Giorgos Pardalis's Photo

Verified Profile

  • Payment verified
  • Phone not verified
  • Government ID not verified
  • Address Verified

Wants to Meet Up

  • Last login over 13 years ago

Join Couchsurfing to see Giorgos’s full profile.

Overview

  • 11 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Greek (modern), Italian; learning Bulgarian, Dutch, French, Spanish
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Civil Engineer/Web Radio Producer/Furniture Designer/Inte...
  • Technical University
  • From Thessaloniki
  • Profile 100% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I am still trying to find a descent mission

ABOUT ME

I was born,I grew up and still live in Thessaloniki,even if I consider myself a citizen of the world.I am an easygoing person with great sense of humor (at least i am told so) who tries to enjoy every single moment in his life. I try to fill my time with lots of different activities which have to do with sports,science,fun, and of course my profession.I enjoy hanging out with friends or going to the mountains for snowboard and other activities. In general I am a person who is always up for a new challenge. Set one and i will respond

PHILOSOPHY

Per Me Caeci vident

(and this has a meaning only when we talk about good company)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Lately I am not that active with the whole couchsurfing project due to personal reasons that have to do with my job and other parallel activities of mine.

when I was active I had the pleasure to host 2 people from the USA and I have been a guide through Thessaloniki for many others.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Mainly as a guide in Thessaloniki. i have also hosted 2 persons

Interests

Radio and music productions, writing novels and poems,writing articles and reviews for music magazines and blogs, playing the bass and composing music,philosophy,mythology (and especially Greek and Northern mythologies),History,Science,Arts & crafts, sports (and especially volleyball,swimming), trekking, cars and motorbikes, cooking for myself and my friends, reading books,photography,design buildings and furniture

  • arts
  • writing
  • books
  • poetry
  • design
  • photography
  • cooking
  • crafts
  • reading
  • cars
  • music
  • snowboarding
  • sports
  • volleyball
  • swimming
  • history
  • science
  • tourism
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Darkwave,new wave,synth pop,coldwave, deutsche welle, rockabilly, psychobilly,speed rock,garage,post punk,punk,indie,electronica,EBM, some Industrial stuff,neofolk, gothic rock,krautrock,psychedelia,acid rock,folk music,US Power (mostly 80's obscure stuff) and NWOBHM

Books:The Name Of The Rose (Umberto Eco),The Trial (Frantz Kafka),The Call Of Cthulhu (H.P.Lovecraft),Les Fleures Du Mal (Charles Baudelaire), The Animal Farm (George Orwell) I adore all the books of Eua Omiroli, I read lots of poetry,some theatrical books,books of history,passion and fiction and books related to paranormal. Of course I try to read my own writings too

Movies: Cidade De Deus (Fernando Meirelles),Spring Summer Fall Winter....And Spring Again (Ki-Duk Kim),Talk To Her (Pedro Almodovar),Nosferatu The Wampyr (Werner Herzog), Breaking The Waves & Dogville (Lars Von Trier),The Cabinet Of Dr. Calligari (Robert Wiene), Johhny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo) and many more. I have a special love for the Italian and French cinema and I adore Cult thrillers of any kind (Lucio Fulci,Jess Franco and all the other damned directors rule my world). And of course last but not least all these animated films of Pixar and every movie of the God himself Tim Burton

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There many crazy things that I have done in my life and to be honest for some of them I feel really ashamed nowadays.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have always believed that the only way to learn more is by having personal contact with the others and share opinions and thoughts

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Greece

Old School Badges

  • 1 Vouch
  • Pioneer Badge

Join Couchsurfing to see Giorgos’s full profile.

My Groups