I am a 26 (almost 27) years old girl, born in a small town in south Bulgaria and living in Portugal for now 16 years. I love to cook, specially if it is for someone (however it will always be a vegetarian meal because I am a vegetarian 😜). I am not an athlete but I like sports (specially basketball!) and to feel I am in good shape. I like to have a coffee in the morning and I could spend an entire day laying in a sunny place reading a book. I love company and people that make me feel good, but I also love to be by myself sometimes. When I travel, I like to visit places that are not tourist-biased. It is kind an easy thing to make me laugh, and many times I have these attacks that I start laughing and it's like a snowball effect, I can't stop! It's a serious problem. Another problem I have is that I don't love technologies and I tend to run away from everything virtual (I say problem because sometimes it ends up making me lose track of many people, but at the same time it gives me a lot of peace so I think it's still worth it!).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I moved to Portugal when I was 10 and people usually ask me how hard it was to adapt. But who said it was hard? I actually can't identify much moments that I have felt uncomfortable or lost. In fact, it was a phase of my life that I enjoyed so much, meeting new people, making new friends, learning their habits and costumes (that by the way were so different from mines!), absorbing a different language at an incredible speed... And then, years after, I realised why the change was so smooth. It was because I had the right people beside me. Maybe I was lucky, but the people I met were amazing and, without even knowing, helped me adapt and be part of this country that today I call mine. Couchsurfing is the opportunity to live again the beauty of that real culture exchange, and most importantly in this virtual world, to connect!

Interests

• photography
• reading
• sports
• basketball
• volunteering
• laughing
• waterfalls
• banjo
• eat healthy

Music, Movies, and Books

It is hard for me to pick one single favorite thing of whatever. The best I can do is narrow the list down to a few.
I am definitely a books person. Love Haruki Murakami, love José Saramago, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Ken Follett, Eça de Quairós, Ian McEwan... so many. I think I love them all 🙆‍♀️
Movies I love, I would say Inception, Lion, Up, Pearl Harbor, and Argo.
My favorite bands/artists are Mumford and Sons, Alt-J, Coldplay, Muse, Twenty One Pilots, Jessy J, Lady Gaga, Yann Tiersen, Hans Zimmer, Ludovico Enaldi... and I'll stop here.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving!!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I have played basketball for many years and I love it! I can share everything I know about it! Also like languages, I speak 4 pretty decently but I want to learn more, so I'd love anyone willing to teach me something, and of course I can help with the ones I know.
I was a tour guide in Lisbon for about a year, and I am happy to share everything I know about the city!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'll share both portuguese and bulgarian costumes, 2 in 1!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Portugal, Spain