...Hello! :) Here's an easy going perfectionist, an active couch potato, a sailing mountaineer, a childish adult, a sunrise loving night owl, a social loner, an orderly chaot.

You can also find me on bewelcome.org, trustroots.org, warmshowers.org and on workaway.info.

In case you can't find a couch in Hannover, the cheapest accomodation I know about is Naturfreundehaus: https://naturfreundehaus-hannover.de/gaestegruppen/individualgaeste/ (single room 32 €).
Cheapest food I know about is König Restaurant at Steintor or Alscham near Kröpcke (Syrian "Pizza" from 1,50 €).

CURRENT MISSION

Returned from Japan in December 2019, got stuck at home thanks to corona and ended up teaching at a surprisingly nice school. In summer 2022 I quit my job in order to recover from way to much work and to use my savings to explore more of our wonderful planet. In 2024 I'm back to work, currently sleeping in several places each week (parents, bf, caravan, grand aunt), so you gotta be flexible if you like to surf with me.

In 2025 I plan to travel more. Wanna join me? I'm looking for travel mates! - And for nice hosts of course. :)
Things I currently have in mind are:
- January: Saudi Arabia
- February: Finland/Scandinavia?
- March-June: Japan?
- Generally: some pilgrimage/long hike somewhere and hitchhike, hike or cycle through Japan, England, Scandinavia, Balkans?

ABOUT ME

I'd say I'm curious, honest, rather nice and every now and then chaotic and planless. I can be pretty loud and very quiet, shy and outgoing. People that don't know me well sometimes think i'm rude. But I'm actually a peace loving soul. However, watch out: you might find me being ironic, sarcastic, provoking. :P

In 2010 I happened to receive a master's degree in space physics in Norway. Afterwards I wasn't quite sure sure what to do with it. I had my first job in Helsinki, lived there for a wonderful, long winter. But then the job was over and somehow I didn't look for a new one. - So, who would've thought? For the next 5 years I was basically unemployed and homeless. The best outcome of those years might be this cs profile, with all the experiences behind it. :] Besides various short trips I couchsurfed across asia for 18 months. Then I had enough, was so tired, homesick and quite overwhelmed by all the amazing impressions and hospitality.
It took me three applications until Helsinki University accepted me for their pedagogical programme and so since 2017 I am a teacher. I'm still figuring out what school is the right one for me.

I'm vegetarian, mainly vegan, I don't smoke and I don't drink. I just need chocolate. Dates work too. I'm not a big fan of going or eating out in general, I rather like board game-, movie-, cooking and hanging around nights with friends and cs'ers at home. I try to go an ecological, organic, environmentally friendly way.

Some ideas for the future:
- move back to Scandinavia - Done.
- umm, move back home? 0.0 Or to where? Japan? - Oh, Stockholm it is. Huh. - Not. - But Japan, finally! l Hahaha, done! I'm finally back home.
- So, where to next?
- cycle or hitchhike and couchsurf through Scandinavia - Done, but not enough
- explore Africa
- learn languages (I wish I had more talent. Finnish, Japanese, Persian, Arabic, Chinese, Bangla, Russian, Spanish...?)
- black belt ...getting there! --- Done!
- travel through peaceful Syria
- hitchhike to beijing via the -stans, take the train back through russia (and visit a school in every place i stop?)
- have a family?
- climb a 6000 m mountain
- sail/hitch on boats around the planet
- go skiing in Afghanistan
- live in Japan - Done, but not enough
- cycle from Delhi to Leh
--- i don't like doing things alone so if you want to join any of these projects let me know!

