CURRENT MISSIONS

...settling in to my home town after 24 years abroad in France, Switzerland and different regions of Germany

ABOUT ME

...I love mixing things up such as languages, jobs, sparkling water and wine, styles of music, sweet and salty
...I love getting up early on sunny days, listening to loud music while having a big cup of juice or two or three
...I love singing together with friends and dancing to various music
...I love going to the sauna and hopping into cold water just after
...I love travelling, being on the road with my bagback, watching people and landscapes
...I love cooking and baking and eating in good company
...I love sitting at the fireplace for hours, listening to the voices of the wind, the silence, a good story
...I love hosting and bringing together people from different backrounds
...I love walking barefeet in the sand of a beach somewhere in Danmark and suddenly jumping into the waves
...I love facilitating theatre workshops and creating spaces that open up courage and creativity
...I love playing board games for a whole day or night

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am much into community and travelling. Opening my space to others seems naturally to me. While travelling I appreciate a lot staying with locals and discovering a new place through their eyes. So far I had only good experiences with Couchsurfing, hosting and being hosted by a lot of lovely people.

Interests

• singing
• concerts
• dancing
• education
• cooking
• gardening
• board games
• reading
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• swimming
• ecology
• history
• languages
• psychology
• brazil
• community living
• theatre
• queer
• france
• vegan food
• local history
• inclusion
• collective intelligence
• critical masculinity

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:
Antonio Zambujo, Waldeck, Nanan, Bukahara, Dunkelbunt, Brassens, Baden Powell, Gotan Project, Tori Amos, José Gonzáles, Weiherer, Von Wegen Lisbeth, Mercedes Sosa, Lhasa, Lila Downs, Rokia Traoré, Edward Sharpe, Veda Hille, Vivaldi, Bach, 77 Bombay Street, Boulevard des Airs, Martinho da Vila

BOOKS:
Sand (Wolfgang Herrndorf), Way of Kings (Brandon Sanderson), Homo Deus (Yuval Noah Harari), Narziss und Goldmund (Hermann Hesse), Die Herren des Strandes (Jorge Amado), Erziehung als Praxis der Freiheit (Paulo Freire), Analytik der Macht (Michel Foucault), Someone to Run With (David Grossman), Ilium (Dan Simmons), Le Paris des merveilles (Pierre Pevel), Flamme sein! Hans Scholl und die Weiße Rose (Robert Zoske)

MOVIES:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), Le règne animal (2023), Le Tout Nouveau Testament (2014)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

...following the Danube from Regensburg (D) to Belgrade (SRB) by bike and canoe

Teach, Learn, Share

...always keen on learning new stuff about language and culture, new recipes, a song from your home region or how to do good massage. Probably there are things you could also learn from me, but how can I know what that might be?

What I Can Share with Hosts

My space and lifetime, maybe a cooking session, a song or a walk in the forest? Let's find out!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, France, Hungary, India, Martinique, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Switzerland

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