CURRENT MISSION

meet people, do things, continue the good work

ABOUT ME

Hi. Me eh? Yeah well, umm... I like giraffes?

PHILOSOPHY

personal philosophy? Hmm, I'm sure I had one of those somehwere round here... I could try and find it for you if you're really interested...

NOTE

If I don't respond to your request it's because I'm away or otherwise busy. I've decided to save time by not replying to all requests to stay. Please don't be offended.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My place is open to all happy friendly travellers and their pets and bicycles

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

all good... there's a good hitch-hiking site for Europe here: http://www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de
it's in German

Interests

keen on travelling, climbing, snowboarding, photography, trying to play music, hitch-hiking (so under-rated), riding my bike, telemarking, aikido, live music, camping, sleeping under the stars, coffee, wine, good food, being enivronmentally cool. The best contraptions in life: hammocks, kites, hula hoops, yo-yos

Music, Movies, and Books

lots of different kinds of music: Manu Chao, José González, Sigur Rós, Fat Freddy's Drop, Thievery Corporation, Mogwai, Lee Perry, Mr Scruff, Future Sound of London, Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, Björk...
Favourite authors: Italo Calvino, Hemmingway, Saint-Exupéry...also everything intellectual and impressive-sounding of course like Dostoevsky, Czeckhov, Eco, Bourges, Sartre and Fouceault
Movies: Brazil, Hayao Miyazaki, Team America, Kung Fu Hustle, Wall-E, that one with the guy and the thing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

too many to mention ... every day is amazing (unless it's just ordinary) well I've travelled a bit and worked in Japan and Switzerland, and met lots of super cool people, and learnt amazing stuff, and seen coooool things

Teach, Learn, Share

i just made some pretty yummy chocolate mousse and could teach you that if you like ... also teach snowboarding and skiing... I'd love to learn more Japanese and Spanish and French some time too... I can do some magic tricks too and anything involving balancing (either me on things or things on me)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Morocco, Nepal, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Switzerland