Hi all! My name is Azra and I've recently rejoined couchsurfing, hoping to use it a bit more.

I'm from the San Francisco/Bay Area in California, but originally from the Balkans (specifically Bosnia and Montenegro :) and have spent quite a bit of time traversing this area over the last few years. I would be happy to share with you the beautiful natural, historic, and cultural curiosities of the region.

I love overland, slower travel when possible, meeting new folks from around the world, sharing interests and delightful and/or captivating conversations, and jokes of course!

At university, I finished my master's in Global Studies (it is indeed as broad as it sounds), and I have a variety of interests, naturally :D

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Hoping to meet some lovely folks, share some new experiences, and better grasp the essence of where I'm at.

To be more present in the company of others

Interests

• fashion
• dancing
• meditation
• hiking
• skateboarding
• swimming
• geography
• languages
• qi-gong/tai-chi

Music, Movies, and Books

Tchaikovsky, Beirut, Profetas, Fairouz, Cat Power, Andrew, Bird, Shakira, Barcelona Gypsy Klezmer Orchestra, Profetas, The Noisettes, Pink Floyd, Regina Spektor, tons of Yugoslav rock bands, folks (Irish, Jewish, Balkan), Buika, Akala, The Black Eyed Peas, Djordje Balasevic, Manu Chao, Goran Bregovic, Florence and the Machine, Julieta Venegas, Calle 13, Bebe...

Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy (book and movies), Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici, Milan Kundera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, Walter Benjamin, trying to read more fiction again...

The Wind that Shakes the Barley, Volver, Studio Ghibli, Avatar the Last Airbender series...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Peace March or Mars Mira in Eastern Bosnia.

Teach, Learn, Share

I've been told I give great fashion advice

The Bosnian language!

How to write and read Arabic

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States