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My name is Jonathan, but usually people call me Joni. I’m a social worker specialising in child protection and participation and currently doing my master degree in social work as well. As for me being a guest, I'm really no-fuss and independent. It's very important to me not to be a burden when staying at another's house! I don’t expect my host to do more than giving me a place to sleep; everything going past this like spending time together, showing me the city, ... I receive very, very grate- and thankfully.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Why am I on Couchsurfing? Obviously because it is an easy and very efficient way to get in touch with locals and thus learn more about a countrys culture.

兴趣

I'm very interested in getting to know new people and listen to their or any stories. I'm very interested in traveling and and music and literature. I used to be a long-distance runner (half marathon) and play a lot of volleyball.

• chocolate

音乐、电影和书籍

Music: Metal, Jazz, Samba/Bossa Nova

Books: Speaking of authors: Gabriel García Márquez, John Irving, Michael Ende, Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, Henry D. Thoreau, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, Hermann Hesse, Wolfgang Borchert, Walter Moers, Stéphane Hessel, Lessing, Hans Christian Andersen, ...

Movies: 12 Angry Men, Into the Wild, Dallas Buyers Club, Million Dollar Baby, The Color Purple, Princess Mononoke, Big Fish, ...

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

My four years abroad in Japan, Paraguay and Brazil. Never have I had such an access to foreign cultures and their people. With no doubt these four years had an immense influence on my personality.

Amazing things I've seen:
• Mount Everest
• Tierra del Fuego
• Yguasú and Victoria Falls
• a cornfield full of fireflies below a sky full of stars
• top of Mount Roraima
• Lençóis Maranhenses
• Elbsandsteingebirge
• Machu Picchu

教，学，和分享

I can share the experiences I made during my trips, maybe some of them can teach you something, but I suppose that depends more on the listener than on the narrator.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I guess if you're interested in it I can share my professional expertise on child protection from a social workers view.

In addition, I'd like to point to the webpage of the NGO I've founded with a friend that is dedicated to support projects with children in Paraguay: http://tape-paraguay.com/

Peace.

我游览过的国家

Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, French Guiana, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Zambia

我居住过的国家

Brazil, Germany, Japan, Paraguay