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Overview

  • 56 references 43 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning Italian
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Account Manager in the Software-as-a-Service Industry
  • master of science - logistics/supply chain management
  • From Büsum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

After living the digital nomad life for quite some time now, my wonderful girlfriend Silvia and I decided to settle down on beautiful Cyprus.

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please fill out your profile at least a little before sending a request and tell us why you would like to stay with us -

ABOUT ME

I am glad you found your way to my profile to get to know me a little better. I like to have good conversations, share my insights and most definitely want to hear your side of the story. I don't consider myself as being extro- or introverted but rather just inbetween. I am using irony and sarcasm in about 20% of the stuff I say, so better be prepared and don't take everything too serious that comes out of my mouth. But one thing you can be certain about: I am an absolutely honest and direct person you can always rely on - no matter the circumstances. I love being outdoors alot and enjoy the simpler but also more adventurous things in life. This ranges from skiing, scuba diving, freediving and spearfishing to multi-day hiking trips. I absolutely adore cooking, exploring new recipes and get to know a countries most popular and interesting foods. Living in Germany's beer capital (Bamberg) for about 8 years during my studies I'd definitely say that I'm a beer-enthusiast and know quite a bit about beer so I'm more than happy to have some with you.

After finishing high-school in 2010 I travelled to beautiful Canada. While travelling all the way from Vancouver to Montréal I've met amazing people and worked in places I couldn't dream of. This was also the first time I got into Couchsurfing. I'd say couchsurfing had a major impact on my experiences along the way - I met wonderful people and felt always kind of being home. After 7 months in Canada, my journey took me to Jamaica where I spent 5 weeks to travel around the whole island and staying with all of the only three available couchsurfers at that time on the whole island. This time certainly changed me. I learned to appreciate things which I always thought wouldn't be really important to me. I'm really glad about the stuff I learned along way - and I'm still eager to learn more!

Time passed since 2010 and I'm happy to say that I'm still part of the CS-community! After graduating in 2019 I constantly moved around while being extremely lucky to work remote and enjoy somewhat the digital nomad lifestyle. Most recently we were living in Thailand for a year, then relocated to Italy and Malta before finally settling down long-term on Cyprus now.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had several amazing experiences while couchsurfing with local hosts. From canoe-trips in snowy winters in northern Sasketchewan in Canada, spearfishing trips in Jamaica, quad-biking in the Australian outback to just different couchsurfing-meetings all around Europe, North-America and Oceania.

Interests

scuba diving, freediving, spearfishing, good food and cooking, skiing, camping, hiking, volleyball, badminton, squash, parties, travelling, gaming, tv-series

  • dining
  • cooking
  • beer
  • partying
  • tv
  • traveling
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • canoeing
  • kayaking
  • camping
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • skiing
  • racquetball
  • volleyball
  • badminton
  • squash
  • freediving
  • spearfishing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Welll, there's a couple of things.

- spearfishing and kayaking along the jamaican coast.
- working a winter-season in canadian rocky mountain's biggest ski-resort.
- hiking "mt. doom" in new zealand.
- living two times in a car/van for 8 months in australia and 6 months in south-east europe/turkey.
- scuba dive below 40 metres for the first time to enter a cave.
- spearfishing on 100 consecutive days in a row travelling along the mediterrean sea.
- living a year in Thailand and working as a scuba diving guide on a liveaboard in the Similan Islands

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cook a meal for you or invite you to a beer? ;)

Additionally, I'd say I could share a lot of knowledge about the places I've been to in the recent years - especially how to live on a tight budget in a car for a rather long time.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Malta, Poland, Thailand

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