germany
Kume in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Mahder in Gondar, Ethiopia
Maxi in Brunswick, Germany
Meron in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Michael in Washington DC, United States
Nadine in Münster, Germany
Nicole in Frankfurt, Germany
Sosena in Baltimore, United States
Stefan in Munich, Germany
Stefania in Milan, Italy
Steffen in Bonn, Germany
Thiemo in Frankfurt, Germany
Thomas in Kaltern, Italy
Till in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Wako in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Yeneneh in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Centres d'intérêt

sport (mountaineering, climbing, football, ski mountaineering, running, marathons), ethiopia and africa in general, volunteering, photography, music, fantasy, technics, art, globalization criticism, attac, ...and last but not least: couchsurfing! :-)
oh, and i forgot travelling, which since 2 years is actually part of my job, being one of the founders and owners of the ethiopian travel agengy www.simienecotours.com.

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

movies: forrest gump, papillon, le fabulous destin de amelie poulain, the good the bad and the ugly, the lord of the rings, we feed the world, the town of runners
music: progressive rock (marillion, fish, genesis, spock's beard, transatlantic,...), italian music (francesco de gregori, fiorella mannoia,...), ehtiopian music (zeritu kebede, helen berhe,...), german music (annett louisan, söhne mannheims,...).
books: the hundred-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared, the never ending story, the barefoot runner, the lord of the rings, the silmarillion, the hobbit, books of jon krakauer and jean ziegler, books about sustainability, justice and problems of developing countries,...

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

i spent 1 night in jail in an ethiopian prison - but don't be afraid of me, i never killed someone...

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

i can teach you how to count until 79 in amharic, very important and interesting...
i can learn... some numbers more ;-)

Pays que j'ai visités

Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

Austria, Ethiopia, Italy

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