CURRENT MISSION

Raising two adorable kids and working on my PhD

ABOUT ME

Professionally, I am a researcher of soils. More precisely, I study how water moves in soils, which is a branch of soil pyhsics. I am currently working on my phd.

Familywise, I am a father of two wonderful daugthers and husband to a magnificent wife. So quite settled, really.

PHILOSOPHY

[Martin Niemöller 1892-1984, abridged and modified]

- First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out
- Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out
- Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out
- Then they came for me

- watch, care, engage -

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like to help. I like to meet people. I like to see towns from the viewpoint of the people living there.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Bern hosted a fair bit. It has Bern very respectable and respectful encounters.

Interests

Sports, learning, languages, music, travel, a drop of good Rum once in a while.

• traveling
• socializing
• music
• sports
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

books:
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
Die Deutschstunde - Siegfried Lenz

movies:
Rumble Fish
Woody Allen stuff

music:
musicians: Richard Thompson, Reinhard Mey

bands: Pink Floyd, Sigur Ros, The Who, Wigwam, Camel

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- cycled Berlin - Budapest in 5 days (~150km/day)
- built a damn in the Sinai desert

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Canada, Croatia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Rwanda, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United Kingdom