Triathlon & Coaching
I am a passionate triathlete, competing regularly. Some links:
I am affiliated with two clubs in Berlin. This is where I train myself and also coach new aspiring athletes.
I am a licensed Triathlon Coach.
Classical music & Opera
I am a trained bass-baritone. Some references:
Urs Wörner
Hanna Wollschläger
My repertoire includes, among others:
"Oh, du mein holder Abendstern" - from Tannhäuser
"Der Engel" from Wesendonck Lieder
Excerpts from "Winterreise" by Schubert
Arias from Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro
Some favorites:
"Tannhäuser" and "Walküre" - Richard Wagner
"Schwanengesang" and "Winterreise" - Franz Schubert
"Tosca" - Giacomo Puccini, "Macbeth" - Giuseppe Verdi
I regularly attend the following places
Recommendations
Books
"Dune" (Frank Herbert)
Complete works by Walter Moers (i.e. "Rumo", "die 13 1/2 Lebens des Käpt’n Blaubär", "Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher"...)
"Topology from the differential viewpoint" (John Milnor)
"How Democracies Die" (Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt)
Music
"Continuum" (John Mayer)
"Bat out of Hell" (Meat Loaf)
"Schubert: Winterreise" (Daniel Heide, André Schuen)
"Random Access Memory" (Duft Punk)
"Your Love Is King" (Trettmann)
Games
"Dungeons and Dragons" (Wizards of the Coast)
"Borderlands 3", "Mario Kart 8", "CoD: Black Ops 6"
"Doppelkopf" (German Card game without nines)
Movies & Series
"A Court of Fey and Flower" (Dropout TV)
"The Lord of the Rings (extended edition)" (Peter Jackson)
"Tick... Tick... Boom" (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
Coffee
Kaffeepur - Friedrichshain
Siblings Coffee - Fulda
Plum's Kaffee - Aachen
Donuts, Cake and Breakfast
Bramibal's Donuts - Friedrichshain
Shakespeare and Sons - Friedrichshain
Café Kittel - Aachen