I grew up and still live in a small mountain village in the southern parts of the swiss Alps.
I have 2 brothers and 3 sisters, I am the eldest son.
I studied russian litterature and philosophy in Fribourg and Moscow.
I am a kind of free nomadic man : I go where my heart calls me. I have never worked in a office, I did a lot of different and interesting jobs using all my manual, social, intellectual faculties.
Since 6 years I am discovering the fabulous world of animals by working with them as shepherd during the summer in the mountains with our local "fighting" cows.
The animals touched deeply my heart: I stopped totally eating them.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Unfortunately, I cannot always host people.
I don't have a fix place where I live permanently.
My head quarter is in the family house, but I spend here only a few weeks during the year. The rest of the year : 7-8 months in the mountains shepherding cows and re-building old houses and 3-4 months travelling.
I'm on couchsurfing to meet people during my travelling and to host them when I have an opportunity.

Interests

living with animals, rough nature, dancing on weird music, swimming, working with my hands, collecting music in Kurdistan, laughing with friends, learning new things by experimenting (eco-constructions, agriculture, animalbehaviour, surf, literary translation...)...

• animals
• permaculture
• meridian brothers
• haitian music

Music, Movies, and Books

Music : Omar Souleyman (Syria), Meridian Brothers (Colombia), Los Piranas (Colombia), old music (50ies-60ies-70ies) from Haiti, Angola, Mauritius island, Colombia, Irak, Egypt, Senegal, Benin...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

editing this profile!!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Georgia, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Tunisia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, Switzerland