I am new to Couchsurfing!

I origin from Bern but now I live in Zürich to study the natural sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. I look forward to meeting people to broaden my horizon and to identify the prejudices I might have without knowing it, and then throw them overboard.

My biggest virtue is honesty. My greatest fear is that I might be lying to myself without realizing it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To get to know people and places! To really get to know a place, you have to get in touch with the locals, and in order to do that is no better way than to sleep on a locals couch!

Interests

cooking, dancing, board and card games, martial arts (Judo & Jiu Jitsu), science and technology

I am always up to a philosophical conversation but I also enjoy a good night out with lots of dancing.

• arts
• dancing
• cooking
• technology
• socializing
• martial arts
• jiu jitsu
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Even though I'm not your stereotypical metal head, I listen mostly to metal (Arch Enemy, The Agonist, Dimmu Borgir, Death) but also to some Reggae (Seeed) and occasionally jazz or classical music.

I like fantasy and science fiction movies and books (Discworld novels, The Name of the Wind). I like TV series (Orphan Black, Vikings, Orange Is the New Black). I am really not into super heroes though.

You should definitely see 'Adams aebler'.

Also I didn't like Pulp Fiction. I found it really boring. Sorry 'bout that.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

During civil service (alternative to the military service) I worked in a transit home for mentally ill people. One day, one of the residents came in, a woman who didn't speak german and only very bad english, and asked for the winter catalogue, because she wanted to look for a new jacket. However, I knew that she has very little money, so I asked:
"Why do you need a new jacket? Havent you got the jacket with the feathers in it? (I didn't know the word 'down jacket')"
Her: "Yeah, but I took all the feathers out?"
Me: "Why?!"
She looked at me very grimly.
"Else they turn me into chicken!"

What I Can Share with Hosts

I will gladly cook for/with you, play games and talk about whatever you find interesting. I am always curious to learn about what people do and if you do something I'm not familiar with, all the better!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Switzerland