CURRENT MISSIONS

to stop searching and start finding, to abandon meat from my fridge,plate and shopping list, to learn how to enjoy the small things in life in more detail

ABOUT ME

Think I was supposed to be born as a cat but then something went a little wrong, the fur has been forgotten for a start...

never superficial, unreliable, dishonest and intrusive
rarely fast,bored,boring and without music
occasionally melancholic, sarcastic, quirky and dippy
often insightful,sceptical/ analytical, shy/introvert and stubborn
always late,genuine,selective, complex and realistic

28 but not grown up, convinced but not religious, slow but not motionless, close to nature but not out of the world, sometimes blue but with sparkle.
Not taking myself too serious but taking life (too?) serious.

chaotic with the desire for order.
indecisive up until the (late) point of decision making, very determined and persistant thereafter.

Other then that I am pretty easy going ;-)....

PHILOSOPHY

have to keep thinking on that one...possibly a philosophy in itself ?

I am also trying (I mean,trying...) to follow this one
"If Plan A didn´t work, there are 25 more letters in the alphabet"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Well,couchsurfing.com is telling me I have been a member since 2010,suppose I was a profoundly dormant member up until now...but I am in the process of getting this changed now! :-)
From now on
social get togethers and activities: definitely yes
surf: hopefully yes
Host: eventually yes (I just moved into my flat but aiming to have it couchsurfer proof some time soon)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Thought we already discussed this?
Next question...

Interests

Analysing everything and everyone (with a slightly sceptical/ cynical but curious approach)

taking (too many) photographs

Travelling and exploring the world whenever possible (ie not often enough) , with a particular interest in rural/ unspoilt countryside and the Atlantic ocean !

Working with children with autism and being intrigued by the way they perceive the world

Being somewhat creative (though more often then not with outcomes not worth mentioning)

Pondering and dancing to indie pop/rock/folk and enjoying live gigs

Being by the sea walking the south west coast path, playing in the ever so enjoyable and fascinating big blue wild water playground with my bodyboard, feeling the cold wind in my face, watching the waves dance and listening to the sea gulls sing, loving the remoteness and wilderness

Riding horses, adoring their gentle nature and loving their smell

Seeing films in little/ independent cinemas

Learning more about that strange thing called brain (and trying to trick/understand it before it tricks/understands me)

Being in good company of animals, including the peculiar species known as the human

Thinking,laughing, discussing and wittily debating over anything that´s more profound then small talk topics (Nothing wrong with a good arguement, but I am always right in the end- right!? :-))

spending too much time and money buying too many useless things,sadly...

• animals
• cats
• horses
• singing
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• walking
• drinking
• shopping
• movies
• traveling
• music
• indie pop

Music, Movies, and Books

books: oceano mare, neuro science and factual becoming smart books (or at least pretending)

music: indie pop/rock/folk/electro (just to mention a very small selection: the national, patrick wolf, roddy woomble/idlewild, cargo city, Daughter,mumford&sons,interpol, ravens & chimes, blur, of monsters & men, Bon Iver, radical face/electric president,dillon, element of crime, pulp, yann tiersen, the twilight sad,belle & sebastian, the smiths, kent, angus and julia stone, dan mangan, erik & me, klee, frightened rabbit, band of horses, teitur, the courteeners, editors, shearwater, perfume genius, noah & the whale,regina spektor )

movies: lots and lots of german and scandinavian ones, including Pippi Longstocking, Emmas Glück, Halbe Treppe, dark horse, Good bye Lenin, The edukators, on the other side, fish tank, never let me go, take this waltz, the lives of others, submarine, my sister´s sister...
Generally films that either make me laugh or think, or both.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

watching bottlenose dolphins play at a 1 meter distance (Wales and Morray Firth,Scotland).
watching northern lights dance in the sky above northern Norway
Swimming with grey seals,the most curious and playful creatures ever met

Teach, Learn, Share

"I have no special talents, I am only passionately curious" (Albert Einstein)
Not entirely sure what I could teach people, other then cooking (i.e.heating up) microwave food,
rolling your tongue up like a sausage,
the important skill of excessive note making
and speaking german.
If you have enough time I can also teach you the alphabet, if you are lucky even in the right alphabetical order.
And of course all of the above I can teach in a very efficient, german manner.

What I Can Share with Hosts

time, hopefully quality time

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United Kingdom