CURRENT MISSION

get sorted

ABOUT ME

i'm simple - not special. on the other hand at times - complex and bizarre.

i might be shy and quiet at first but can be very outgoing when feeling comfortable (i tend to gesture a lot when i talk.. might be quite strange at first..)

i need challenges and so i am always looking for such

people told me that i got a weird sense of humour

i am extremely honest and i can be quite naive sometimes (reeally? you´ve once crossed the ocean by riding on an elephant?!) or let´s say i´ll take everything you tell me for real in the first 15 secs..

i enjoy the beauty of moments

i am open minded, love to exchange thoughts

i can be very enthusiastic about the small things in life - like a smell, a sound, a word

i love speech, exploring it and experiencing my borders within them always trying to extend

i love dancing, climbing (even more bouldering at the moment!), being outside.

i like to see exhibitions. i can stand in front of a painting for hours.

i like realising weird ideas

PHILOSOPHY

the best way of being a gift to your fellow human beings is to know what´s best for yourself and put knowledge into action - be truthful: to yourself to others. BUT don´t hurt your opposites integrity by following your own way. use your senses: all of them! there´s so much to be explored! try and stay in the moment (hard one for me..)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i found out about couch surfing via two very good friends of mine who have both had great times in having people at their places or else surfing couches around the world. i think it a great if not the best way of getting around, meeting people that now the places, getting to know some of the culture in a personal rather than in a touristy way and people that you´d otherwise might never have met and that might just be amazing to know.. adventure, i guess.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

been recently in the netherlands and had some very pleasant/ interesting/ amusing stays

met crazy/ talented /fascinating people in france

saw the most amazing cs-place there is lisbon

surfed the couch from the loveliest people i had met by coincidence in lisbon and who invited me to stay with them just like that after a couple of minutes - hope they´ll join cs soon!

Interests

climbing/ music/ dancing/ literature/ films/ those strange talks about weird questions that evolve by living

• culture
• literature
• beauty
• dancing
• movies
• socializing
• painting
• bouldering
• music
• surfing
• rock climbing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

eg - yeah yeah yeahs/ lhasa/ dresden dolls/ the whitest boy alive/ tom waits/ portishead/ goldfrapp/ slut/ sonic youth/ johnossi/ radiohead/ seabear/ múm/ nouvelle vague/ moneybrother/ cocorosie/ the libertines/ the killers/ joy division/ girls in hawaii/ eels/ the cat empire/ björk/ amy winehouse/ ben folds/ cake/ depeche mode/ kante/ karate/ mando diao/ paul kalkbrenner
...
i ENJOY music (great if you give me new ideas!)

last book that really had it´s impression on me was from philippe djian, right now it's carson mcCullers "the heart is a lonely hunter"

and POETRY! even trying to write myself a little from time to time.. mostly not conteted with it AT ALL. at the moment: big love for neruda and other spanish-speaking poets

films i like - sin city/ jim jarmusch stuff/ dancer in the dark/ nikita/ science of sleep/ butch cassidy and the sundance kid / million dollar hotel and looots more.. i like films that build up sceneries that intrigue me/ capture me, where every picture can be a piece of art. films that have their own rhythm/ films that are full of irony!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

ok - this might be admittedly weird for anyone not being related to any kinda health thing BUT have you ever seen lung tissue being inflated again? - THAT´S beautiful!

also: the experience that communication without mutual language is possible! (and can be quite funny at times)

Teach, Learn, Share

languages!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Czech Republic, France, Ghana, Hungary, India, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United Kingdom