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Overview

  • 28 references 19 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hungarian, Italian; learning German, Polish, Spanish
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Tour company co-founder, co-owner; writer, father :)
  • MSC: International Relations; BSC: History
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About Me

MISSION
"To become more and more what I am, to become everything that I am capable of becoming" (from A. Maslow)

CURRENTLY
I manage a tour guiding company Budapest Explorers (www.budapestexplorers.com)
I'm a father of a 2 and a 4 year-old :)
I'm a member of a political party, volunteering plenty to bring change to Hungary's political and public life.

ABOUT ME
Open-minded, interested in many fields and aspects of life, trying to find individual ways and philosophies for life, an empiricist - trying to get first-hand experiences at all times and having the broadest possible view of the world and human thinking

PHILOSOPHY
No hypocrisy, no pretending. Life is only given once!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Mostly meeting up, both on travels and at home if there is interest, surfing while traveling solo or with my friend(s)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Very memorable, mostly great experiences from Brazil through France and Ukraine to Ethiopia, several times :))

Interests

Meeting people, languages, history, novels, movies. Getting to know first-hand experiences from others, thoughts about society and individuals, human behavior.
However if you wish to talk about mathematics, I'll pretend to pay attention :)
I like talking, biking, reading, watching movies, traveling

  • triathlon
  • running
  • drinking
  • movies
  • chess
  • reading
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • surfing
  • sports
  • history
  • languages
  • mathematics
  • tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Kurt Vonnegut (favorite American writer)
György Faludy (favorite Hungarian writer)

Favourite movies: Cool Hand Luke, Fight Club, Vektor (Hungarian recut and redubbed version of Matrix)

I have watched the TOP 250 movies of IMDb. (and rated over 1800 movies)
Here are a list about the best war movies I've seen: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls066447301/
I've read the top 100 books in Hungary (as of 2004). As well as another couple hundreds.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

At age 18 I lived in a house in winter with no heating or water and the following summer I cycled about 4500 kms in about 37 days alone.

Traveled to great places [some ~50 countries] with my girlfriend (now my wife).

I've become a father. Twice :)

I've held several lectures about opportunities that could have changed the lives of many students for the better while volunteering and later managing an educational programme.

I've been doing charity.

I've been active in politics, trying hard to make a positive change.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A great, open-minded conversation on Hungary and other things I know about. In Budapest I even set up an experience about this: https://www.budapestexplorers.com/hungary-today

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), France, Germany, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Kosovo, Laos, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Moldova, Morocco, Myanmar, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, Italy, Poland

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