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Overview

  • 25 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning French, Spanish
  • 30, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Student
  • Abitur
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Learning
Inner growth

ABOUT ME

I am living in Freiburg together with a good friend of mine. I am studying Business Administration - Public and NonProfit Mangament. My studies started in October 2013. Before my studies I worked at my parents house (50kms north of Freiburg), at a carpenter shop and did some industrie job. But I also travelled Central America and the States for half an year after graduating from highschool. This was a awesome experience and a great time. And I got to know Couchsurfing back than.

PHILOSOPHY

I think it is not possible to write down my philosphy. If you are interested in, ask me and (probably) I will tell you. But it is too difficult for me to pack all my thoughts into words.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

All my Couchsurfing-Experiences were great yet...
Some are excellent some are just good. But I never had a bad experience.

Interests

I like pretty much all kinds of sports like soccer, running, mountainbiking, table-tennis, beachvolleyball, hiking, skating and so on and I used to play Handball a lot.

Another interest of mine a political and economical coherences and issues. I'm a fan of reading the newspaper and political magazines.
But not to forget I really enjoy discovering and exploring the Nature and hanging out with my friends and party together!

  • dining
  • cooking
  • running
  • partying
  • reading
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • sports
  • soccer
  • handball
  • swimming
  • business
  • economics
  • table-tennis

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Inception, Memento, Departed, The Big Lebowski, Lord of the Weed, Zeitgeist, 12Monkeys, Clockwerk Orange, Pulp Fiction, Sin City, V for Vendetta, Monthy Python and the Holy Grail, Interstellar, Full Metal Jacket, 2001: Space Odysee, 12 years a slave, The Cut, Schindlers List, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ...

Music: Bob Marley, Klangkarusell, Fritz & Paul Kalkbrenner, The Gladiators, Pleasurekraft, Red hot Chilli Peppers, Bloody Beetroots, Joachim Garraud, Simon&Garfunkel, The Doors, Marek Hemmann, System of a Down, Rage against the Machine, The Offsprings, Boys Noize, Daft Punk, The xx, Pink Floyd, Gentleman, Irie Revoltes ...
These are just a few of my most favorited artists, but in general there is no music (exept Death Metal) I dont enjoy.

Books: Economic Hit Man, The Process, The Lord of the Rings, Nichts (Danish book), 1984 and a lot of other books I dont remember.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Most of the most fantastic experiences I made were all close to the nature. A beautiful hike in Guatemala to the top of the world, a bike ride in the Black Forest, snorkeling in Belize, enjoying the Grand Canyon and the Niagara Falls, staying at a Raimbow Gathering for 2 weeks, trekking in the Himalayan... .
But often the most fantastic experiences are not the huge well known places, often it is just something small, like to swim in a little lake near were I live after a hard day of work, like to hang out with your best friends and enjoy life or like to spend a nice evening with your family.

Teach, Learn, Share

Seeing the positiv in everything that happens.
Being balanced.
I would say I am not bad at cooking.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking some traditional German food (all veggi if wanted).
A lot of stories.
Good talks.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, India, Poland

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