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Overview
About Me
*** STARTING NOVEMBER 14, 2024 I'LL BE IN INDIA, PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN. Do you know nice hosts there...? :) ***
"Work to travel"
I'm a cultural manager since 1995 (I was only 19 years-young then...) with the Minerva Cultural Association: https://minerva.org.ro
Volunteer helping Ukrainian war refugees since February 25, 2022. Been to Ukraine (Zakarpattia, Odesa, Mykokaiv) several times with aid shipments.
I'm a founding member of the Transylvania Rescue Team.
I like dancing (salsa, cha-cha-cha, discofox), I'm member of a dance club.
I have a poker-for-fun club and a member of several mountaineering clubs.
I also into speleology and cycling, plus I'm the founder of a plane spotting club.
I also like rifle practice, society/board games and horseback riding.
Born and raised in this multicultural, multiethnic (Romanians, Hungarians, Gypsies, Jews, etc.), multilingual city of Cluj-Napoca/Kolozsvár/Klausenburg.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
Meeting people from other countries and cultures is essential. I've been traveling extensively throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the United States of America.
Participant in the HC and the CS Winter Camps:
2006-2007 - Warsaw Winter Camp
2007-2008 - Istanbul Winter Camp
2008-2009 - Berlin Winter Camp
2010-2011 - Transylvania Winter Camp (Targu Mures/Marosvasarhely/Neumarkt, Romania
2012-2013 - Thessaloniki Winter Camp
2014-2015 - Krakow Winter Camp
Interests
- books
- documentaries
- dancing
- clubbing
- politics
- board games
- traveling
- socializing
- blogging
- poker
- cycling
- equestrian
- hiking
- camping
- tourism
- speleology
- blogger
- rifle shooting
Music, Movies, and Books
The Warriros (about the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Les Visiteurs (France, 1993; Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Valerie Lemercier)
Les couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs II (France, 1998; Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Muriel Robin, Marie-Anne Chazel)
Das Leben der Anderen (The life of others/A masok elete); Germany 2006. Director: Florian Henckel-Donnersmarck.
Schindler's List
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Hmmm....
What I Can Share with Hosts
Traveled to around 82 countries so far (as of June 2024) I can discuss various matters, themes, issues. I can also give a detailed account about Transylvania, Romania, Eastern Europe, especially about the Hungarian minority in my country.
Countries I’ve Visited
Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chad, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State
Countries I’ve Lived In
Romania, United States