My name is Katja. I was born and raised in Slovenia, yet I studied and lived in Belgium and Australia. I started couchsurfing in my teens, when undertaking my solo trip to South Korea. I met the most amazing people there and meeting them was pretty much a highlight of my entire trip. It just felt great to truly get to know someone, who actually lives in the country and have deep and inspiring conversations with them. Since then, I pretty much couchsurffed at least for some days it on all my trips – and each and every time – I loved it!

I work as a physiotherapist, yet the list of my interests goes far beyond the healthcare settings.

When I was younger I traveled a lot by myself (not something my parents loved), yet now I sometimes travel with my friends.

Some basic things about me:

- I love green tea! - especially yerba mate and matcha. [I believe it makes me happy and healthy and my obsession with it goes all the way - so I would basically chose a travel location based on the type of tea. It's serious.]
- I really enjoy early mornings. [Most of the times :) ]
- I try to spend as much time as possible in the mountains [hiking, climbing, ski touring... you name it].
- I can't really sing but love to sing with my friends [or whoever who doesn't judge my singing abilities].
- I'm on a never ending quest to learn yet another language. I'm not always successful, tho. :)
- Good book, good movie, good music and a good conversation and some sport activity and I am pretty much very happy, sane and sound. ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting people, sharing experiences, and broadening ones' horizon.
I love the ideas that couchsurffing embodies – openness, kindness, curiosity, respect.

Interests

There is quite a list of things that I like and enjoy. I cant imagine my everyday without sport, hanging out with friends and family, laughing, and trying to do something new. I really enjoy and appreciate a good story, piece of art or long-distance hike. :)

• culture
• dancing
• running
• instructor
• walking
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• sports
• tennis
• track and field
• swimming
• history
• religion
• long-term travel
• rivers
• mountains
• adventure
• tea
• german
• dutch
• climbing
• sharing
• happiness
• russian
• sharing stories
• spanish
• climbing trees
• culture exchange
• physiotherapy
• langauges
• touring
• geeky stuff
• sharing experiences
• culture and history
• climbing mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I have a strong affinity for the international arthouse movies: my favorite director is Kieślowski (especially his Trois couleurs trilogy), I also really enjoy movies by Ozon, Satyajit Ray ... ect

I enjoy classic literature. But I can't deny that I love Harry Potter. :)

I love music in general but my taste in it is not so refined.

I am always very happy to be given a Music, Movie or Book recommendation. :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was a national track and field champion (long distance running ), I traveled to America on my own when I was 18 and tried the spiciest Indian dish I could find (maybe not the smartest idea of the time). The more I travel the more amazing stories there are. :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Pancakes, love for outdoors, hour-long laughs, story sharing, common and uncommon sightseeing and basics of Slovenian! Believe me it is awesome, to know how to speak a language only about 2,5 million people know. :)
I was also told to be a good sports instructor.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Croatia, France, India, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Belgium, Slovenia