Hi, my name is Marc, 28 from Cologne, Germany. I'm a student of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Cologne and have a passion for getting to know new places near and far. Throughout my life I have had the privilege of visiting several countries and I would love to get to know more about places through people actually living there. I have spent extended periods of time in Germany, the US, Cambodia, Canada, Japan and Tuvalu and would be more than happy to share my experiences 😊

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To learn more about places and people through actual direct interaction. I'm keen to hear more about your story and your relationship to the place you live in. To sum it up, I'm deeply interested in people.

Interests

• vegan
• reading
• volleyball
• anthropology
• feminism
• roundnet

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: 2000s pop, indie pop, j-pop
Series: Pose. Sex Education, Please Like Me
Movies: Princess Mononoke, First They Killed My Father, Treasure Planet, Pitch Perfect (guilty pleasure)
Books: The Little Prince (Saint-Exupéry), Night on the Milky Way Train (Miyazawa), Sisyphean (Torishima), Dschinns (Aydemir)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cambodian and Chinese weddings, Sapporo's "Yukimatsuri", sleeping in the jungle with Cambodian friends, hiking through the Taroko Gorge in Taiwan, living in Tuvalu

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to tell you more about Germany and what we do as anthropologists, if you're interested. Travel stories are always wonderful to hear and I'd be really curious to hear from yours!
I love cooking and would be happy to learn from you about your favorite foodstuffs and their preparation. Of course I can show you my cooking in return.

日本語が話せる方々へ、ぜひ日本語を喋りましょう!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Common volleyball, lots of travel stories and intercultural experiences, jokes, books

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tuvalu, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Tuvalu, United States