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  • Fluent in Czech, English, French, Spanish; learning Hebrew (modern), Italian, Portuguese
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2016
  • Sourcing Specialist / Translator
  • Translation and Interpreting studies
  • From Jablonec nad Nisou, Liberec Region, Czechia
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About Me

I am a sociable and optimistic girl with a huge passion for travelling. So far I have spent most of my life either travelling or dreaming about my next trips.
Two years ago I left a full-time office job and converted what always used to be my passion to my main activity so now I am a full-time traveller and a part-time freelance translator and volunteer.
I studied translation and interpreting and I can speak several languages, which has opened a lot of doors for meeting new people and getting inspired by their stories. Luckily, I can mostly work online, which gives me the freedom to choose where I want to live and the list of places I want to experience seems to be getting longer and longer!
I love discovering the way people live in the places I visit.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It seems to be a great option to meet like-minded human beings and share a great time

Interests

I enjoy practicing all sorts of sports including yoga, hiking, swimming, slacklining, skiing and rock climbing. Recently I started to learn how to surf and I love it even though I'm still a pretty lousy surfer :D
I love reading fiction because I feel it opens the door to new worlds, lives, stories that I wouldn't have been able to discover otherwise.
I also like creating origami and other things from paper and can spend hours taking and editing photographs of beautiful places.
I very much enjoy cooking for (and with) others and sharing good times over delicious meals. And as a good Czech I like good beer, especially on a hot summer day in one of the open air beer gardens (even though I love good wines too).
I like listening to music, especially rock, reggae, bossa nova, jazz, indie.

  • cooking
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • reading
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • history
  • psychology
  • learning languages
  • slackline
  • meeting people
  • discovering new cultures
  • slow travel
  • highline

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I managed to overcome my fear and not only started highlining but actually started loving every moment of the experience

Teach, Learn, Share

I love teaching people how to make their first steps on a slackline or guiding through meditation. I enjoy all sorts of discussions/exchanges regarding languages

What I Can Share with Hosts

Amazing stories about all the places I have visited. I also love to cook for others and have collected quite a few recipes everyone seems to love

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Malta, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Chile, Czech Republic, Israel, Portugal, United Kingdom

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