I am passionate about what I do. That can be a conversation, cooking an improvised meal, reading a book or playing card games.

I love music. There is the right one for every moment.

Learning is what makes my life rich. I am a careful listener, therefore critical - always positively.

Interested in you. In whatever makes people laugh. And in the things behind the things.

Mostly, I enjoy conversations where people are interested in one another. When you don't know how for god's sake you came to talk about this topic or that one, but just enjoy learning from each other's experiences.

What I've learned about myself is that I mostly enjoy people who are honest about themselves and self-reflected.
I really appreciate dissent and tough discussions when they come along with the will to listen to each other.
If you think you own some kind of truth, you are also my welcomed guest, but we might have some differences in the talking.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to get to know interesting people and their stories. For there is always something to learn and a story to share.

It's the people who create a country & every city.

Interests

Backgrounds and explanations. For everything.
That led me to study history and political science.

Further interests

# languages - I am trying to learn at least a bit of wherever I am currently staying, or of my guests'.

# music - I love to explore a whole new sound

# theater - challenging is good

# sports - I am a little crazy about almost every sport, esp. Football, Table-Tennis, Volleyball & Basketball

# dancing. Feeling nothing else but the beat of the music and the joy of the people around... I especially enjoy dancing to electronic music... Deep House most of all. But I like Death Metal and HipHop as well, depends on the location and whether people want to feel the music.

• theater
• dancing
• music
• electronic music
• sports
• basketball
• soccer
• tennis
• volleyball
• history
• languages
• political science

Music, Movies, and Books

Every kind of music has its piece of jewellery.
Top 3: Deep Purple, Extrawelt & Nils Petter Molvær
Bonus: Eminem

# cinema! - I don't need a happy ending, but a good story. Love to watch movies in original language / Wong Kar-Wai is my grandmaster of movies.

I always have more books to read than I can. Favourite authors so far: Camus, Erpenbeck, Bernhard.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Perfect silence on a swedish lake.
Five years later, same lake: We found the end of the rainbow.

Going to the theater in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm quite skilled at sports and would love to improve your football, basketball or table-tennis skills - I have taught even people who had never touched a football before, and it was just fun. :-)

I also know to do a little Salsa dancing.

Since I've had the pleasure to learn very different languages, we can share our knowledges. I like to get to know each and every language and its pronounciation.

I like to give detailed recommendations on every kind of thing I have experienced - depending on the respective interests.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I have some language knowledge and know how to teach things in an interesting, sometimes funny way.

Games: I have always loved playing card games, other games such as backgammon and sports and am a patient teacher - and learner! ;)

I am kind of experienced as for music and can provide you with new stuff of almost every genre. Recommendations again...

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Iran, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Greece, Turkey