Hey friends,

Let’s come togethor— to share and create a good vibe.
A good conversation between two engaged people, a home cooked meal, a breathtaking view of the coast, an ecstatic dance, a bike ride, a meditation.

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My name is Kyle, 25 years old, American/Swiss. For the past two years my life has been a return to simplicity. I’ve come to prioritize connection to people, contact with nature, connection to the body. All that has led me to nomadism, and I’ve been exploring the world, living out of my backpack for two years. In search of connection, in search of liberation, in search of adventure, my travels have been guided by friends met along the way and the comforting and profound word’s of poets.

“Lose your primary connection to the agonizing beauty of the natural world and you will need tremendous lashings of money and power to make up for it. The soul, hungry for belonging, will eat the world when bereft of its primary marriage to the winds, skies, and trees, that with which it coevolved, and over millions of years, learned to love.”

David Whyte, The Heart Aroused

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A bit about my personality;
I’m easy-going, easy to get along with.
I’m really social, curious, and will ask questions to get to know you.
I also have a really quiet relaxed side that likes to spend days alone.
I put emphasis on being flexible, and having clear and respectful communication.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Tell someone that you spent a night at the home of stranger and their reaction may be confusion and fear. And yet, through couch surfing, I’ve found some of the kindest , most introspective people, each of whom has participated in a very sane, very human exchange. And these incognito saints are scattered across the globe, living in every country.

I love CS, (Workaway, trust roots, hitchwiki) because it breaks the convention and allows us to connect with each other more deeply and more openly. It’s a way to invite spontaneity, change, and fate into your life, which the conventional wisdom teaches us to be afraid of. Let’s embrace that discomfort in order to invite life’s poetry.

Some thoughts on travel:

God gave us two legs for a reason. Get out there and see it all.

Couchsurfing experience

Through CS, I stayed with Sebastian outside of Nice, France. He was an incredible man who showed my friend and I routes to the river, hiking trails, and brought us to his slack line event to meet his son

Interests

• sketching
• cooking
• walking
• reading
• skateboarding
• hitchhiking
• art
• conversations
• ecstatic dance
• movement
• nomadism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Alice Coltrane
Mac DeMarco
Estate Tonne
Hermanos Gutierrez
Bossa Nova
Skinshape
Bremor/McCoy

Books:
Consolations by David Whyte
Wind, Sand, and Stars by Antoine St Exupery
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy
The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber
Narcissus and Goldmund by Herman Hesse

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walked on foot across France and Spain
Hitchhiked across Morocco
Lived out of a backpack for two years

Teach, Learn, Share

Share a good meal, home cooked
Peanut sauce, chili marinated crispy tofu
Blue cheese, apple, rice vinegar, Brazil nut salad
Lemon cayan Shrimp tacos topped with red onion
Cinnamon squash filled with curry quoinoa,

But let’s be honest, none of that compares to some cheese and sardines shared with a friend in the dim lighting of an abondoned Roman church, discovered after a day’s walk through valleys, mountains, rivers.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Portugal, United States