CURRENT MISSION

Enjoying my Holidays in San Diego and planing my trip to Vancouver

ABOUT ME

Hey guys I'm Silvan, 24 years old. I study at Zürich university and hope to get my bachelor degree next summer. I love the outdoors, hiking and rockclimbing as well as pretty much any sport that involves a ball. I love to read even though i'm currently reading almost exclusively for uni. I'm e very relaxed guy, love to hang out in coffeeshops and bars and it always makes me happy to meet new people while travelling or also back at home.

PHILOSOPHY

Bier mach lustig
weise macht Wein
drum trinke beides
um beides zu sein!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I haven't been online very often lately but i'd love welcome some travellers in the new flat that i just moved in. I also hope to meet some People over this website during my upcoming stays in Paris and my 2 month travelling through Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia this Winter.

Interests

As already mentioned one of my main interests is sport. When travelling I always try to meet people and maybe share some Coffees, Beers or some wine. I also love to explore places on foot. If it's hiking in the mountains or strolling through a city, I always feel like this is the best way to really get to know a place.

• cooking
• wine
• beer
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• snowboarding
• sports
• rock climbing
• swimming
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

So much that I can only give a few examples:

Movies:
All the animated stuff like Shrek, Ice Age, Finding Nemo...
Les Intouchables
Lord of the Rings

Books:
Harry Potter
Die Vermessung der Welt
A Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Sword of truth
Morts sans sépulture

Music
All kinds of stuff, really just everything! But at the moment it's mostly Folk, rock, pop, Singer songwriter stuff and some deep house. But i'm always glad if you can recommend some good bands you like.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelling through Togo with people from the red cross.

Snorkling on Maui and on the Philippines. I love snorkling and plan to finally get my PADI Divers Liscence licence when im in Africa this winter

Hiking in the Thai rainforest.

Smoking a joint in a Coffeeshop in Amsterdam.

Rock climbing on Ko Phi Phi

Snowboard-tour through the Swiss Alps.

Road Trip through the US and Canada.
...

Teach, Learn, Share

The best thing I can teach you when you come to my place is stuff about my City. I can tell you about the best places in Zürich to go swimming in the Lake and the River, where to go for a cheap but delicious meal or where to get the best beer.
Of course I love to show people around when they come here. It's always funny how travellers in Zürich notice stuff that i never really noticed because I'm just used to it. I guess you just look at things in a diferent way when you're travelling.
One thing that I always love to learn is a few words in whatever language you might speak. I also love to hear about the places other travellers come from or have been to. It always makes me immediatly plan a trip there that i will probably never take. But even imagining it is fun

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'd love to cook for you and if you like i can teach you some swiss german:-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Benin, Canada, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Philippines, Romania, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Switzerland