PHILOSOPHY

Do unto others as you would have others do unto you
- Bible

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving
- Lao Tzu

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries
- Aldous Huxley

And there's no cure like travel
To help you unravel
The worries of living today.
When the poor brain is cracking
There's nothing like packing
A suitcase and sailing away.
[i'm actually not sure this really works]
- Cole Porter

Ut på tur aldri sur!
- Norwegians

Viel zu spät begreifen viele
Die versäumten Lebensziele,
Freude, Schönheit der Natur,
Gesundheit, Reisen und Kultur.
Darum, Mensch, sei zeitig weise!
Höchste Zeit ist´s! Reise, reise!
- Wilhelm Busch

Ein Leben ohne Couchsurfing ist zwar möglich, aber sinnlos.
- Frei nach Loriot

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

because I love it and it makes the world a better place.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE (feel free to scroll down to interests;)

surfed@zoya in helsinki/finland.
surfed@shoji in kyoto/japan
surfed@meng-fang in tokyo/japan
hosted marina from russia in helsinki/finland
_____________________________________ 2011
surfed@jannike in hamburg/germany
surfed@cecilie in vilnius/lithuania
surfed@agne in trakai/lithuania
surfed@tomas in klaipeda/lithuania
surfed@miks in ventspils/latvia
surfed@juraj in jurmala/latvia
surfed@zanda in riga/lativa
surfed@marta in cesis/latvia
surfed@kadri in kopu/estonia
surfed@marjana in kaali/estonia
surfed@andrew in tallinn/estonia
met zoya and marina in st. petersburg/russia
surfed@peeter in tallinn/estonia
hosted rogier+julien from holland+canada in hannover
met rianne and pieter from holland in hannover
hosted tomaz+mirjam+polona from slovenia in hannover
hosted marta, my host from latvia in hannover
hosted nadav from israel in hannover
_____________________________________ 2012
hosted stefan from germany in hannover
surfed@jannike in hamburg again
surfed@armin from iran in istanbul/turkey
surfed@mutlu in van/turkey
______________________________iran, with stefan
surfed@hossein in urmia
met amir and ingrid in tabriz
surfed@babak in tabriz
surfed@azim in astara
surfed@hooman in rasht
surfed@omid in tehran
met faraham, masoud, nima and kam in tehran
surfed@masih in esfahan
met raha, yuri, jo, hamidreza, ahmad, masome and maryam in esfahan
surfed@marjan in shiraz
met sara in shiraz
surfed@fatemeh on qeshm island
surfed@piter in zahedan
___________________________________pakistan
surfed@zamin in islamabad
met manos in islamabad
surfed@hassan in islamabad
surfed@kaiser in islamabad
travelled with zamin and kaiser
surfed@shiraz in lahore
surfed@adnan's farm near okara, with zamin
surfed@ahsan in lahore, with manos
surfed@aamir in lahore, with manos
traveled with manos from pakistan to kashmir
_______________________________________ india
surfed@mr. singh in amritsar, with manos
surfed@bilal&sedeeq in srinagar/kashmir, with manos, michael and pablo
surfed@sartaj in sopat/srinagar, with the same gang
surfed@karn in manali
hitchhiked with namiko from manali to leh
met bilal, karn and siri in leh
hitchhiked with siri from leh to manali
surfed@karn, with siri and manos :)
met guru in manali
_______________________________________ nepal
hitchhiked and trekked with victor
trekked, hitchhiked and surfed with manos
surfed@raj in pokhara
surfed@lila's orphanage in kathmandu
met purna from "Cultural Exchange Nepal" in kathmandu
surfed@Debbie in kathmandu
met vishal in kathmandu
___________________________________bangladesh
surfed@christian in dhaka
"hosted" joanna and yuta@christian's place :D
surfed@ samia in dhaka
met florence and nafeesa in dhaka
surfed@robin in tongi
traveled with florence, djurabek and cyrill to khulna
surfed@faiaz in khulna
surfed@habib in chittagong
met mashruf und jonni in chittagong
surfed@moritz in bandarban

