I love to accept challenges and step out of my comfort zone, because I believe that's the best way to learn. The latest challenge in my life has been working in a school with kids who have learning and behaviour difficulties. During these two years I have become more confident and understanding and simply learned so much from my students.

My friends always say that I smile a lot and I guess that's true, because why not? There is always something good to take from each situation.

At first when I meet someone new it might take some time for me to open up but once I feel accepted I like to be silly and joke around.

Everybody here says that they are easy-going and open and I guess I am no exception. But really try to go with the flow and adapt quickly to any situation, at least so far in my life :)

--- This year I became a mentor for an European volounteer from Portugal who works in Latvia. I nejoy participating in non-formal education activities. In future I will definately try EVS for myself.
--- Right now I have set myself a goal to go to at least 3 new places each year.

I will end this rant about myself, hope I painted a small picture for you about myself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have couchsurfed only once in Hungary with my friend and she organized everything. I thought this would be a great opportunity for me to try it as I am going on my first solo travel. I enjoyed it the first time and hope to have great CS experience also in future.
I feel like when travelling and staying with locals gives you real taste of local cultrue compared to staying in hotels where everyting feels artificial.
I often have guests in my house (not CS but regular tourists) so I understand how important it is to be respectful to the hosts.

Interests

One of my favourtie things to do is hiking in mountains. Each summer I go with my friends on a week long hiking trips to Tatry mountains just to have some adventures.

As a typical Latvian I also dance folk dances. I have participated in 2 Song and Dance festivals in Latvia (google it - it's spectacular).

Recently I started wakeboarding, trying to learn some cool stuff. Slowly getting there.

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - The Green Mile, The Shining, Wild, Life is Beautiful, Shutter Island, .... many many others
Books - Harry Potter, Pet Semetary - the basics
Music - house, jazz, rap/I can listen to one song for weeks :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Croatia, Slovenia