CURRENT MISSION

English, English , English-mainly at work, but while travelling, listening to music, chatting to friends abroad .... strong desire to learn French...soon, and .. go and visit PARIS in France, Brussels in Belgium...and...many more

ABOUT ME

love meetings for a cup of coffee and love to chat with friends, love listening to music and sing, travelling is one of the most motivating things, learning about new cultures, love languages, esp. English, French, love working with people - at the moment with children as a Slovak and English language teacher ..... friendly, open -minded, patient, creative, outgoing, sometimes fragile, sociable.......
Mum with a 14-year old daughter, who teaches at primary school. Studied languages:Slovak and English at university, has been a leader to many international - CISV - camps (that is great experience ), has been involved in some projects e.g.,Intercultural Navigators ( covered by the British Council), school partnerhip projects - Comenius, eTwinning......

PHILOSOPHY

Treat the others the way you want to be treated by them.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am new here so let me get used to this and maybe I can become a host soon :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

none

Interests

languages, travelling, meeting people, new cultures, music, friends, coffee and chocolate, a bit of adventure, fashion, ....

• singing
• fashion
• chocolate
• coffee
• chess
• traveling
• socializing
• knitting
• music
• swimming
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Rock music preferably: U2, Pink Floyd, the Cranberries, ...Sting, the Beatles, Mike Oldfield....on the other hand...Vangelis, Enya, Adele, ...some Slovak and Czech musicians and bands like Peha, Lucie, Hex, Richard Mueller......
Films: different; Notting Hill, films with Jack Nicholson, some czech movies: Kolja, obecni skola ....
Books: not a favourite ones....last time read "Boy" by Roald Dahl, A Moveable Feast by Hemingway,...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

oh, sooo many, but mostly while travelling...I fell in love with the northern Europe...swimming in the lake in Aare (Sweden) at 4 in the morning at the temperature of 4°C ... toooo cold but amazing...
New Year ´s Eve 2000 in Hamburg (Germany) with friends from different countries .... so much fun
Visit to Njarka village in Sweden (Lapi people)
Specific atmosphere of Amsterdam little streets :)
Lovely and the bluest Adriatic sea in Dalmacia ( Croatia)....

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you a bit English and Slovak, maybe how to bake a cake or knit a sweater or a pair of gloves or make a hat :D....I am learning French, want to start with Portuguese, Swedish... play chess....
Share...if we spend some time together we can share great experience :), photos, of course, when I host someone, I will share my flat :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Slovakia