I am a German citizen who grew up in then-walled-in West-Berlin. After a year in the US I have worked in a number of development-related organizations and lived between 6 months and 5 years in various countries in Africa doing development finance.
I enjoy living in foreign countries, working together and interacting with the people there and experiencing differences - in customs, approaches, ideas, food, climate, landscape, ....

Perché sono iscritto su Couchsurfing

To get to know new people, share the experiences I have had, and learn more about what others can bring.

Interessi

• reading
• classical music
• scifi
• sipping rums

Musica, film e libri

Music: Classical between 1700 and 1900, some swing, jazz, African music, good select modern artists
Movies: No clear preference - can be anything from classics (The Third Man) to Comedy (One two three) to animated movies (Shrek) to the Muppets' Christmas Carol to Lord of the Rings...
Books: Mainly SciFi, Jules Verne, Karl May, ....

Una cosa incredibile che ho fatto

Touring the US on a Gold Wing three years in a row, ticking off 49 states

Insegna, impara, condividi

Happy to do all three.

Cosa posso offrire ai padroni di casa

(Growing) Experience on Maseru and Lesotho, as well as many other countries in Africa and world-wide.

Paesi che ho visitato

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Samoa, Senegal, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Paesi in cui ho vissuto

Germany, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria, United States, Zambia