CURRENT MISSION

Discover the world..

ABOUT ME

I was born in Presov, eastern Slovakia. I studied marketing at the Wageningen university and also economics and management at the Czech university of life sciences, I have two master degrees. I am on maternity leave now.
If you want to learn more about me you can visit my blog http://travellingisaddiction.blogspot.com/ :).

PHILOSOPHY

Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I was one of the first members of CS in the Czech Republic. I used to be very active in CS some years ago, I attended many meetings, but nowadays I don't join regular meetings anymore.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I started visiting people who I met on the internet in 2002. I travelled to France many times and I visited also some people in Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Turkey, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Jordan, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Oman, Japan, Hong Kong, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. I hosted people in Prague, Presov and Wageningen. All of my guests were nice people, but I can't say the same thing about all of my hosts.

Interests

Swimming, skating, riding a bike, badminton, billiard, ping-pong, travelling, cinema, theatre, literature, languages, music, playing chess, sudoku, collecting mushrooms, Formula 1.

• literature
• movies
• chess
• traveling
• blogging
• sudoku
• music
• cycling
• swimming
• badminton
• economics
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: I like almost all the genres except action and sci-fi. I prefer watching horror movies.
Some of my favourite movies: Tootsie, Four weddings and a funeral, Pianist, Elephant man, The usual suspects, K-PAX, What about Bob?, Rainman, Hero, Dracula (1979), Ring, Amelie from Montmartre, Pretty Woman, One flew over the cuckoo's nest, The silence of the lambs, Se7en, I, Robot, Interview with the vampire, Eraserhead, Kill Bill, Hasta la vista!, La Cara Oculta, Rolling to you, Korean movies by Kim Ki-Duk and Park Chan-Wook.

Music: oldies(1960's, 70's, 80's), pop/rock - Beatles, Abba, Queen, Sweet, ELO, Toto, Bonnie Tyler, REM, U2, Enigma, Nik Kershaw, Bee Gees, Pet Shop Boys, Mr.Big, Meatloaf, Shakin' Stevens, Tom Jones, Aerosmith, The Corrs, Culture Club, Village People, Phil Collins, Sting, Wham, Alphaville, Ace of Base, Rembrandts, Bob Marley, Evanescence, My Chemical Romance, Offspring. Italian songs (Ricchi e poveri, Toto Cotugno, Eros Ramazzotti).

Books: French and English literature of 19th and 20th century, my favourite writes are: E.A.Poe, Roald Dahl, Guillaume Apollinaire, Charlotte Bronte, A.C.Doyle, Victor Hugo, Mark Twain, Honore de Balzac, Antoine de-Saint-Exupery, Joseph Heller, Arthur Hailey, Bram Stoker, J.R.R.Tolkien, William Golding, A.J.Cronin, Mary Shelley, Daniel Defoe, A.F.Prevost, Alexandre Dumas jr., Guy des Cars, Ambrose Bierce, M.R.James, J.Sheridan Le Fanu.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I travelled alone from Morocco to Senegal and back by land. My entire journey took 2 months and I saw many impressive places. Crossing the river Senegal was a fascinating experience for me as well as visiting Ile de Goree and Pink Lake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26X5wYoMk5Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynvglin8ibo

Teach, Learn, Share

I am not good at transmitting knowledge, but if you want to learn Czech or Slovak we can give it a try.
My biggest passion is travelling and learning foreign languages.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Mauritania, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Oman, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Senegal, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Slovakia

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