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Overview

  • 17 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Croatian, Czech, English, Serbian, Slovene; learning Bulgarian, French, Macedonian, Russian, Spanish
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • translator, language teacher, journalist (travel articles...
  • Faculty of Arts, Charles Univerzity, Prague
  • From Domazlice, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

French Antilles

ABOUT ME

I'm a language teacher and a translator = a kind of a human bridge amongst people, cultures and mentalities. At least I try do so. :-)

PHILOSOPHY

Nobody can steal my experience (except for Alzheimer's).
I want to become a traveler, not a tourist.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have realized that no matter which nationality a person is, the couchsurfers all over the world are a kind of one particular nation...
Have met just great and interesting people via CS, feel usually sorry for leaving them after too short time.

Interests

Travelling, obviously:-) - mainly hitchhiking; languages, learning about and from other cultures and people at all, playing instruments, hiking, rafting, canoeing, kayaking, biking, playing cards and other games, architecture, (visual) art, culturology and antropolgy, archeology, chatting, having fun, enjoying life... etc.

  • arts
  • architecture
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • canoeing
  • kayaking
  • archeology
  • teaching
  • languages
  • hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

books: The Experimental Psychology, Le Petit Prince, Flowers for Algernoon ... ;
music: J. Nohavica (CZ), jazz, good dance music:) ... ;
movies: Dogville, Pelisky, Festen, Vlci bouda, Into the Wild, Winterschlafer ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Studies abroad (Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia); work at the CZ embassy in Slovenia; work and travels in New Zealand and Australia; work at the European Parliament in Luxembourg, travelling everywhere:)...
Living in peace in good mood with no important borders ... :-)

Teach, Learn, Share

I prefer learning to teaching - I am to young to teach some one (well, I do teach languages, but I don't think that is the subject of a CS knowledge exchange :-))
Sharing great moments makes them (and us) imortal. So let's share as much as possible, that's my so far experience.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Martinique, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Guadeloupe, Luxembourg, Martinique, New Zealand, Serbia, Slovenia

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