What I do:

- Currently interning for Fairphone in Amsterdam

- Student at UCL and UC Freiburg: subject "Arts and Sciences": Something between Social Psychology, Sociology, Philosophy and trying to find a job.

- Composing music (classical): recently doing some soundtracks for short films.

- Graphic Design: At the moment doing small freelance work for social enterprises

What I did in the past:

- Volunteer in various places in Europe, mostly working with children and young adults: Teaching English in Russia, Performing Street Theatre in Spain, Mentoring pupils in Germany

- Play the Piano/Accordion in bands in my little village and in Freiburg, where I regularly study

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because I enjoy cities so much more when there is someone to burst that superficial layer of objective tourist-ness that you always encounter when you visit a city for the first time. Cities come alive when they become subjective. And being introduced to someone's subjective representation of it is so much more instructive to what the city can be like.

Interests

- Beer, red wine, Single Malt Scotch

- Psychology / Natural Sciences
- Politics/Philosophy
- Music / Art / Poetry

- Bouldering, Chess, eSports

• red wine
• bouldering
• hiking
• accordion
• balkan music

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Recently a lot of Jazzy, Ethno-y and Balkan stuff. I have a huge history as a metal head and I love dancing to Drum'n'Bass, Dubstep and Jungle.

Movies: Recently trying to decide whether I like Woody Allen or not. Last film that amazed me: Birdman.

Books: Recently reading "Notes from the Underground" by Dostojevski for uni. Don't read that when you're alone. Or in the night. Or when there are any sharp utensils around you.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've travelled around Spain with a Donkey Caravan performing Street Theatre with music, jugglers and dancers in small villages in the Sierra Norte and the Coast around Alicante.

I was a speaker at TEDxUCL together with my flatmate after he agreed to give this talk literally 12 hours before, when he was totally drunk. We spent all night preparing it.

Teach, Learn, Share

- Teach and Share: Piano, Accordion, Composition/Songwriting,

- Learn: (Proper) Guitar, any kind of exotic or experimental cuisine, typography, all kinds of new sports, Tenor Sax

What I Can Share with Hosts

- Tobacco
- Your-mama-jokes
- Stories, thoughts and bullshit
- my love for cooking and experimenting with it

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Germany, Netherlands