my parents had pascal+friend over for a shower, while they waited for lady gaga.
___________________________________singapore
surfed@rusty, for 20 days with laura, marisa, lynn, soheyl and kourosh
met michelle, yifan, wenwen, guru and akshay
___________________________indonesia-sumatra
surfed@pinky on batam
surfed@sabrina on batam
surfed@muchsin's english school in dumai
surfed@dilla in pekanbaru
met azella and torkis in pekanbaru
surfed@ranggi in payakumbu
surfed@aissy in bukittinggi
surfed@mery in padang
surfed@poppy in kerinci
surfed@rara in jambi
surfed@suzan in palembang
surfed@intan in palembang
met satrio in palembang
surfed@sherli in bandar lampung
met delta and heri in lampung
_______________________________ indonesia-java
surfed@riri in bandung, with putuh and sam
surfed@dini in bandung
met dede, gita, pipiet, noor, mandy in bandung
surfed@aziz in tangerang
____________________________ indonesia-borneo
surfed@fenni in pontianak
traveled with juita in west kalimantan
met adi and kim in pontianak
____________________________ malaysia-sarawak
surfed@franky in kuching
traveled with aris around kuching
surfed@minn in kuching
surfed@elly in kuching, with hans, rakhel and marc
met kelvin, fadli, ru, anis, anne, jason, lars, hitomi and jerry in kuching and spent christmas+ny there
_____________________________________ 2013
surfed@jean in kuching
surfed@yong in kuching
surfed@kelvin in daro
surfed@chiu in sibu
surfed@keith in sibu
surfed@chiu's sister in bintulu
surfed@micah in batu niah, with basti
surfed@amin in miri, with bastian and ales
surfed@phil's boat in miri, with basti
___________________________brunei, with basti
hitchhiked from miri to brunei
surfed@vangi
met sofia, wendy and zeria
surfed@freddy
surfed@novri
______________________________malaysia-sabah
surfed@aiyeen on labuan
surfed@joanita on labuan, with basti
surfed@aizat in kota kinabalu, with basti
surfed@joanita's family in keningau, with basti
surfed@aizat in kk, with alena
hitchhiked around with alena and basti

___________________________________ _ _ _ _ _
oh yes, i couchsailed on phil's boat from borneo to the phillippines :) with basti, erinn, zac and rebecca
_______________________philippines, wit bastian
met mark in olsob
surfed@arlette in cebu
surfed@cherille in tacloban
surfed@cecile in legazpi
surfed@alvin in libmanan
surfed@dk in lucena
surfed@eric in cavite
surfed@rachel in angeles
surfed@eva in baguio
___________________________________taiwan
surfed@mina in taoyuan
surfed@lee and hester in taoyuan
surfed@laura in taichung
met amy, eddy and erin in taichung
surfed@owen in taichung, with mina
surfed@hester's parents in changhua, with lee
surfed@jordan in tainan
met penny, quentin, nans, yilang and ruby in tainan
surfed@typhoon and evi in tainan
surfed@steven in gangshan
met szu and peter in kaosiung
surfed@peter in pingtung
met jamy in pingtung
surfed@harley in pingtung
my family hosted ali from iran in hannover
surfed@szu in donggang
hitchhiked with ray to kenting
surfed@ray's aunt in fanglio
met and surfed@ steven, peter and harley again and again and again in pingtung
surfed@karen on liuqiu island
surfed@vivian on penghu island
met kim on penghu
surfed@sharon on penghu
met sonny in kaohsiung
traveled to the east coast with harley and peter
met hooman in hualien
surfed@li-mei in yuli
surfed@angie in yuli
surfed@azuma in taidong
surfed@hooman in hualien
surfed@bleggi in hualien
hitch hiked with jerry across taiwan over hehuanshan
surfed@laura in taichung again :D - with jerry
surfed@a little family in taipei
met xuen, mina, lee, hester and jerry in taipei

