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Overview

  • 3 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning Icelandic
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • No occupation listed
  • Master in Media and cultural studies and Architect
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Study abroad in south England

ABOUT ME

I think i'm just a good, warm, funny, interesting person, and excited about all the world and the people :) So many interesting things!! And that's the reason why i participate here :)

And because i should write something about myself (which, i think, is really hard :P ), i try...

..five minutes of self-reflection ... travelling, friends, thinking (in general), discussing, coziness, to be spontaneous, books, old books, reading, writing, drawing, red wine, coffee and coffee houses, listening to good MUSIC (not incidentally), concerts , song lyrics, writing songs, playing piano, guitar, small instruments (melodica!), self-built instruments, good films, good documentaries, movie nights, humour, paintings, greek mythology, graphics, structures, myths, multiple levels of meaning, the idea behind the "form ", to work interdisciplinary (instead of" specialized "), to perceive the real moments of life, to disassemble constructed absurdities, absurdities, nature, vineyards, to kraxl mountains, follow rivers, the sea, the water (everywhere), being outside and just let the world play, sunrises, road trips, to sleep outside in a beautiful summer night, watching the stars, stella polaris and ursa minor, cartography, city plans and maps, different cities and their people, beautiful little corners and spots in cities, cooking small meals (that look exciting), owls and cats, languages, etymology, ARCHITECTURE, architectural models, stairs, anthropology, philosophy, simplicity, keep things simple and honest, to share things, spontaneous celebrations, metaphors, aphorisms, altruism, to make plans, do it without plans, to turn off the computer, to drive along lonely country roads by night, discoveries (general), iceland, japan, london, the irish sea, south america, LA by night (from the hills), to travel the whole world, small things that just surprise other people (and make them happy), to reflect and realize that something was really good and beautiful, to not take yourself too seriously, to have fun, being together, to be happy ... :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've often hosted, and often surfed. All very good experiences :)

Interests

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  • cats
  • writing
  • books
  • architecture
  • documentaries
  • concerts
  • cooking
  • wine
  • red wine
  • coffee
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • drawing
  • music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • anthropology
  • cartography
  • etymology
  • languages
  • study abroad
  • road trips
  • rivers
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Love the 60ies, Alternative Music, Rock..sometimes classical or jazz music too..Air, Blur, Radiohead, The Beatles, Oasis, Nirvana, Muse, The XX, At the Drive-In, Arcade Fire, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beastie Boys, Beirut, Bob Dylan, Buddy Holly, The Clash, Editors, Eels, Fela Kuti, Francis International Airport, Fugazi, Gang of Four, Gorillaz, Garish, Hives, Hot Chip, I am Kloot, Interpol, Jamie T, Joy Division, Kasabian, Kashmir, Kinks, Manic Street Preachers, Massive Attack, MGMT, Moving Mountains, Nada Surf, Naked Lunch, New Order goes on...

Some of my favourite writers are: H. Hesse, Kafka, J.D. Salinger, Philip K. Dick, Murakami, C. R. Zafon, Stefan Zweig, Derrida, Douglas Coupland.. too many :P

FILMS: viele...Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Pan's Labyrinth, Juno, Submarine, Blade Runner, The Descendants, Into the Wild, Die fabelhafte Welt der Amelie, Matrix, Shutter Island, Fight Club, Mystic River, Trainspotting, Inception (Ch. Nolan allgemein), Sans Soleil (Chris Marker!!), The Big Lebowski (Coen), Inglorious Basterds, Pulp Fiction (Q. Tarantino), Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch), Outer Space (P. Tscherkassky), Ashes of Time, Vertigo (A. Hitchcock), Solaris, Lost Highway (David Lynch), Megacities (Glawogger), Sleepy Hollow, Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, A Man with a Movie Camera (D. Vertov), Traffic, City of God, Donny Darko, Mary and Max, 28 Days Later, Alien, Dark City, Beginners, Dancer in the Dark, Melancholia (L. von Trier), Gattaca

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, England

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