Hi, I am a geologist and amateur photographer. I am also a nature, city, photography and movie enthusiast.
I love to meet new people, explore new places, roam the streets and find beautiful hidden places. And all of this is the best with good company and like-minded people.

You can check out some of my photos here: https://www.instagram.com/torobala/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I would like to meet new people, discover new things, learn and share.
As a traveller, I believe, the best way to get to know a new place or a new culture is through personal experience and with the people who live there.

Interests

• culture
• architecture
• photography
• cooking
• movies
• music
• live music
• sports
• tennis
• urban exploration
• food
• football
• exhibitions
• streetart
• film
• museums
• exploring new places
• meeting new people
• ping pong
• frisbee
• urban exploring
• table football
• urban
• urbanism
• modern architecture
• street photography
• tabletennis

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: mainly rock, blues, folk, metal (Mark Knopfler, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, Iron Maiden, New Model Army, Chris Rea, Angus and Julia Stone, Nick Cave, Pink Floyd, Regina Spektor, Aurora, Of Monsters and Man, The Lumineers, Nightwish, and many more)

Movies: The Legend Of 1900, Bin Jip, The Fountain, Awakenings, Forest Gump, Away We Go, Into The Wild, Adams Apple, The Celebration, The Man Without A Past, Werkmeister Harmonies, Twin Peaks (series), Taxi Driver, Night On Earth, Wings of Desire, Fargo, Annie Hall, Up In The Air, Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Red Violin, Moonrise Kingdom, etc.

Last book I read: Robert Capa - Slightly Out Of Focus; favourites: Gabriel García Márquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude, Ibsen - The Wild Duck, Kafka - The Metamorphosis, Paulo Coelho books, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Road trip from Saskatoon (Canada) to Skagway (Alaska) (partly) on the Alaska Highway - more than 5000 km in total.
- Exploring hidden beaches in Hawaii and swim with sea turtles
- Seeing the northern lights, and taking photowalks in temperatures below -30-40C (in Saskatoon, Canada)

Teach, Learn, Share

I am happy to share my knowledge and teach photography, geography and natural history (history of Earth, history of life, origin of the continents, geology of Europe/North America, etc.)

I am happy to learn anything I don't know, for example a new language, local history and culture, lifestyle of local people, personal history, architecture, film making, engineering, cooking and baking, etc.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A positive attitude, an open mind, and my stories and experience as a "world citizen".

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Northern Ireland, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Hungary, United Kingdom