CURRENT MISSION

Learn Italian!

ABOUT ME

Dear traveller,
how can I describe myself? What about to start with the fact that I love couchsurfing and enjoy both hosting and surfing. My very first experience with this "type of travelling" happened in Spain. I came there with a friend of mine without any knowledge of the Spanish language (both of us:-). Thanks God our host was very kind, showed us the city and talked to us about everything. I will never forget this first very-positive experience.

I think I'm a curious person with a passion for music and parties. Since I was an erasmus student in Valencia I've become addicted to languages. I also like history, sports and movies - just scroll down a bit if you want to know more...

I work as a freelance cartographer which basically means travelling around the country (sometimes even Europe) and making maps wherever they want me to. Sometimes it's difficult to plan hosting, because I often change my plans according to weather and travelling schedule. But when I'm free I'm ready to party 24/7:-)

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Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/127466681@N03/with/15206397817/

PHILOSOPHY

Everyone has a story to tell.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm going to have a couch in Prague soon and I'm really looking forward to host new couchsurfers, because I've been missing the good old days with crazy people in València so much!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Good or excellent!!! You better see references down there than reading my lousy words:-)

I hosted:
Willem (Germany) in Valencia 5/2011
Liz (Australia) & Meredith (USA) in Valencia 6/2011
Vinícius (Brazil) in Valencia 6/2011
Liz (Australia) in Brno 7/2011
Gosia (Poland) in Prague 1/2012
Reka (Hungary) in Prague 7/2012
Adam (Cze) in Brno 5/2013

I surfed:
in Valencia with Paco 8/2010
in Pisa with Pier 5/2011
in Sevilla with Artemis 5/2011
in Madrid with Pier 12/2011
in Ourense with Gonzalo 5/2013
in Ponferrada with Afonso 6/2013
in Valencia with Paco 7/2013

Interests

** First of all, MUSIC. I've been very passionate about the music since I was a kid listening to The Beatles/Iggy Pop/Frank Zappa's albums. Yeah, you're right, my parents had a good music taste:-) There a book by Irvine Welsh that perfectly describes my music transition. It's called Glue and its Czech subheading is: FROM PUNK TO TECHNO.

** TRANSLATING - I'm a Czech subtitle-maker translating from English and Spanish (still waiting for the first hit!)

** HISTORY - I'm just curious about what happened, discovering new facts every day...
This is our Facebook-project I'm working on right now:
http://www.facebook.com/CzechHistory
---> See timeline on the right side. Our goal is to remind the events we should not forget...

• books
• partying
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• sports
• cartography
• freelancing
• history
• languages
• study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

** MUSIC I don't really wanna start writing an interminable list of artists I like now:-) For those who wonder:
http://www.last.fm/user/theIsek
---> (it's not up to date)
http://soundcloud.com/monsieur_francois
---> I like making indie mixtapes. Check them out if you like indie/electro/dance music
http://8tracks.com/captainlefrancois
---> my favourite tunes one by one. I've just discovered this page, I will add new mixes soon...
I used to write about music when I was at university. I do not consider myself an expert, but if you have the same interest we can talk for hours...
** LANGUAGES - Still working on my French which is like Leonardo Di Caprio's French in Django Unchained - "...he loves this language, but don't say a word in French, he would not understand:-)"

** CINEMA - almost the same as music, I love it! I can go to cinema every day or spend a night watching four or five movies. I enjoy the visual aspect as well as music and memorable quotes. I have some favourites I can watch over and over...

Recently ENJOYED and RECOMMENDED:
Mientras Duermes by Jaume Balagueró
Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood by Daniele Vicari
Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino
Grupo 7 by Alberto Rodríguez
The Machinist by Brad Anderson
Dealer by Benedek Fliegauf

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ran 24-hour race. Twice!
Volunteered for Oxfam.
Studied one year as an erasmus student in Spain - the biggest life experience ever!
Wrote about music for a music magazine.
Wrote more than 100 new articles on Wikipedia.
Translated a Danish movie based on Danish and Portuguese subtitles - the languages I don't speak:-)

Teach, Learn, Share

Countries I've visited so far:
visited 18 states (8%)Create your own visited map of The World or website vertaling duits?

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Serbia, Spain

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