happy, sociable, friendly, curious, exploring, easygoing

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I believe in mutual respect and trust in relationships between people, which is why I have used sharing platforms like blablacar and AirBnB a lot. Nevertheless, Couchsurfing offers a far better chance to not only meet new people but get to know their attitude about life.

Interests

I love to do all kinds of sports in my free time, from football, basketball and swimming to hiking, snowboarding, and surfing. In Germany, I used to brew beer in my basement with a couple of friends. Also, I like to cook pasta (among others), eat Chinese and Indian, and hang out with friends. I'm interested in sustainability (worked at Fairphone for around a year and studied Sustainable Development in Paris), culture, politics, philosophy but also tech and many other fields; I'm the kind of guy you can have chat with about your favorite book/movie, or about your favorite football team while watching a game and having a beer, or about your desired future world order from a political and philosophical perspective - so pretty much everything.
In the past, I have traveled quite a bit and lived in many flat shares at very different places (Amsterdam, Shanghai, Paris) since I enjoy very much to meet new people from different backgrounds.

• culture
• books
• cooking
• beer
• politics
• technology
• hiking
• surfing
• snowboarding
• sports
• basketball
• soccer
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

When it comes to music, I am not very committed to specific genres, as I listen many different styles of music. However, I very enjoy music from the XX, Gramatik, Parov Stelar, Deluxe, all kinds of electro swing, funk and jazz, disco (Earth Wind & Fire) but also African music like Amadou & Mariam from Mali, or Madagascan sounds. Also, I enjoy listening to latin dancehall/raggae sounds. In terms of movies, I would say most of Tarantino's, Intouchables, Fight Club, Inception, Dr Strangelove, Badman, Matrix, and many more. At the moment, I read Naomi Klein and Faust; I love to read in general, and I read a lot of different stuff.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One of the most amazing things I've experienced so far is probably that, when I met a Chinese very close friend of mine for the first time when I lived in Shanghai, he took me to his family's place in rural China and I had many absolutely exceptional and very fun family dinners with his parents, siblings, aunts and uncles, although I didn't speak any mandarin at that time and almost all of my hosts didn't speak english at all. It was just great to be in a situation like this in which people just understand each other, although they don't speak the same spoken or written language.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm curious about learning new things everyday.

What I Can Share with Hosts

positive thoughts, happiness about life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Fiji, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Madagascar, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, Germany, Netherlands