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Overview

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  • Fluent in Czech, English, Slovak; learning German
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2016
  • Student
  • Master of Architectural Engineering at Technical Universi...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

My ultimate goal for this year is to climb Mont Blanc and gain such an amazing experience.

ABOUT ME

Hey there, I am student of engineering and hopefully I am gonna be an architectural engineer in a bit more than a year :) but before that, there is some time to spent traveling ! I like to enjoy new cultures, cuisines and experiences. I love to cook for people (does not mean I am a chef cook :D ) and learn new things. I came from a small town surrounded by mountains and childhood spend out of my house in a nature made me a passionate hiker and whatever is happening, I always follow this quote:

Life Is Not Measured By the Number of Breaths We Take, But By the Moments That Take Our Breath Away

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have opened an account a while ago since I have found myself in a need of accomodation for my Edinburgh trip :D but nevertheless this trip I am planning to do much more traveling and prefer to spend my time with some nice people, than on my own :) many of my friends are sharing only good experiences with couchsurfing so I decided to give it a shot, hope it will go well :)

Interests

Traveling of course :) I have visited a few places, but I am far beyond my list of things I would like to see. Fortunately there is still a lot of time and a lot of friendly people to visit .

I would like to say I am sporty guy, but since I have started to attend the university my sports life is on survival mode.. dont know if its because of studying or I should look for some other reasons :D I still play football, climb, hike, cycle (of course.. I live in copenhagen) and swim though. And I absolutely love skiing !! There is bunch of ski resorts in Slovakia I would recommend you to visit.

Architecture ! Buildings ! Design ! Ecological living, Sustainable Development :) everything related to healthy life, nice environment and improvement of our homes.. place we usually spend almost our whole life

  • architecture
  • design
  • environment
  • cooking
  • technology
  • traveling
  • survival
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • skiing
  • sports
  • soccer
  • swimming
  • engineering
  • study abroad
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
I would pick at least a few bands from my playlist: Mumfords and Sons, U2, The Beatles, The XX, Queen, Oasis, Nirvana, RHCP... but I do listen almost any genre that does good music

Books
The biggest thing I have read recently is Game of Thrones of course :)

Movies
Forrest Gump, Shawshank, Se7en, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Good Will Hunting, Pulp Fiction, Leon, Intouchables, A Beautiful Mind.. i could keep going for a while

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The first time I decided to go abroad and live on my own was right after my high school graduation. I spent such a great summer in London, that this experience has formed my life ever since and pushed me not be afraid to explore new places.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am master student of Architectural Engineering at Technical University of Denmark. I think this is the best degree I could ever decide to go for. After I finished my bachelor at Slovak University of Technology and erasmus at Czech Technical University I decided to keep going and went for a new university. I ended up here in Copenhagen and I could never regret this decision. The university is amazing and the way engineering is taught here is at top level. Anyway I have to discover some new perspective and I am already planning my erasmus, hopefully in Germany this time.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can show you how to prepare some Slovak specialities and reccently I am exploring a little bit of Danish cuisine too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Denmark, Slovakia, United Kingdom, United States

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