Hello
My name is Tom and I am living in Switzerland, I am partly Suisse and partly Irish. I am 27 years old and am fed up with boring “one destination” holiday trips. I want to see more on a journey than just one city. That`s why I decided myself to travel through Europe in a more less cheap and interesting way.
Curently I am working part time as a construction drawer and studiyng prt time Architecture. This gives me a lot to do during my studytime wich is why I like to leave my everyday life on free days to see the world. I like to live „out side the box“ and choose alternative way of traveling whenever possible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am couchsurfing because I don`t just want to see a foreign city the way a tourist sees it. I want to meet new people (not just tourists), I would like to see how native people live in their home town, I want to get to know foreign cultures and I think couchsurfing is probably a very good way to get a pretty good idea of what the live in a country really is like.
I am new at couchsurfing and have never travelled like this before but I really want to try it and get some experience how this way of traveling feels like.

Interests

Sports (Skiing, Football, Handball, Jogging, Hiking), traveling, meeting new people, visiting places I have never been before...

• architecture
• swing dancing
• cooking
• traveling
• hiking
• skiing
• sports
• soccer
• handball
• hitchhiking
• freedom
• lindy hop

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Swing , Electronic, (Deep) House, Rock`n`Roll, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Jazz, Pop, Muse, Rock, ...
Books:
Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follet), The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald), ...
Movies:
Prestige, The King`s Speech, Inception, Touch me if you can, Tarantino movies, Lalaland :P
Series:
Prison Break, Game of Thrones, HIMYM, Peaky Blinders

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Why just one??

- I walked up the active Volcano Stromboli.

- Hot air baloon ride

- Ran the northest MidnightSun-Halfmarathon in Europe up in Tromsø

- Stayed at the Northcape 71°10'21''N in a little wood shelter, while there was a big storm outside <3

- Hitchhiked 5000km from Trondheim (Norway) - Nothcape - Finnland - Baltic countries - back to Switzerland

- Moved my flat with nothing more than a little wooden trolley.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach English and German. I also speak French but not very well.

Spanish is on my list, I would love to learn some :)

I cook pretty well and could show you what a Swiss speciality tastes like.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A roof over your head. Dinner & breakfast (depends a bit how long you'll stay ;).

15min away from Bern city centre (bus ticket costs 2.80 Fr. which is about 2€. As I said it realy depends on your arriving time, I might even be able collect you by car :)

I can't offer you a bed for sure! But we have nice cushions where you ca sleep on :).

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cuba, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Norway, Switzerland