__________________________euroooooooooooope
and then i travelled with peter and harley+family from taiwan in europe for 2 weeks and planned their whole trip. hiking, camping, sailing and we:
surfed@johannes in neustadt and der weinstraße
surfed@niels en pietje in leeuwarden, holland
hosted them at my home, on a sailboat and in my aunt's village
surfed@lubomíra in czech republic

hosted eva and samanta from germany in hannover
met behzad from iran in Hannover
surfed@nadja in peine
surfed@sophie in königslutter
surfed@ahmad in magdeburg
surfed@anne and fabian in brandenburg
met samia, my host from bangladesh, in berlin :)
hosted matias from chile in berlin
hosted yafa from israel in berlin
hitchhiked with michelle berlin-poland-berlin
surfed@asia in szczecin, poland
surfed@daniel in puck, poland
met hsiang-chi from taiwan in berlin
went dumpster diving with richard and adela in berlin
met ingrid and puneet the colourful hitchhiker in berlin
joined a potluck at maja's place in berlin
played board games with maaike , frank and dan in berlin
met husam from syria/germany and julia from sweden in berlin
met vicky from hong kong in berlin
met britta in potsdam
surfed@kira and matze in potsdam
surfed@doreen in göttin/werder
surfed@samina and jasmin in stendal
surfed@normen in gardelegen
surfed@alexander in wolfsburg
hosted sandra from germany in hannover
hosted si from china in hannover
hosted rodrigo from bolivia for christmas
___________________ 2014 _ surfed 13, hosted 28
celebrated the new year with rainer, stefan, kerstin and rodrigo
hosted vicky from hong kong in hannover
drove raj from india across germany
surfed@bine in bremen
surfed@karo in tampere/finland
surfed@javad from iran in helsinki
met peege from malaysia in helsinki
baked muffins with aura in helsinki
visited katja in tampere
surfed@maria in bremen
hosted sabong from korea in hannover
met roeland in hannover, he came for a shower
hosted matthias from bejing in hannover
hosted tofeeq from syria in hannover
hosted nikita + anastasia from moscow in hannover
hosted wan chen + 2 friends from taiwan in hannover
hosted adomas + 3 friends from lithuania in hannover
surfed@katja in tampere
surfed@aura in helsinki
hung around with javad and anna in helsinki
hosted a board game night in hannover
hosted josi from germany + juraj from slovakia in hannover
hosted yair from israel in hannover
hosted adnan, my host from pakistan, in hannover :)
hosted ricardo from portugal + agata from poland in hannover
surfed@gopi in bochum
surfed@dieter in immenstadt
cooked with uwe in immenstadt
surfed@christian in schleswig
surfed@casper in veijle/denmark
surfed@eric in kristiansand/norway
surfed@henning near stavanger/norway
surfed@milan in sand/norway
hosted max+marlene+sören from germany in hannover
hosted leigh, my host from taiwan, in hannover
met simge from izmir in hannover
hitchhiked with leigh from hannover to leipzig, where i surfed her friend's couch
hosted wang from taiwan in hannover
my parents hosted stephie from germany in hannover
hosted alvaro from argentina in hannover
hosted tommi from finland in hannover
hosted sabong from korea again, for christmas
___________________ 2015 _ surfed 13, hosted 41
met Mohsen and Shiva from Iran
hosted Loïs from France
hosted Saebinna from Korea
hosted Dan from Hongkong
went hiking with Ingo, Mohamad and Sally
hosted Harsh from India/Berlin
hosted Onkar from India/Bonn
hosted Lukas from Lithuania
hosted Yair from Israel (again)
surfed@Harsh in Berlin
surfed@Veli-Matti in Helsinki
surfed@Matej in Prague
