Student of Anthropology, Artist, Citizen of this planet.
Love every kind of board sports, any form of sincere artistic expression, no matter the medium, and most importantly... real people :)
Haven't surfed or hosted in a while due to professional and academic commitments. However, I'm rediscovering my passion for globe-trotting, and wish to express it again, once my life allows it. I love meeting people, perhaps mostly those with profoundly different outlooks and experiences than myself.
I passionately listen to stories, laughing together, integrating new perspectives and connect beyond the layers of the seeming differences. I just as fine with passing a light-hearted good time... no expectations, truly.
To sum it up: I'm open, and I love to meet people in this openness, if they so desire.

Interessen

I love trying new cuisines. Glimpsing into new cultures and alien ways of life. I prefer nature to cities (but I don't think the two are mutually exclusive). I love learning languages— the key to people's culture... and often times their hearts :)

Things I like to talk about:
Your city, countries, travel, languages, nature, music, dancing, sports, people (no, I don't mean gossip), animals, stereotypes (and how to deconstruct them) love and intimacy (no, I don't have a problem talking about that).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To make friends around the world, to experience the strangely intimate as well as short-live connections with humans like the incredible people, I was already lucky enough to meet through the platform.

Interests

• dancing
• cooking
• fitness
• meditation
• eating out
• painting
• music
• live music
• hiking
• snowboarding
• skateboarding
• anthropology
• road trips
• ukulele
• food
• nature
• zen
• learning
• meeting new people
• psychedelics
• creative writing
• simplicity
• indigenous cultures
• western philosophy
• eastern wisdom tradtions
• openheartedness
• mahayana buddhism
• tantric buddhism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Pink Floyd, Tame Impala, Novalis, Flying Lotus., and so many more. I really like experimental and psychedelic rock as well as ethno/downtempo, but I’m always open to discovering new genres! :)
Movies:
faaaarr to many to list them here. I love European indie cinema, as well as American blockbusters.
Books:
Hermann Hesse, Aldous Huxley, Albert Camus and Anna Löwenhaupt Tsing, again, just naming a few of the top of my head. :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Growing up in pro snowboarding, having lived in Peru for years, spending extended periods in Buddhist monasteries and with studying with Masters of other traditions. (none of those dogmatic or convetionally realigous!)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach English, Spanish, and German, Snowboarding (C1), and perhaps a litlle bit of painting/graphic design, if this is anyhow helpful to you.
Most importantly though, I can listen. I love it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Peru, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, Peru