CURRENT MISSION

If you can escape the daily grind for some time, why waste it with with boring stock holiday?

ABOUT ME

Theoretical physicist...

You should have an impression ^^

I'm interested in culture and the way of thinking other people have learned in their upbringing and with their experiences. I'm kind of an anachronist: one of my hobbies is calligraphy -- but on the other hand I'm very interested in how a Computer works and how to program it. And I'm a hitchhiker (for fun -- and always happy to pick someone up when I'm driving)...

PHILOSOPHY

Try to gather as many experiences as possible...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Thanks to the couchsurfing network I visited my best underground-rock-concert when staying in Rijeka (Croatia) for one night. And even in the last city before the desert in Morocco there were couchsurfers. I had some of my most memorable holiday moments with people I would not have met without CS.

Interests

I want to understand, _exactly_ what's going on in a machine/animal/someone's mind/...

And I'm very playful, especially board- and card games, where you have to think.

Nowadays I'm becoming more and more interested in what other people expect from their lives, how they want to achieve that.

• animals
• culture
• concerts
• calligraphy
• mathematics
• physics

Music, Movies, and Books

All by Terry Pratchett
A Song of Ice and Fire (currently vol 5)
For books, you can actually check out http://www.readgeek.com/user/skunk

Movies: It's hard to find good ones -- the last good one I saw was `Stranger than Fiction'.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I waded through the bluest glacier river I have ever seen on iceland.
I camped in the desert near an oasis, where I could eat fresh dates from a tree.

Teach, Learn, Share

Most of the time I do physics, math and programming, but that probably won't blow your mind. But I could show you, how to build reed pens, mix ink and do calligraphy with it. I've been working in a museum for some years and thus know about some `historical' techniques.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Iceland, Morocco, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany