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Overview

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  • Fluent in German; learning English, French, Spanish
  • 62, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • learning "Fahrdienstleiter"; fix oldtime cars, study
  • studied several yrs and two technical professions
  • From several in southwest Germany (Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Freiburg)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to find new friends and places

ABOUT ME

happy, smiling, also serious and contemplative, but also adventurous (holidays).
interested in people and cultures, very interested in live music; I like outdoor (water!)
I live a mixture of strong reliability in job at any time 24/24, and adventure in holidays.
Job experience in nursery/medicine, airplane- and railway technology, business.
Love children (but mine are grown up now)
Love Latin-American people (so far away...)and music

PHILOSOPHY

Learn and listen, do no harm, love and take care

To understand biography and character as a chain of development, learning, sharing things

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting, traveling, making friends, invite people, encourage others, ....

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

......none..... (except when taking hitchhikers home for cook and sleep, and placing them at the motorway next day in my student times)

waiting for you !!!

Interests

Indian spirituality (east India and Red Indian)
live music (classic and folk)
people, religions and cultures
books e.g. "Zen and the art of motorcycling" or modern "Shop Class for Soulcraft" of Matthew B. Crawford (deutsch: ich schraube, also bin ich - vom Glück, etwas mit den eigenen Händen zu schaffen)

  • arts
  • books
  • concerts
  • cooking
  • shopping
  • technology
  • traveling
  • music
  • live music
  • outdoor activities
  • business
  • teaching
  • languages
  • medicine
  • religion

Music, Movies, and Books

see above

plus several good movies

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

"Jonathan Livingston Seagull"

The births of my children - the most exciting experience

the live concerts of S.Celibidache

Jackson Browne live at Mannheim (1986)
Joan Armatrading live at Mannheim (1985)
HAIR live at Heidelberg (1984)
Hermann van Veen live (several times)

Teach, Learn, Share

Live simple and easy, produce your own things.(technical teacher)
Languages (in order to share experience) teacher,
share spiritual experience

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