surfed@Aneta in Prachatice/CZ
hosted Tomas+Justas from Lithuania
hosted Reza+wife from Iran/Bavaria
hosted Nick from the US
hosted Taras+Roman from Ukraine
hosted Nitin from India/Qatar
hosted Zuzanna from Poland + Larry from Lithuania
hosted Pawel from Poland
hosted Roman from Ukraine
hosted Reza+Sara from Iran/Bavaria (again)
hostet Maya+Romana from Czech
hosted Daniela from Columbia/Berlin
hosted Kasia+Gosia from Poland
hosted Esra+Johannes from Cologne
hosted Stien from Belgium/Kassel
hosted Chaelin from Korea
hosted Jess+Ben from Australia
hosted Archie from England
hosted Austeja from Lithuania
hosted Rodrigo from Bolivia (again)
hosted Carole and Diane from France
hosted Steffen from Nürnberg
hosted Kamila from Brazil/Copenhagen
hitchhiked with Nyasha through Scandinavia:
surfed@Sue near Middelfart/DK, with Siri
surfed@Simona in Hjörring/DK
surfed@Arnleif in Skien/NO
surfed@Mutlu in Stavanger/NO (again)
surfed@Helene and Embrik in Gol/NO
surfed@Olof in Karlstad/SE
surfed@Memo in Stockholm
surfed@Heikki in Turku/FI
knitted with Ninni and Saija in Helsinki
surfed@Saija in Helsinki
hosted Nyasha for Christmas holidays in Norway
celebrated New Year with Nyasha, Simon and Mandy in Hannover
hosted Mandy in Hannover
___________________ 2016 _ surfed 3, hosted 27 in Hannover and Helsinki
hosted Seri from Paderborn
hosted Andrii + Ruslan from Ukraine
hosted Manou from Marburg
hitched with Austeja to Cologne and surfed@good old travelmate Basti :)
hosted Nicole + Steffen from Germany
hosted Salman from Saudi Arabia/Dubai
hosted Dale from England
hosted and celebrated Easter with Nicoline from Norway + Mar from Spain
surfed@Muzaffar in Şile, Turkey, with my parents and brother
visited Yucel in Istanbul
hostet Micha from Mannheim
hosted Mischa from Hamburg
hosted Joe from Graz/India
hosted Mahboobeh from Göteborg/Iran
hosted Alireza from Tehran
hosted Naveen from Hannover/India in Hannover
surfed@Evgeniya in Helsinki
hosted Raimondo from Switzerland in Hannover
surfed@Maren in Chemnitz
hosted Mohammed from Egypt in Helsinki (Hki)
hosted Bas from the Netherlands in Hki
hosted Ryo from Tokyo in Hki
hosted Shivesh from Bremen/Delhi in Hki
hosted Mo from Tampere/Iran in Hki
hosted Solène and Tom from France in Hki
hosted Oliver from Scotland in Hki
hosted Hamed from Warsaw/Egypt in Hannover
hosted Kim from Korea in Hannover
___________________ 2017 _ surfed 5, hosted 22 in Helsinki and Hannover
hosted Stina and Georg from Germany in Helsinki
hosted Kristina and Melanie from Switzerland/Singapore/etc.
hosted Helena from Estonia and Federico from Italy
rock climbed and chatted with Behrang from Iran/Norway
went to Easter Bonfire with Kevin, Wendy, Vishy and Jussi
hosted Anuka from Mongolia
hosted Jana from Czech (through trustroots:)
hitchhiked with siri from Tallinn to Vilnius:
surfed@Ants in Hagudi/Estonia (through trustroots)
surfed@Raimonda and Karlis in Riga (through trustroots)
surfed@Gorana, Matina and Marina in Birzai/Lithuania (through our driver, basically)
surfed@Tomas in Vilnius (through trustroots)
hosted Mirjana from Germany
hosted Tereza+sisters from Prague
hosted Michele, Ole and Rachel from Germany
Volunteered with Phan, Luca, Chris and Roxanna on Timo's berry farm in Kuopio, hosted them in Helsinki, travelled with them to Stockholm and visited them on other farms
hosted Pia from Germany
hosted Viktor from France
hosted Philipp from Austria
surfed@Katri in Tampere
hosted Vsevolod and Katja from Russia
hosted Ali from Iran (again) and Mohammed from Egypt/Berlin (again) in Hannover

