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Overview

  • 29 references 17 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Hungarian, Romanian
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2016
  • programmer
  • physics
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

I think the description that best fits me is that I'm many-sided and curious. I am a programmer by profession, a nuclear physicist by education and a passionate musician by hobby. I love spending time in the nature and getting to know different cultures.

A few (maybe unusual) things that I am totally fond of:
- Playing the organ. A few years ago I had even worked as a church organist, so if you are member of a religious community and your organist is missing, I will be more than happy to cover for them :-D
- Eating very strong hot peppers. I guess most Hungarians do :-D
- Airplanes. I could actually spend a whole weekend next to an airport just watching them take off and land :-D
- Football. If you are a supporter of your local team, it will be a pleasure for me to grab your team's scarf, put on their jersey, learn some songs and go to the stadium to root for them. Unless they are the rivals of my local team of course :-D
- Opera. Both listening to and singing. And of course one of my dreams is to sing Rigoletto in front of a crowded audience :-D
- Tasting national dishes. If you can tell me where can I find the best one in your city, it is highly probable that we will become good friends. Same applies to Hungarian fisherman's soup (halászlé) :-D

And one last thing: Even if I live in Romania, I belong to a culturally rich subgroup of the Hungarian minority here, called Székelys (there is a Wikipedia article if you want to read more). Therefore I am more knowledgeable about Hungarian than Romanian culture.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to travel, to meet new people (future friends :-D) and to get to know different cultures through them. It is nice to visit popular tourist locations, but I consider that it is much more fun to take a closer look at how local people are living, what they are eating, how they are thinking etc. Therefore, Couchsurfing is the best option for me :-)

On the other hand, I like to help others by offering them a couch, I enjoy to have some fun and nice talks with my guests, and I am willing to introduce them to the local conditions and to my culture which I am very proud of :-)

So far I've had great experiences with Couchsurfing, with following wonderful people:

A. I have hosted:
1. Nancy and Sven, Taiwanese girl and German guy from Taiwan;
2. Gerhard, German guy from Moldova - later on I hosted him 2 more times and I also visited him once;
3. Ellen and João, German girl and Portuguese guy from Romania;
4. Diana and Zhanna from Transnistria;
5. Lucy from Australia;
6. Zofia, Polish girl from Denmark;
7. Jana and Aneta from Czech Republic;
8. Julie and Françoise from France;
9. Ana from Colombia;
10. Hannah from the United States;
11. Kata and Bálint from Hungary.

B. I have stayed with:
1. Björn Jón in Iceland;
2. Mak, Basque guy in Iceland;
3. Víðir in Iceland;
4. Wioleta, Polish girl in Iceland;
5. Numan in Northern Cyprus;
6. Linda, Chinese girl in Cyprus;
7. Hammad, Pakistani guy in Sweden;
8. Jim in Norway - later on he visited me too;
9. Patrícia in Hungary;
10. Andrew, American guy in Belgium;
11. Hen in Israel.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I did the complete round tour of Iceland hitchhiking with a 20 kg suitcase in wintertime. Traveled 1870 km in 8 days and made a lot of new friends.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to pronounce 'egészségedre' (= 'cheers', literally meaning 'to your health') in Hungarian. If you are an advanced user, I might trick you with some super easy tongue-twisters like 'Nem mindenfajta szarkafajta farka tarkabarka, csak a tarkabarka fajta szarkafajta farka tarkabarka' :-D

What I Can Share with Hosts

good mood, fun, smile, nice talks and stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Romania

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