I joined CS one year ago and during this year I have hosted ~ 70 guest from 26 countries, but until October I will travel in South America and I can’t host guests.

I am professor of sociology. I have three child's (two daughters: the oldest have MA in communication science, but the youngest BA in dramaturgy). Both have published books with their fiction stories. My son received MA (logistic) in Rotterdam University (with Cum Laude) and after one year internship in a shipping logistic start-up company in San-Francisco he will continue work in this company’s branch in Amsterdam. At moment my wife by largest part is folk and choir singer (she finished five year program of philosophy with Cum Laude at University of Latvia). My family is the little bit crazy company but my dad and my grandfathers were even crazier. At moment I am single.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Just for fun. I prefer to host PhD or PhD students or persons who are over of thirty years old.

Interests

Discussing my and the visitors biography.

• books
• teaching
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Gabriel García Márquez, Max Frisch, and Jaroslav Hašek.
Music: indigenous/folk
Movies: Rain man, Forrest Gump, Vecāks par 10 minūtēm (Ten Minutes Older) (Herz Frank, 1978) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wh9d8mZSWo

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have visited ~ 48 countries, but the most amazing thing I’ve done was white water rafting expeditions (in 70 & 80s I directed 1 to 5 class rafting trips in Central Europe, Caucasus, Siberia, Central Asia, etc., was member of National white water rafting team); took hitchhiking trips in Soviet Union (~5000 km); two years was in Soviet army (last year as a sergeant). In my youth I was arrested several times (in Georgia, Russia, Estonia, and Latvia), but not sentenced. In recent years, I only occasionally enjoy downhill skiing. About my rafting see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inn-XAmPAjo

Teach, Learn, Share

Hope/Doubt

What I Can Share with Hosts

Please include the name of your favorite books on your request. Persons who will not indicate the name of the book will not be admitted.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States