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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Building effective Partnerships for Development...
ABOUT ME
friendly, open-minded, sometimes using too many complicated words and expressions ;-), interested in other people and cultures, musical (guitar, sax)
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Travelling a lot and hosting people occasionally (i live in the countryside so travellers seldomly find their way to the door of my pleasant home...).
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Amongst many other experiences, I had a greeeaat host in Marrakesh! Very good experience! He has become a friend by now. Isn't that what CS should be like?
Interests
wonderful music, stories of great discoverers, outdoor, life in Africa, development cooperation, international politics, history, faith
- politics
- traveling
- music
- guitar
- outdoor activities
- cycling
- economics
- history
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: Mendelssohn, Books: Thoreau
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
looking down into the seemingly infinite torrents of water at Victoria Falls, quad-biking in the Namibian desert,
Teach, Learn, Share
music (guitar, sax), economics, UN system, development cooperation with African countries
What I Can Share with Hosts
Stories
Countries I’ve Visited
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, France, Ghana, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe
Countries I’ve Lived In
Germany, Morocco, Singapore, South Africa