I would describe myself as an optimistic, curious and experience-hungry person. Sometimes a little quiet, sometimes very outgoing. Meet me and you'll get to know me :) (I'm not that kind of guy who likes to share everything about himself on the internet.)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To surf and to host but unfortunately hosting is difficult at the moment as I'm living with working dogs which one should know how to handle.

Generally I think CS is the right way to travel as it lets you experience the travelling much deeper and gives a much better understanding of how the people live in the different parts of the world and always forces you to question your own beliefs.

Interests

Music, playing the guitar, climbing, surfing, reading, computer science (open-source, yay!), nerd-stuff in general, talking about interesting stuff (...and if it takes all night long), doing adventurous stuff, ... ! There's a lot more. Basically I'm interested in everything but I hate wasting my time with boring stuff, so I try to do the most interesting things first :D

I'm a vegetarian but I don't have problems with hosts or surfers that eat animals.

• animals
• dogs
• dining
• vegetarian
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• backpacking
• surfing
• rock climbing
• computer science
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Would be a long list for music and books. I'm easily bored by movies but still love many (also series).

Music (too much to even give a glimpse here): The Dillinger Escape Plan, Maybeshewill, The Algorithm, K.I.Z., Hellsongs, The Micronaut, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Infected Mushroom, Born of Osiris, Long Distance Calling, Molotov, ...

Movies/Series: Black Books, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Wilfred, IT Crowd, Sherlock, Good Night & Good Luck, Lammbock, Hotel Rwanda, V for Vendetta, Life is Beautiful, The Dark Knight, ...

Books/Authors: Jared Diamond, Jack Kerouac, classics, non-fictional literature (geography, math, history), Harold and Maude, Orwell, A.S. Neill, philosophy, ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Only one? ;) I'd rather tell those stories over some good food/drinks at a wonderful location than brag about them here.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: guitar, climbing, computer science, nerd-stuff, ...
Learn: Everything(!) that's interesting (if practical or theoretical doesn't matter).
Share: We can talk about this.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Of course I can always help with my hands and brain -- and also would like to! I normally try to bring some food/drinks from where I come from for the first host(s) on my journey. Always depends on how much space I got in my backpack.