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Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania
@koliver
Member since 2006
"Work to travel" I'm a professional journalist since 1995 at the Hungarian-language minority newspaper and news portal Szabadság (Freedom) - www.szabadsag.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.
Interested in Adventure Sports
Fluent in English
Learning German
Pioneer Badge
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Interacting with people from other countries and cultures is essential. 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
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
Visiting Palestine, Lebanon, Belarus, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Pakistan and Afghanistan...
What I Can Share With Hosts
Traveled to 80+ countries, I can discuss various matters, themes, issues.
