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Overview

  • 2 references
  • Fluent in Czech, English; learning Spanish
  • 46, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Master Student and working as an assistent at Interface C...
  • By nature, people I met..by life I would say :-)formally ...
  • From Praha
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

ABOUT ME

I'm an artist..at least now I'm:-).But i'm a nomadic person, so everything changes a lot. Life is a journey for me. And I love it! The unknown...the mystery of what is in front of me..the energy..nature,beautiful people I was lucky to meet..the dance of life!yes..full on :-)

PHILOSOPHY

At the end, all what you have is your story.
So you better to have a good one.
-My favourite Australian folk saying - :-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We used to have couch surfing house before the Couch Surfing internet community existed...early nighties in Prague...adventures travelers coming to the Wild East :-)and I started traveling then too and was staying in other peoples places..all over the world...but it was never the "official":-) couch surfing...so time to start it :-)..and i hope i would be able to offer a couch soon too!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I did Couch Surfing (as a guest)In Brisbane(Australia)together with Steven Pickles.I actualy wasn't a CS member then.It was a peaceful experience...LUKESKYWALKERONLINE we stay with was very generous and very busy so we hardly seen him at all.

Interests

Not in the order of importance :-)
-adventures of all kinds
- visual art (i do more media art kind of stuff but I love all kinds of arts)
- music (gypsy,world music,minimal/experimental electronics, weird kinds of jazz,ragga-reggae , ...and and)oh and love to dance!
- modern circus(dance, body-work performances)
- nature( I love being outdoors, hiking, camping..and so on)
- deep-ecology,system theory
- animals (all kinds)
- nice things :-) (fashion, design, good food, wine, cafes)
...hmm..i will remember more things soon :-)

  • animals
  • arts
  • design
  • fashion
  • dancing
  • dining
  • wine
  • electronics
  • traveling
  • music
  • jazz
  • world music
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • camping
  • surfing
  • communications
  • ecology

Music, Movies, and Books

- music: gypsy(ex. Ida Kellarova),world music(ex:Miriam Makeba, ba Cissoko),alternative(?)(ex;Bobby Mac Ferrin, Iva Bittova, Ojos De Brucho, Asha, Gotan Project,Manu Chao...and..and and)ragga-reage-dub(Eak-A-Mouse,Massilia Sound System,Matysiahu,Benjamin zephaniah..and of course Bob Marley:-), minimal/experimental electronics(Jan Jelinek), weird kinds of jazz(ex:Kip Hanrahan)...and more many more :-)

-books
some of my favourite writers: Herman Hesse(Sidharta,Steppen Wolf..etc), Rumi,Richard Bach(Seagul..etc), Jean Giono(The men Who Planted the Trees), Peter Mathiessen(Snow Leopard)..and well NailGaiman and Frantisek Skala for graphical novels
I don't read much recently..would like to get more into it again:-)

-movies
few things I seen and liked:
jan Swankmajer ("Something from Alice", "Lekce Faust")
Bright Star
Haye Miazaki (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke)
Byl Jsem Mladistvym Intelektualem
Krava
Amores Peros
..and...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

oh..wow..they are many amazing stories..life is a miracle at least for me :-)
Now i'm so excited about my recent traveling to the Souther Hemisphere..Australia, Papua New Guinea, Asia(a bit)..oh i just love this part of the world so much!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Israel, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Singapore, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, United Kingdom

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