CURRENT MISSION

From Canada to Brazil 2013 - 2014

ABOUT ME

We are two friends from Germany. Our idea is to travel across North- and Southamerica from August 2013 to June/July 2014. We started in Whitehorse, Canada and want to travel to Rio de Janerio, Brazil for the soccer world cup this summer.

Martin used to work as a cook in a local restaurant and wants to study sport science after our year abroad. He is a open minded, funny guy who likes to try new things.

Bjoern served the German Army and wants either to study international relations or join the German police forces after the year of travelling. He is a down to earth, relaxed and reliable guy who pursues his goals with a lot of ambition and likes to be in company of other cool people.

We both share a big passion for sports. We like rock climbing, hiking and soccer.

We hope to meet a lot of interesting people, to visit cool places and cities and to make good couchsurfing experiences.

We have a facebook-page running where we keep our friends at home updated. You can check it out, so you can learn more about us and our journey. Just look for 'Our Road to RIO' or follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Our-Road-to-RIO/550556975002405

PHILOSOPHY

'You don't have to be a hero to accomplish great things---to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.'

Interests

discover the world, adventures, climbing, live music, movies, sports, party, traveling

• cooking
• running
• walking
• partying
• movies
• traveling
• music
• live music
• hiking
• sports
• rock climbing
• soccer
• world cup
• emergency services
• international relations
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Martin:

Movies: Pulp Fiction, Pursuit of Hapiness, The Breakfast Club
Music: Electro, R´n B, Rock, Minimal
Books: Adventure

Bjoern:

Movies: Fight Club, 127 Hours, End of Watch, Shutter Island
Music: Kings of Leon, Jay-Z, Macklemore x Ryan Lewis, Mumford & Sons, Foo Fighters, Avicii, The xx, Drake...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- The moment we arrived at the big cathedral in Santiago de Compostele after walking the Camino de Santiago (635 km in 19 days)
- reaching the summit of the Zugspitze after 9 hours of ascent

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Spain, Sweden, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Slovakia

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