I love talking, travelling, going out and doing things that are fun. I am a friendly guy, willing to make good memories and share happiness with those who have similar intentions.

Some facts:
* Born two years before German reunification, hence I belong two the first generation of people from the eastern part being raised in the reunified country

* Grown up in Thuringia, a federal state in the very center of Germany, a region with lot's of German History (Goethe, Schiller, Johann Sebastian Bach, Martin Luther) and beautiful nature.

* Spent 10 month in Spain with ERASMUS. Would like to return immediately

* Former student for Geoinformatics in Münster, Germany. Just finished my Master's :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To discover the world and meet people. To get in touch with locals at the places I am traveling and learn about their lifestyle. And sometimes, because I just need someone to help me out with accommodation ;-)

Interests

Me gustaría practicar mi Español. Ahora, después algunos meses vivía en España puedo expresarme bastante bien y todavía tengo ganas para mejorarme.

If you like Asian culture/language/food we will have to talk about that! :)

And I love dancing!

It's best to figure out the rest, when our ways cross.

• culture
• dancing
• dining
• traveling
• socializing
• blogging
• history
• physics

Music, Movies, and Books

Music

Hip Hop, Rock, Pop - national and international recent and older. Guess I am compatible with a lot of music styles, although I like only small portions of the recent mainstream music.

Movies

Confessions (Japan): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1590089/

Kontroll (Hungary): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373981/

This ain't California (Germany): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2113090

Some favorite book authors:

Fjodor Dostojewski, Isabel Allende, Robert Harris, Jack London, Ken Folett, Paolo Coelho, Christopher Paolini, Ebrahim Kishon, Wladimir Kaminer

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Helped building a clay house in Estonia

Teach, Learn, Share

---> My WEBSITE: http://matthiashinz.eu

European Geography Association for students and young geographers (EGEA): http://www.egea.eu/

At my former university, I participated in this project about 'Smart Cities', giving workshops to school children: http://gi-at-school.de/swag/blog-2/

MIT open-courseware (if you're interested in, let's say, quantum physics):
https://www.youtube.com/user/MIT/playlists
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

What I Can Share with Hosts

* A good meal and stories from travelling
* Practice in English, German or Spanish
* Everything you want to know about my country and culture

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Spain