I had 11 toes when I was born.

I have a unusual relation to my cat.

I sometimes talk to myself when I'm at work.

But trust me I'm alright, you'll see once we meet!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I just love meeting people with different backgrounds and even though I'm still looking forward to my first Couchsurfing experience, I'm convinced that this is a very honest way to meet open minded people which is exactly what I'm looking for. I've already spend quite some time traveling, living in hostels. Now I would really love to gain some travel experience in this way, as it will give you a totally different experience of a place compared to other ways of traveling (at least that's what I hope for)
In return I'd really love to host other travelers too, unfortunately my current living situation doesn't allow me to, if everything goes as planned I will be able from October on though.

Interests

My interests are quite versatile, and I'm always curious to do and learn new things.
outside activities like hiking, swimming or canoeing; going to the gym (cross fit and boxing). also I like cooking, never according to recipes though. In creative periods I do anything from photographs to drawing or some crafts stuff. Also I have a little secret passion for lyrics. I just love to read or hear beautiful words. The beauty and truth of words can be very inspiring to me. And of course I spend a lot of time with my friends, hanging out or going out, just having weird nights and great times together

• cats
• beauty
• cooking
• recipes
• wine
• drinking
• crafts
• boating
• traveling
• socializing
• drawing
• hiking
• canoeing
• sailing
• boxing
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Honestly I got to say, I'm not that good with music when it comes to describing the genres of the music I listen to... that's probably just because I don't care too much. I just listen to what sounds good to me and that can be (almost) any genre. Also, I am that type of music listener who always has a handful of songs to listen to excessively for a while until some day they get replaced by other songs.

My top five song of the moment: Bon Iver - Skinny Love, The Animals - House of the Rising Sun, Milky Chance - Indigo (live), Sizarr - Baggage Man, Rodriguez - Sugar Man

BOOKS: With reading it's pretty much the same as with music - no specific genre (some preferences though). Still, at the moment I rather enjoy reading novels. Among the books I've recently read (and enjoyed): Jack Kerouac - On the Road (definitely need to read it a second, if not a third time), Clemens Meyer - Als wir träumten (novel about a group of boys growing up in crackling east germany, losing part of their identity and ending up out of control - not the best summary :D really good book though!), Alfred Hayes - In Love
I'm gonna stop writing about books at this point even though I could go on forever from Goethe's Faust to Michel Houellebecq (not referring to his latest book though, haven't read it so far)

MOVIES: I could just go on about movies for as long, but I'm just gonna list a few of the ones I really like, happy to further discuss that in person. The Big Lebowski, The Departed, Last Night, Snatch, Pulp Fiction, Das wilde Leben, Ensemble, c'est tout; No Country for Old Men…..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being one of the worst singers on this planet, I once performed Britney Spears' "I love Rock'n Roll" on a sailing boat on the Pacific in front of a group of people I'd only known for a couple of hours. I'm not too sure whether they would call it amazing… but entertaining for sure! (This was after losing in a drinking game, I should add)

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm happy for all kinds of exchange, opinions, knowledge, anything.

One thing I could probably be taught is how to express information more compressed than in my profile here… yeah but honestly, sharing a meal together over a glass of wine is always a wonderful frame for great conversations, so I'm in for that any time!
In return I'm an expert in teaching foreigners the least useful german words you can imagine!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Denmark, England, Italy, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France