I'm a swiss boy from Aigle, one of the most tedious towns of the country, trying to escape boredom by all means.
I've been an exchange student in York (UK) two years ago, but I had to come back to Switzerland to finish my maturité fédéral (swiss A-level) which I finally got last month. Henceforth, I'm taking a year off since I would like to travel around Europe before to eventually settle down in uni.

P.S. I'm sorry if you wanted to add me on Facebook, but I don't have any account as I disagree with its intrusive add policy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

A friend advised me to install CS and I decided to give it a try! It turned out that CS's philosophy is very close to mine. I, in deed, consider meeting new people as the keystone of a good trip without what traveling seems bland and uninteresting.

As I just finished my College studies, I have more time to travel and I'm looking forward to learn about new cultures and share knowledge.

Interests

« Knowledge of any kind is a thing to be honoured and prized » – On the Soul, Aristotle

I completely agree with Aristotle on that point: the more knowledge you get, the better. Thus, I'm sure that every subject is interesting in some ways and worth to be studied.

• walking
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• history
• philosophy
• litterature

Music, Movies, and Books

How to express one's tastes? I couldn't think of a better way than a simple list of pieces of art that I like. I've probably forgotten a lot a things, but, hopefully, it will give you a better idea of who I am.

Five songs:
La mauvaise réputation (Brassens), Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2), Le poinçonneur des lilas (Gainsbourg), Société tu m'auras pas (Renaud), Ces gens-là (Brel)

Ten books :
Don Quixote (Cervantes), Crime and Punishment (Dostoyevsky), Les Rougon-Macquart (Zola), Les misérables (Hugo), L'étranger (Camus), La peau de chagrin (Balzac), The motorcycle diary (Guevara), A study in Scarlet (Conan Doyle), The picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde) and the Foundation (Asimov)

A little bit of poetry:
Oceano Nox (Hugo), Der Erlköning (Goethe), Chant d'automne (Baudelaire)

A few films:
Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein), Parasite (Bong Joon-Ho), Castle in the Sky (Miyazaki), Metropolis (Lang), Old boy (Park Chan-Wook)

And five paintings:
Resurrection of Christ (Fra Angelico), Der Krieg (Otto Dix), The Garden of Earthly Delights (Bosch), The Triumph of Death (Bruegel), The Three Ages of Man and Death (Baldung)

Teach, Learn, Share

I know how to play Jass, one of the best card games in Switzerland.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Switzerland, United Kingdom