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Overview

  • 4 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Czech, English; learning Chinese (Simplified), German, Polish
  • 31, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • Student
  • Information Technology (programming)
  • From Czech Republic
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About Me

Hey! I am an IT student who loves to travel and meet new people from all over the world!

I am currently starting my Master's degree studies as a programmer, but this summer I'm staying in Minnesota until September. After that, for the first half of October I want to travel all over California, and finish my travels by staying in New York for a couple days before returning to Europe. I am planning to go to Finland for the upcoming spring as well to study on a Finnish school for one semester.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Straight and clear, it is a great way to meet interesting people along the way and the cheapest way to travel.

Interests

Travelling & meeting people, of course!

Other than the obvious ones, I like basically any kind of sports, be it regular sports, computer games or board games. I also occasionally go to the gym (for about 7 years, no hardcore lifting though!). I like reading, running, spending time outside, and trying every kind of food there is.

I've also visited some music festivals in the past, mostly electronic music (drum & bass), but I really like all genres, as long as the song is good of course!

  • music festivals
  • festivals
  • dining
  • breakfast
  • vegetarian
  • running
  • working out
  • gardening
  • board games
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • electronic music
  • sports
  • languages
  • software

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite genres are psychological/fantasy/historical/sci-fi and a comedy . The movies that really standed out for me lately are these:

Seven
Interstellar
Source Code
Red Cliff
Reservoir Dogs

I also like reading books, the last book I really liked was Terry Pratchett's Equal Rites, or some of the Warcraft books, I am reading Egyptian Sinuhet by Mika Valtari right now.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have spent a night in a Japanese buddhist temple with a view to the bonsai garden, including a traditional vegetarian dinner and breakfast, trying an onsen spa and attending a buddhist morning ceremony while travelling in Japan for 3 weeks.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some Czech or English, my language repertoire includes programming languages as well, so if you are interested in something like that, we can talk about it. I also have a lot of experience with working out in the gym, so I can help you with working out.

I would like to learn Chinese, and I would be also interested in Russian or Arabic.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My experiences from travelling in 3 continents (so far), as well as pictures. I can also offer my IT knowledge to help you with those annoying problems your computer has.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Egypt, England, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, United States

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