CURRENT MISSION

To see the world while it's still there.

ABOUT ME

I grew up in a rural area near the German alps and never really got out much, until I decided to change that and moved to the US in 2012. I've been living in Seattle since then. I recently quit my day job and I'm now ready to embark on a two year weekend!

I love everything outdoors, especially biking, but I'm also always down for playing video games on the couch all day.

I think I am summed up pretty well by this video of me driving down a mountain in a toy car:
http://kettcar.paranoidsoftware.de

PHILOSOPHY

I think there should be Karma in the world (and maybe there is?) and try to act as if there were.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My friends tell me I am a pleasant person to be around and I'm definitely a low-maintenance surfer. Also, I cook a pretty great lasagna and will offer my couch as soon as I'm back home.

Interests

Nature (hiking, riding bikes, snowboarding), old and new friends, computers, code and electronics, tinkering and building things (just started welding [custom bikes, yeah!], been building puzzles, magic boxes, jump'n runs, on-board computers), junk yards, Scrabble, shooting (pixelated) zombies with friends, beating plastic drums, cooking and eating good food

• dining
• cooking
• breakfast
• electronics
• video games
• puzzles
• coding
• magic
• drums
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• hunting
• snowboarding
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm a huge fan of pop culture and like anything from stop-motion films to romantic comedies to Vin Diesel flicks.

I try to be open minded about genres of music, but I seem to keep getting stuck at mainstreamish Hiphop, Metal and Electronica - but Alestorm is always awesome. However, I usually get tunes stuck in my head and have to listen to them until they come out again, so the best way to find out what I currently like is to have a look at my last.fm charts:
http://www.last.fm/user/sam_vdp

If I had to take just one book to a lonely island, it would certainly be the Hitchhiker's Guide and generally, I often stick with the Neal Stephensons, Douglas Adams' and Dan Simmons', but the occasional Bukowski, Rowling and Pullman are fine and I am always open for new things.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Taking breakfast at the beach in southern France while watching the sun rise over the ocean.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Spain, Tunisia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States

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