Hello! How you doin'?!

My name's Maxime. I'm born and raised in Genève, Switzerland and I still live there actually. In September 2016, I started to study which is a big challenge. Effectively, I have to earn my life and to study at the same time and that gives plenty of things to do! Actually I work as a teacher (chess teacher in public schools and private teacher at home) and I study a subject in the same context: education sciences. I really like my job and what I learn, and I'm really happy to have such nice activities to do.

Other wise, I'm a person who really enjoy nature, culture, food, discovering and learning new things, especially about the history and the different cultures around the world. I made my first big trip in 2016: I went in Nepal for one and a half month and it was really nice. Even if it wasn’t easy every time, I went back home filled with the experiences I lived there.

So, let’s continue to travel, to meet and to discover!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm sorry, I don't have any couch, but I'd like to make visit my town, Geneva, to everyone who wants it!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great experiences in Stockholm with Augusto and Bert, thanks to them for everything we shared!

Some friends are also hosting some travellers, so we spend time together, and make them discover what they have to see!

Interests

I really like to learn more about cultures and history, do some sport (bike, run, swim), meet people, go to concerts. And one of my favourite hobby is to share a nice meal with a nice bottle of wine!

• dancing
• education
• socializing
• drawing
• music
• cycling
• teaching
• history
• social work
• cultures
• greek mythology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Into the wild, Shutter Island, Avatar, Charlie Chaplin
Musics: I really like all the kind of music. I do some Lindy hop too, so I will tell you I really like jazz music. My favourite artist of the moment is Nick Waterhouse!
Books: Moderato Cantabile, Marguerite Duras / Into the wild, Jon Krakauer / La cité des dieux sauvages, Isabel Allende / Lettre à Ménécée, Epicure / Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville, Denis Diderot / L'Alchimiste, Paulo Coelho / Tokyo ville flottante, François Laplantine / Le chant de mon père, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim / Das Leben der anderen, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck / Agnes, Peter Stamm

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

As I was in Nepal during the monsoon (such a unexperimented traveller ^^), there was a lot of clouds. During the trek I did (around the Annapurna), I could see the mountains only a few times (generally in the morning). This morning, when we made the last step to go across the Thorung La Pass, we saw these big mountains at 6000-7000-8000 meters around us with the rising sun ans with snow on it, and it was like another planet. As I travelled without any camera, I cannot share this moment with you, but for sure it will stay in my head ;)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach French, a bit of German and English. I do tap dance and Lindy hop too.
I share what I know and I'm always open to learn some new dance step!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Nepal, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Switzerland