If not traveling, I go to the cinema a lot, I go running or meet friends. I'm always quite busy and so don't find that much time for TV series or even reading, which I think is a bit unfortunate. When traveling, I try to catch up at least on the reading part. I'm also interested in politics and I'm always in for an interesting and constructive discussion.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've always loved travelling, but it took me till now to get hooked on the idea of Couchsurfing - maybe because few of my friends travel much, and only recently I met people who told me how much fun Couchsurfing can be. Also, I find it increasingly boring to travel by myself, and this seems like a nice way of meeting people in general, and in particular local people, which is a much better way to get to know different countries and cultures.

Interests

Cinema, traveling, politics, cooking, biology

• cooking
• running
• politics
• movies
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• socializing
• biology
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

music: Leonard Cohen, Moderat, Nacho Vegas, Tocotronic, Seeed

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

managing to wake up at 4am to see the sunrise over the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia

Teach, Learn, Share

I am grateful if I can learn at least some phrases in the language of the respective country, and it would be very nice to see the respective place from the locals' perspective; in turn I can share my non-local perspective as well as my languages and travel experience; maybe I can give some advice on traveling in Europe, North Africa or South America

What I Can Share with Hosts

lively discussions on world politics, cooking together (especially Indian cuisine), help with English, German, or Russian

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, India, Israel, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Tunisia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Spain, Ukraine