CURRENT MISSION

Follow the white rabbit!

ABOUT ME

against the tide - dreamweaving - searching - laughing a lot - with some fondness of dysfunctionality :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I really enjoy meeting people from all over the world and am always curious about foreign cultures. Also, I think the commercial side of travelling makes one forget what travelling can be all about, which is why couchsurfing is a great alternative if you want to get a sense of the place you're visiting.

Interests

people - dreaming - foreign languages - literature, cinema, theatre, music - singing and making guitars gently weep - writing - hiking & biking - travelling, of course :)

• writing
• literature
• singing
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Films (old and recent):
"2046" by Wong Kar Wai - "L'année dernière à Marienbad" by Alain Resnais - "La Jetée" by Chris Marker - "Dandelion" by Mark Milgard - "Tideland" by Terry Gilliam - almost everything by the brothers Dardenne, especially "L'enfant" - Michael Haneke's "Das weiße Band" & "Code Inconnu" - "Waltz with Bashir" by Ari Folman - documentaries by Viktor Kossakovsky

Music:
Chopin - Beethoven - Donizetti - Bellini...
Bob Dylan - Joan Baez - Leonard Cohen - John Lennon - David Bowie - Elliott Smith...
Balkan music - Klezmer - Gypsy Jazz...
Arcade Fire - Ben Folds - Múm - Goldfrapp...
Emily Loizeau - Carla Bruni...

Literature:
German medieval poetry - Shakespeare's "King Lear" - Modernist poetry - Paul Celan, Ingeborg Bachmann - Bulgakow's "Master i Margarita" - "Deutschstunde" by Siegfried Lenz - "Everything Is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer - "Self" by Yann Martel - "Vernon God Little" by D.B.C. Pierre - novels by Zeruja Shalev...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I try to fill my life with many special moments, difficult to name just one...

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach German, Russian and English.
Would love to learn more Hebrew, Italian and French.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, Ukraine

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