Hey there

I'm Oliver, born 1979, living in a big house with 14 people, a big garden and a sauna.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We had a girl inviting couchsrufers at our place for a couple of years and we had a lot of good experiences with those people. Since she left the place I kind of miss this time and therefore I wanted to start it again. So I'm looking forward to the multicultural experience, going to town having fun, go partying and drinking beers, or just stay at home having dinner and playing a match of table tennis in our big garden!

Interests

I'm a trained mechanic and have a master in biology. I like hiking in the Swiss mountains (something i do not enough often for sure), watching movies, having a good time with nice people, going out, drinking beer or wine, playing table-tennis, and last but not least travelling.
I started flyling gliders this year and I would like to finish the licence next spring. I always wanted to have some sort of pilot licence, and actually gliding is one of the cheapest way to do that and also the most authentic and pure experience of flying an airplane.

Music, Movies, and Books

Hardrock, Rock, Indie rock, Trip Hop, Alternative-Rock etc. etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In 2015 I participated at the Mongol Rally, driving from Switzerland through Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgystan, Kasakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic and Germany back to Switzerland. Took us 9 weeks and 25000 km, was a great experience. On the way we visited the door to hell (amazing!), drove over the Pamir highway, had dinner with an Iranian family in a park in Tehran, have been sleeping in a jurt in Mongolia, partied in Prag, at the black sea in Romania, In Dushanbe in Tajikistan, in Almaty in Kasakhstan, In Khovd in Mongolia etc. etc.
For sure that won't be the last experience of this kind ;-)

What I Can Share with Hosts

A nice couch, sometimes also free rooms if someone is on vacation. We have a sauna, we can cook dinner together, go out, visit the city (although I'm not the best sightseeing guide on this planet).

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Switzerland