I always felt a bit alien in modern society, and had to search around for who I am. Did quite some different things, and I'm still constantly changing.

I'm a university student now, studying Japanese in Leipzig Germany in my third year. Since around mid twenties I discovered foreign languages as a way of expressing myself, they are conversational, but far from perfect - don't expect too much of it.

Before that I always wanted to express myself with music, I studied music for some years, including some time at university, but I didn't quite make it. I'm on a music break, but want to pick it up again eventually, check out my Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/david-oerther

I am looking forward to meeting new people, experiences and stories :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm not very well traveled but I loved to hang out with foreigners in my home town. Their experiences made me curious.

Couchsurfing once saved my ass while I was struggling finding a flat in the Netherlands. I spent one month searching for a flat while studying. While it was very exhausting it also was very enlightening, also it helped me learning Dutch quickly.

At that time though I didn't know about these sort of online communities and actually asked my way through masses of people to find a couch. Still I was amazed at how many friendly people were willing to share their flat with me.

Interests

I'm a very curious person always looking for something new and interesting, that's also why I like experiencing foreign cultures. I like everything creative including most forms of art, but especially music.

• cats
• chess
• music
• live music
• classical music
• guitar
• astronomy
• geography
• learning languages
• brazil
• self improvement
• learning
• japan
• composition
• jazz music
• fantasy books
• culture and history

Music, Movies, and Books

I especially like old Brazilian Bossa Nova like João Gilberto, Tom Jobim or Nara Leão. From Japan my favorite Artist is Ringo Sheena.

I also listen to classical music and Jazz, rock - and most other genres.

Teach, Learn, Share

guitar, stories, or you can speak languages with me you'd like to practice.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, England, France, South Korea, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Netherlands