After living in the small but beautiful students' city Marburg, I recently returned to my hometown Bonn to start my job as an English, German and History teaching trainee.
Being a beginner, my current job is rather time consuming and exhausting. That's why I am always happy to spend time exploring the world during school holidays.

Besides that I am a passionate music fan as well as an admirer of the electric guitar, even though my instrument is the trumpet. I played and sang in several bands (BigBands, small combos, rock bands) and I am always in for a decent jamming. Vinyl records make me weak, so whenever there is a record shop in a town I am travelling to I have to go there.

I'd call myself sociable, open-minded, humble and reliable.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

As mentioned above, I'm a new couchsurfer so I am looking forward to meeting nice people and getting to know places I travel to beyond the beaten paths. While travelling, I stayed at other people's houses before and I've learned so many things - especially interesting insights in local cuisines.

However, I never became part of the couchsurfing community. Now I really want to catch up. Perhaps it's not that easy to start when you have no references - but I'll try it anyways :-)

But it's not only taking. I'd love to give something back: Since my girlfriend and I moved into a new flat with a little bit more space, we now want to offer travellers the opportunity to stay at our place, helping you to get to know Germany's most charming region: the Rhineland.

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Jazz, Blues, Funk, Rock and Roll
(I would probably pay any prize to witness Led Zeppelin reunited in concert. Unfortunately that's unlikely to happen, damn!)

Books: Having studied literature, I love to read. Currently there's James Baldwin's "If Beale Street Could Talk" and Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" on my bedside cabinet.

Movies: "Almost Famous" is my all-time favorite.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Living abroad for a year in Cambodia some time ago. I know it sounds a bit stale but that really widened my horizon and it helped me to put many things in perspective. I am proud to say that I still have many friends there.

What I Can Share with Hosts

travel stories, cultural/literary discussions, music nerd knowledge

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia