My name is Daniel Štancl and I was born in Ústí nad Orlicí, where I live now. I have one elder sister, who has been living in Northern Ireland since 2015. In same year I graduated from the Grammar school in my hometown and after I continued to Charles University, where I was studying General Mathematics for a year, but during this period I found out that I need other subjects than only pure maths. So I applied to other Bachelor's degree - Economics and Finance - at the same college and I am starting attending there in September 2016.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because...
I wanna discover new places.
I wanna meet new people.
I wanna enjoy my leisure time.

Interests

When I was young (13 to 17), I was a cycle racer, I was really enjoying it, but because of problems with knee ligament I had to give up, but still I ride a bike approximately two to three times a week and now rather I am devoted to running. Simply a I love sports, I like hiking with my friend and family.

• cooking
• coffee
• farmers' market
• running
• cycling
• skiing
• trail running
• mathematics
• travel
• orienteering
• training

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: I like reading books about cycling, running, training etc., i have a few subscription to some sports magazines. I read sci-fi, news in mobileworld as well. But sometimes I borrow some kind of novel from a town library too.

Music: My favourite musical genres are rock (something like Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Linkin Park,...). Also I listen to pop, soft metal and I love Hans Zimmer and good violin or piano covers.

Movies, etc: Since my childehood my very most favourite movie is Cool Runnings. Watching televison or movies is a kind of relax for me, so I prefer comedies. These things help me to improve my English.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I took partipicate in a night rogaining (=orienteering for team with 2 to 5 members with time limit) for 8 hours in Poland. I ran 55 kilometres, I had never done this long distance before, so I was very happy and a little bit supries, and we won, it was great.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic