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Ola! Salut! Hi! Hola! Ahoj! Selamat! привет! नमस्ते!

I live in Geneva - where you are all welcome - with my wife Petra Stastny (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/petra-anjani-stastny). If you send us a request, you don't need to read my profile - we host people to meet with them, not to give them homework ;)

Je vis à Genève - où vous êtes bienvenus - avec ma femme Petra Stastny (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/petra-anjani-stastny). Si vous m'envoyez une demande, vous n'avez pas besoin de lire mon profil - on héberge les gens pour les rencontrer, pas pour leur donner des devoirs à domicile ;)

Vivo en Ginebra - donde estan todos bienvenidos - con mi esposa Petra Stastny (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/petra-anjani-stastny). Si nos envian una solicitud, no es necesario que lean mi perfil. Hospedamos para conocer a los viajeros y conocerlos, no para darles tareas ;)

MA PHILOSOPHIE / MY PHILOSOPHY / MI FILOSOFIA

Aide qui tu peux, comme tu peux, chaque fois que tu peux.
Whenever you can, in every way you can, help whoever you can.
Siempre que puedas, de todas las maneras que puedes, ayuda a quien puedes.

On a besoin de peu de choses pour vivre heureux. Tout est en nous et en notre manière de penser.
Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
Se necesita muy poco para hacer una vida feliz. Es todo dentro de ti mismo , en tu forma de pensar.

J'aime l'amour, l'amitié et cette belle planète ; je me sens proche de chaque être vivant.
I love love, friendship and this beautiful planet ; I feel close to every living being.
Amo amor, amistad y este hermoso planeta ; me siento cerca de cada ser viviente.

J'ai fait plein de boulots : nettoyeur, constructeur, vendeur, berger, aide-soignant, prof de français et d'histoire.
Have done many jobs : office cleaner, house builder, door to door art seller, shepherd, nurse assistant in an old age home, French and History teacher in a public medium school, etc.
He hecho muchos trabajos : limpiador, constructor, vendedor de pinturas, pastor, ayudante enfermero, maestro de francés y historia.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because it's so convenient!!! But not only...

"Happiness is even better when shared" !!!

Giving and receiving is the same thing and brings the same pleasure. One day you host and you give , the next day you're hosted and you receive, that's the way good life goes!

And it's soooo cool to arrive somewhere and be directly part of local life. Let's share our cities !!

Traveling without moving! My dear hosts and guests, you will be my eyes (and I'll be yours) in all these places where we've not been - yet !!

Interests

Living the present moment and enjoy it completely!

Traveling around in the simplest way possible.

Meeting with people from everywhere.

Watching the beauty of nature and wildlife (recently discovered via ferrata... wah!).

Reading good books, listening to good music, dancing to good music.

Doing historical research in archives.

Trying to write short novels and historical papers.

I've got an increasing interest for organic farming and permaculture. Let's learn the art of not being dependent on this obsolete capitalist system.

• dogs
• wildlife
• arts
• writing
• books
• singing
• beauty
• dancing
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• swimming
• teaching
• history
• languages
• nursing
• hitchhiking
• language exchange
• permaculture
• language
• organic farming
• archives

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors : Panaït Istrati, Yachar Kemal, Nikos Kazantsakis, Albert Cossery, Céline, Fiodor Dostoïevski, Lev Tolstoï, Khushwant Singh, Gabriel García Marquez, Kabir, John Kennedy Toole, Nicolas Bouvier, Jack Kerouac, Hermann Hesse, Charles Baudelaire, George Orwell, Omar Khayyam, J.R.R. Tolkien, Rabindranath Tagore, Joseph Conrad, Henry Miller, Malcolm Lowry, San Juan de la Cruz, Arthur Rimbaud, Franz Kafka

Kaamelott!!

Authors (humanities) : Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Foucault, James C. Scott, Arundathi Roy

Books : Alexis Zorba, Under the volcano, L'usage du monde, Une saison en enfer, Surveiller et punir : naissance de la prison, The art of not being governed, Bhagavad Gita, The Cost of Living (by Arundathi Roy), The Lord of the Rings, A Confederacy of Dunces, Cien años de soledad, Voyage au bout de la nuit, The Power of Now (Eckhart Tolle).

Movies : Sergio Leone, Guru Dutt, Satyajit Ray. Once upon a time in America!!!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Working for more than twenty years in the same old age home as a temporary replacing nurse-assistant.

Living in the countryside of Portugal with more than thirty dogs, twelve goats and twelve sheeps.

Writing a historical paper about an almost completely unknown French colonizator of Madagascar (Eugène-Joseph Bastard) with historical archives spread over the entire France.

Swimming with whale-sharks in the Indian Ocean.

Stepping into North Korea without visa... not as difficult as it appears actually ;)

Teach, Learn, Share

I love languages and I'm always ready to share knowledge about them. As a French teacher, I can help anyone who needs.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kosovo, Laos, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, North Korea, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, India, Indonesia, Portugal, Switzerland