CURRENT MISSION

To get to know people, to share laugh talk with them and learn a lot, while taking the long way to Patagonia. And all along: to write about it all.

ABOUT ME

I have lived in Ireland, Spain and Germany, I'm 184cm tall and I like cookies, good novels and to swim in the sea!
Apart from that? I'm a journalist living in Lausanne, Switzerland. On October 16th, 2012, I started off on a 6-month journey to Patagonia, following a personal path that will take me to the Basque country, Madrid, Algeciras, the "Hanjin San Diego" cargo ship to New York, then Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Argentina... I'm writing a personal blog (www.mou.ch/matthieu), and maybe a few articles along the way.
I've been sharing the prologue of this trip (10 days in the Basque country) with my writing pal Daniel Vuataz, who's been on the road to Turkey earlier this year (enafrique.ch). We've already had a few wonderful CS experiences, and I'm looking forward to more, on my own for now, in the U.S. and in South America. I'm relaxed, open-minded and versatile (not too bad at singing, cooking or taking pictures) guy, looking forward to meeting my hosts.

PHILOSOPHY

"No matter what you say, say nothin'."
An Irish saying, or so they say...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

After having a few very nice experiences as a surfer and a host, I'm back on the road , and looking forward to couchsurfing again!

Interests

Out of the thousands of things that make life beautiful: a good book, a good beer or glass of wine, sunlight and music, philosophy, and above all: warm hours spent with friends, family, lovers or strangers!

• writing
• books
• singing
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• blogging
• music
• swimming
• journalism

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Standing on a rock in Australia and looking with my brother at an infinite landscape. Sharing a meal with lithium miners in the wind of the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. Singing "Bella Ciao" to Berbers with friends from Italy, France, Spain and Japan in the Morocco desert. Or eating an unbearably delicious "pan de piña" in the rainforest in Costa Rica. Or...

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, India, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland

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