CURRENT MISSION

Study as long as possible, work as short as possible, retire as soon as possible, and travel all the time.

ABOUT ME

After moving a lot in the last few years I am back in Zagreb, the place of my undergraduate studies.

Zagreb is a very nice place to visit, though living in it full time is not that great. Something like a zoo. :)

On the serious note, Zagreb has many charms: many old buildings, laid-back atmosphere (just check how many people are sipping coffee for hours in a bar during work hours!), it is not crowded with tourists, it is safe and surprisingly clean... But it is still a provincial city where multiculturalism is reduced to Balkan turbo-folk, pizza&burek, some Chinese restaurants and a few overly-priced and non-authentic Indian restaurants.

As for me, I am trying to make the most out of this cute provincial capital. I am putting through my New Year 2005 resolution and am trying to learn Spanish. Still at the intermediate level, so if you are from Andalucia, Chile or Argentina I will not understand a word you are saying.

I am very busy during the week but on a weekend I can give you a personal tour of Zagreb. History is my fetish so I was told I make an interesting tour guide. If you are into gay scene, I can show you around. Though the gay scene has tripled since I studied here: up from 1 to 3 bars. :)

For other things and different arrangements please send a message. :)

PHILOSOPHY

If you read Marx's Early works, Sen's Development as Freedom or Rawls' Theory of Justice you'll get a good idea about my philosophical standpoint.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Unfortunatelly I cannot host at the moment since me and my roomates have no free rooms available. :(

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted and surfed.

Interests

traveling, meeting new people, swimming, learning new languages, volunteering in development issues

• coffee
• traveling
• backpacking
• bungee jumping
• swimming
• history
• languages
• tourism
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

80s music; pop&rock; plays by Ibsen and Shaw and historical/political novels, above all Mario Vargas Llosa. I might not like his politics, but the man is a genious!

I also enjoy a good musical. Out of those less well known I strongly recommend Bloodbrothers.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Jumped the highest bungee jump in Asia! 160m is really high!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can try to teach you a few words of Croatian (or Serbo-Croatian as it was once called), but it is a very difficult language. In general I would say that people whose native languages do not have a declination of nouns (e.g. English, French, Spanish...) should not bother learning Croatian. It really is difficult. Even our prime minister does not speak it and the worst thing is I am not making it up. He really struggles with it.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am well traveled and always enjoy sharing backpacker stories. Normally and time permitting I also try to "prepare" for the country I'm visiting so I am looking forward to discussing these things with my hosts.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Croatia, United Kingdom, United States

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