Connection #52

Felipe Filsecker

52. Felipe Filsecker

Chile, Valparaiso, 24 years old, religion: n/a
Gift received: July 29, 2008

Felipe just finished studying electrical engineering in Chile. He did not want to work in Valparaiso, and with great luck found a job as a research assistant in a university in Dresden, Germany. In August 2008 he moved there, being ready to experience another interesting time on German ground. Already during his studies he lived in Germany, enjoying the Berlin life for one year.

Felipe is practicing Ashtanga Yoga, a very intense form of Yoga, and is vegetarian for a long time. He is a calm person, having a peaceful charisma, which is accompanied by lots of curiosity about life and humor. Felipe loves travelling, and has done so extensively in South America. His greatest trip so far was a bike tour along Carretera Austral in the Chilean Patagonia.

Gift: Postcard "Chile - Europe, from one to the other side of the world..."

Postcard "Chile - Europe, from one to the other side of the world..."

Gift given: August 02, 2008

Once, in a bar in Valparaiso, I got to know a female traveler from Brasil. She walked around with a short anthology of her poems. One of those burned itself into my memory and upon receiving Katja and Augustas I remembered it, and I am happy about the opportunity to share it with you:

Why to run
if the places
are all tranquil.

How we met Felipe Filsecker

We contacted Felipe through Couchsurfing.com, and stayed with him in Valparaiso for 3 days.