___________________ 2018 _ surfed 9, hosted 12 in Hannover/Helsinki/Stockholm
explored UAE and Oman with Siri and Nyasha
surfed@Sib in Dubai
surfed@Ali in Muscat/Oman
met Hemant, Kamal, Nasr, Abdulaziz and Asif in Muscat
surfed@Khalid in Al Ain
visited Hardik's balcony in Dubai
hosted Judith from Germany
hosted Sergei from Belarus
hosted Louis+Tanguy from France and Jonas from Germany - trough trustroots
surfed@Timm in Berlin (trustroots)
hosted Martina from Italy
met Petr in Kadan/CZ
surfed@Vesa in Naantali/Fi
surfed@Catie on Livonsaari/Fi
hosted Pablo from Argentina
surfed@Mase in Stockholm
surfed@Sam in Stockholm
hosted Hagar+Maxime from ES/FR
hosted Nic from NL
hosted Christine from Lebanon
hosted JH from France
surfed@Mohamed in Ouarzazate/Morocco with Siri+Nyasha
camped in the Morroccan Sahara with host Omar and S+N

___________________ 2019 _ surfed 9, hosted 4
hosted Mario from Argentina
surfed@Hiro in Tokyo (via trustroots), then rented his "couch" for 6 months
surfed@Ayae in Tokyo
surfed@Yoshinori in Ashikaga
surfed@Khanh in Gunma
surfed@Kevin in Chiba
surfed@Takahiro in Wakkanai
traveled and hiked with Paul in Hokkaido
hosted Bryce from Canada
hosted Kenneth from Germany
surfed@Ralf+Natalia in Tamm
surfed@Magnus in Biberwier, with my family
hosted Iida from Finland
surfed@Pawel in London

___________________ 2020 _surfed 5, hosted 6
hitchhiked with Nyasha to Zürich, visited our cs friend Austeja and
surfed again @Ralf+Natalia in Tamm
hosted Sascha from Göttingen
hosted Soumil from Bochum/India
hosted Mary and Denis from Hamburg/Ukraine
surfed@Tomasz in Stettin/Poland
hosted Thomas from Belgium
hostet Tom from France via Workaway
surfed@Marie in Nienburg
surfed@Lorenz in Bremen (trustroots)
surfed@Joshua in Bremerhaven

___________________ 2021 _surfed 3, hosted 5
hosted Vishav from Braunschweig/India
hosted Sara from Italy (workaway)
surfed@Teele in Tallinn
surfed@Niko in Helsinki (trustroots)
camped and sailed with Erwin from Singapore/France in Helsinki
surfed@ and camped with Ville in Helsinki
kayaked and camped with Siri in Sweden
hosted Max from Barcelona (workaway)
hosted Agueda from Madrid (workaway)

___________________ 2022 _surfed 10, hosted 9
hosted Tomoko from Japan (workaway)
hosted Mohammed from Egypt (workaway)
hosted Radoslav from Serbia (workaway)
hosted Adam from England/Belgium (workaway)
hosted Imogen from England (workaway)
hosted Adam again, and travelled and hitchhiked with him
hosted Aki from Japan
hosted Lea from Bavaria
hosted Moataz from Munich/Egypt
hosted Marina from Paris
surfed@Yifan in Olso
surfed@Philip in Halmstad/Sweden
surfed@Bernd in Hallein/Austria
surfed@Sigi in Kolbermoor/Germany
surfed@Ian in Montreal
surfed@Alan and Tati in Montreal
surfed@Pascal in Montreal
surfed@mydear Siri in New York
surfed@my very first cs host Zoya in Philadelphia and traveled with her to DC
surfed@Sam in Washington

___________________ 2023 _surfed 6, hosted 2
surfed@Susanne in Oldenburg
hosted Jordan from Chile (workaway)
hosted Molly from England/France
visited Luca in Sardinia, with Phan
visited Masih in Turin and hitchhiked with him
surfed@Laure in Taninges/France, with Mashi
surfed@Christina and Victor in Fulda/Germany
surfed@Ulla in Goslar
went hiking with Harley from Taiwan
surfed@Po in Munich, with Harley
surfed@Ralf in Tamm
visited Nyasha in Bayreuth

