CURRENT MISSION

Travel to to Utrecht this December, to Vienna next March, to Athens next Mai, to Stockholm next July...

ABOUT ME

I like travelling and visiting the beautiful and intersting places of the world. I enjoy it to read scientific papers, tons of books but also Süddeutsche Zeitung (my fav newspaper). I used to live in Greece (Athens) and France (Montpellier). I grew up at Heidelberg. Cooking or having a BBQ party with friends & doing sports and are some of my fav leisure activities.

PHILOSOPHY

Even the longest way starts with the first step. (Lao Tse, ~ 600-400 B. C.)

Cherish the day. Don`t dream your life - live your dream.

"One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye."(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

If I am not committed that much to my work, I am glad to accomodate you at my small one-room appartment and if I´ve got some spare time, of course we will have a classical seightseeing-tour in Heidelberg, that is, e.g.: visting the old castle and Philosophers' Walk / attending a lecture at famous Heidelberg University / having a pavement walking tour through the old town / or just a beer in a pub / etc.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I already enjoyed my first couchsurfing-experiences in England, Germany and in the US very much. And, of course, I surfed a lot of couches of some friends of mine in Germany, Greece, The Netherlands, Ireland, France and Switzerland.

Precisely, with cs I was hosted by ...

1) Augur in Cambridge, England, in May 2012.
2) Federica in Bonn, Germany, in September 2012.
3) Marlitt in Bielefeld, Germany, in September 2012.
4) Lance in San Diego, US, CA, in November 2012.
5) Spencer in San Diego, US, CA, in November 2012.
6) Dan in San Diego, US, CA, in November 2012.
7) Gregg in Palo Alto, US, CA, in November 2012.
8) Miri and Derek in Berkeley, US, CA, in November 2012.
9) Gregg and Karen in Palo Alto, US, CA, in November 2012.
10) Remko in Utrecht, NL, in December 2012.

Thanks a million for your warm hospitality!

Interests

At present I am the residential speaker of the international students house, where i am living. I love road cycling and coached a youth cycling team for several years. I enjoy swimming and playing badminton & tennis. My need for culture: I enjoy it to go to the theatres, small parties and to almost every kind of concert.

• culture
• books
• concerts
• festivals
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• bbq
• sauna
• walking
• partying
• pub crawls
• traveling
• cycling
• sports
• soccer
• tennis
• swimming
• badminton
• psychology
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

My fav authors are Thomas Bernhard, T. C. Boyle, Bert Brecht, Hermann Hesse, Max Frisch, Petros Markaris, Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, Paul Auster and John Steinbeck. Especially I enjoy extistentialist literature and all kinds of biographies.

My fav actors are Klaus Kinski, Mr. Bean, Robert de Niro, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Hugh Grant, Gerorge Clooney, Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks, Tom Wilkinson, Billy Chrystal and of course all the films directed by Martin Scorsese, Fatih Akin, and Werner Herzog. Trainspotting, The Big Lebowski, The Pianist, Casino, Head-On, Michael Clayton and all these Monty Phyton films (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, etc.) are some of my fav ones.

My fav music groups, who head their peaks mostly in the 70s and early 80s, are Led Zepellin, The Doors, Nirvana, Peter Gabriel, Supertramp, Metallica, The Stones, U2, Sade, Pavlov´s Dog, Marillion, Simple Minds, Bill Withers, Eric Clapton... and also some classic and "serious" stuff as Verdi, Carl Orff or George Bizet (particularly Carmen). "Can´t Stop" by Red Hot Chilli Peppers is presumably one of my fav songs. Frank Zappa as well as Jeff Bridges playing "The Dude" are some of my personal heros.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

polar lights and the roaring elks of Hardangervidda in southern Norway & sitting in a sauna in mid of august

breathtaking Samariá Gorge in Greece

some peaks of the Alps, that I climbed with my road bike

cycling in Austria with our team and some professional cyclists within one day about 10.000 metres in height and 200 miles was the best trainings I´ve probably ever had

awesome stalactites and sleeping microbats at a Cave Pyrgos Dirou at Peleponnes

a fantastic White Stripes concert in Barcelona

Sting, Santana, The Stones, AC/DC, Marc Knopfler live concerts and several other metal bands on many festivals

soccer games of BVB, and several championship parties.

having had lunch Dining Hall at King´s College at Cambridge

presented some reseach findings to an interested audience :D

I lived in Greece

climbed to the top of a 90 metre-high windmill in North Frisia

& last but not least (a propos psychological mindfulness): Absolutelty not want to miss the wonderful and apparent infinite little moments of the everyday life.

Teach, Learn, Share

I`ve studied psychology, paricularly developmental and life-span psychology, like to talk about with my buddies about science in general. I can talk with you in modern greek. I can prepare greek meals. I can teach you several versions of backgammon or some words of the Electoral Palatinate dialect. I can present you my brand-new research findings. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Greece