ABOUT ME

Born and raised in the Czech republic, I have been living in France since 2005. I am an English teacher in a language school and I love my job. Apart from teaching, I'm also obsessed with learning languages. Endless but immensely enriching experience! I'm currently trying to perfect my Spanish and Russian. Needless to say I really enjoy travelling, and discovering new cultures...
I'm a pleasure-seeker, a foodie (into delicious, vegetarian, healthy, slow food), a green tea drinker and a chocolate addict. Not much of a party-goer.

The other half of the couple is Sebastien - he has a really interesting job which involves creating maps and working with geographic information systems. He is good at making macarons and other pastries.
Golf and Rocket League player , and a living encyclopedia of tennis

If you include the words  » DONNIE AND FRANK » in your request, I will know you've read my profile.

(please read also the section below " How I participate in couchsurfing" or My home" )

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Read this before sending a couch request:

 I prefer shorter stays (1-2 nights), please don't request more than 2 nights. Also, we don't usually host on Saturdays

Please don't send couchrequests too early or too late. The best time to contact me is between 2 weeks and 2 days before your arrival (I'm sorry but I'm generally not able to accept last-minute requests).

I'm mainly interested in meeting genuine, caring and interesting couchsurfers, not people who are just looking for a place to crash. I'm not a free hostel.

You'll find more information about my house in My Home Section.
Welcome !

Interests

Other things I like( random order):
books ▪ beautiful sunsets ▪ morning coffee ▪ music ▪ street art ▪Brooklyn ▪ hiking ▪ figureskating ▪ ballet ▪ slow fashion movement ▪ black humour ▪ Iceland ▪ canoeing on the Loire river ▪ street markets ▪ Sunday brunch

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Woody Allen films (especially Hannah and Her Sisters, Love and Death, Manhattan, Annie Hall)
Monty Python (I'm a fan of British humour in general)
Donnie Darko, Big Lebowski, Fargo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Before Sunrise/Before Sunset, Inception, Los Amantes del Circulo Polar, Amelie, Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting, Roman Holiday, The Broken Circle Breakdown, Relatos Salvajes, Amadeus, Hair.....

Music: Beirut, Patti Smith, Velvet Underground, Glen Hansard, The Doors, Janis Joplin, Nina Simone, Antony and the Johnsons, Joanna Newsom, Jeff Buckley, Beatles, Queen, Nick Drake, Benjamin Clementine...
but also classical music (Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Mozart)

Books: Haruki Murakami and Gabriel Garcia Marquez books
Confederacy of Dunces(John Kennedy Toole), Prayer for Owen Meany( John Irving), Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov), High Fidelity (Nick Hornby), L'Elegance du Herisson (Muriel Barbery)
....and tons of others

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

trip to Landmannalaugar (Iceland)

attending Polyglot gathering in Bratislava

beer bath

stepping out of my comfort zone

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm interested in language exchange!

I need to learn how to stop procrastinating

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Croatia, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, France, United Kingdom