___________________ 2024 _surfed 3, hosted 7
hosted Maxim from Russia
hosted Johanna from Cologne
hosted a board game night
hosted Bager from Turkey
visited Austeja in Lithuania
surfed@biru in Helsinki
kayaked with Raj from Stockholm/India in Helsinki
surfed@Antero's gym in Helsinki
hostedAlan from Spain/UK/GER
hosted Luis from Mexico/Bavaria
hosted Chang from Korea
hosted Laura from Vienna
surfed@Edyta and Frédéric in Bavaria

Interests

well, some people feel disturbed by the number of questions i ask, about everything. "why?" is probably my favourite question.
i'm interested in observing how other people live. :) and i love sharing. because it just makes so much sense to me.
i like details and looking at nice things. i like going for a walk. and to hear birds singing. to watch the sun set. i love mud flats and swamps.
although i'm a night owl, i highly appreciate lots of sleep.
i love our planet and i'm interested in pretty much every field of natural science from astronomy to zoology. especially sustainability and renewable energies, also waste management and food. and education.
i own a big lego city, sometimes i still buy new lego. seriously.
i like sports: my main sport is karate (jka shotokan). In norway i did matsubayashi shorin ryu, in helsinki i do aikido. then there's hiking, trekking, skiing, sailing, kayaking, rock climbing, roller skating, cycling, ice hockey and (table)tennis/sqash/badminton.
i could do more camping, geocaching, dumpster diving.
i'm quite a bit into photography and i like handicrafts (paper, wood, wool), reading, cooking (vegetarian/vegan/raw), playing board games.
however, nothing makes me more happy than being out in nature.

• photography
• education
• cooking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• boating
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• dumpster diving
• knitting
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• camping
• mountaineering
• sailing
• skiing
• rock climbing
• tennis
• badminton
• astronomy
• teaching
• physics
• science
• hitchhiking
• nature
• trekking
• aikido
• museums
• karate
• geocaching
• lego
• handycrafts
• shotokan

Music, Movies, and Books

i like funny/positive movies, ratatuille, kung fu panda, tom hanks movies, ... many sorts of books except science fiction or thick novels. richard feynman's books. i'm not too much into it but i like music that is "nice and not noisy" e.g. simon+garfunkel, travis, rem, the beatles, die prinzen, etc, sometimes also classical stuff, esp. live.

Last books I finished:
- Verrückt nach Schweden (Vadelmavenepakolainen) - Miika Nousiainen
- Wandern, Glück und lange Ohren - Lotta Lubkoll
- Moominvalley in November - Tove Jansson
- The Seasick Whale - Ephraim Kishon
- Life Short, Rytkönen Long - Arto Paasilinna
- Three men in the snow - Erich Kästner
- 80 days around the world - Jules Verne

Last movies I saw in cinema (yeah I don't go often):
- Perfect Days
- Bros
- Der Junge muss an die frische Luft

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I joined couchsurfing.

Teach, Learn, Share

i'm always happy to share my incomplete knowledge. i will probably tell you the names of some stars and how to recognise a planet. i studied northern lights and the weather, maybe i give some ideas on how to live more healthy and how to protect our nature? i can show you how to punch and kick (of course only for defence, because: karate ni sente nashi - "there is no first attack in karate" - or for fun:)
i wanna learn as much as i can, about the world; the nature, the people, the cultures, languages, nutrition... i'd like to know how to be a good teacher. and i'd love to know more about things to do with hands... from gardening to knitting, juggling, massage, drumming to fixing a car or building a boat and so on :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My time, talks, walks, meals, boardgames. Photos. Stars? Sometimes I bring chocolate.
Generally I simply like to spend time with my host and see how their life goes. :)
Occasionally I clean my host's bathroom or kitchen. Please don't be offended. ;D

Countries I’ve Visited

Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Finland, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden

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