I'm a German-born Aussie, and hate both labels!

Like most of us, I have a long story. But the short version is, I gave away / sold most of my stuff, put a few boxes in storage, and left Australia with a couple of bags to my name. I'm in search for something outside my bubble of fixed income and comfortable ignorance, and am in Turkey to learn new skills. Some may call this a midlife crisis .. but I've had a couple of those already, last time I just bought a Beetle. This is serious ;)

I seem to gravitate towards social causes and education, and hope to find a niche here to work with the growing number of displaced kids who aren't going to school. It's a journey, and the book is being written....

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我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Why CS? Most likely for the same reasons that 98% are here - meeting people.

My hope when being hosted is that I get some good information about the area I'm staying.... not what a hotel or backpackers thinks you want to hear.

兴趣

Mountains, camping, hiking, nature
Learning new stuff
Meeting interesting people

• books
• causes
• education
• socializing
• hiking
• camping
• teaching
• mountains
• a good book
• tavla (backgammon)

音乐、电影和书籍

Movies: not a big movie person, a bit ADD-ish that way, but recently I've seen some that grabbed me.
Journey to the Sun (Turkish)
Jin (Kurdish)
Min dît / Ben Gördüm /The Children of Diyarbakır

Books: the one hardcopy book I travel with is "Let me Stand Alone" by Rachel Corrie
I read a lot of different books

Music: Spotify is my only luxury as far as commercial expense goes, and I just let it surprise me most days
Listen to Turkish, Kurdish, Irish and all sorts of folk music as much as to HipHop and Indie. Whatever mood I'm in

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Not succumb to negativity

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Stories :)
And I can chop the onions (I'm tough)

我居住过的国家

Australia, Germany, Iraq, Turkey, United States