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Hamburg, City state of Hamburg, Germany
@ericfoerster
Member since 2013
CURRENT MISSION Travel indefinitely. Be a peaceful warrior. ABOUT ME pro musician, toured and performed in 25 countries, certified pilates and yoga teacher, personal trainer. non-alcoholic, non-smoking, vegan PHILOSOPHY Live and let live.
Interested in Books & Literature
Fluent in German
Learning French
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Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING surfing, events COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Splendid surfing experiences, meeting great humans and animals in Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Mexico and Belize.
Music, Movies, and Books
MUSIC Traded classical orchestra for rock band at 16, when I discovered girls were more interested in guitarists than bassoon players. Early influences Blues Brothers, AC/DC and Peter Frampton before becoming a professional musician myself. Enjoy movie scores, John Williams is a genius. MOVIES Back To The Future, Indiana Jones, Blues Brothers, Rear Window, Sneakers, anything with a spaceship. BOOKS Grew up with Astrid Lindgren (Karlsson-on-the-roof, Pippi Longstocking) and Michael Ende (Momo, Jim Button). Rediscovered reading years later, following the adventures of wizards (Harry Potter) and watch makers (Hermux Tantamoq), one of my favourites being The Pasta Detectives, the adventures of a slightly retarded boy and his High IQ wunderkind friend, hilarious. I wrote a novel (fantasy/fiction) and several shorts myself, still have to finish a crime story, based in New York. I love audio plays (not audio books), an art form mainly popular in Germany, movies for your ears.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
playing to 15.000 russian rock fans arriving in Santiago de Compostela after walking 750 km through Spain cycling 2000 km through Vietnam landing a guest role in Germany's most popular audio play series living in New York spending New year's eve on a quiet island with my best friend writing a novel living in Sicily (Italy) living in a camping van crossing the ocean for a woman
Teach, Learn, Share
I can teach you guitar (15 years pro rock musician), get stronger and more flexible (certified Pilates/Yoga Teacher, Personal Trainer). I can cook some tasty vegan food and have some stories to share (traveled 40 countries, also worked as professional radio jockey, producer, reporter, off-voice, writer and city guide).
My Interests
Born in Hamburg (Germany), spent 8 months as a radio correspondent in New York, a winter on the island of Gozo (Malta) writing a novel, 3 months in Nepal volunteering in orphanages, 1 month in India studying yoga, 1 year working in a hostel in Italy, 9 months of workaway in Mexico, 1 year in Guatemala, 8 months in El Salvador. Currently traveling in Panama (February 2020). Past adventures, 2012 - 2015 2012: walked 750 km on the Camino de Santiago through Spain. 2013: cycled 1800 km from Hanoi to Saigon through Vietnam. 2014: 3 months with a wonderful host family in Australia, gardening and babysitting the kids, house-sitting and rendering the mud brick house. 1 month in New Zealand, cooking vegan meals, teaching yoga and pruning trees. Returned to Germany for some months, couldn't wait to start again, on the road now for 5 years. Recent adventures, 2015 - 2017 2 months at a permaculture farm in Spain 1 month at an organic farm in Italy 2 weeks in Italy, joining a vegan musician 2 months in Poland, building an Eco Hut in the mountains, cooking vegan food for 10 people, teaching Yoga. 1 month in Italy, assisting the chef at a vegan festival and teaching Pilates. 2 months in a guest house in Turkey. playing guitar, teaching Yoga, doing dishes. 1 month in a B+B in Italy (Sicily), painting, teaching Pilates. 1 year in Catania, Italy, working in a hostel and as a street musician. Current adventures, 2017 - 2020 1 month backpacking across Cuba. 9 months in Mexico, working in a community, a raw food shop and guest houses, cooking vegan food, renovating a house, coaching clients. 2 months in Colorado (USA), building a tiny home in the mountains, volunteering in an animal shelter. 2 months in Belize, workaway at farms and CS. 9 months in Guatemala, workaway at hostels, a cafe and on a sailboat, teaching Yoga, performing live music. 8 months in El Salvador, teaching Yoga, working as Massage Therapist 3 months in Costa Rica, working in a hostel, an animal shelter and gardening 1 month in Nicaragua, teaching Yoga 2 months in Panama, teaching Yoga 3 months in Colombia, teaching Yoga I'm a reliable grown-up, young at heart, clean and a true minimalist - my backpack is 5 kg, my (deserted) home in Hamburg (Germany) is a small camping van.
