Where to start? :)

In the summer of 2011, I decided to halt my travels in the Mediterranean as I started to built up a new life in the Balkans, or more specifically, in Macedonia. I volunteered and studied there, and eventually even got involved in film acting. After a brief interlude in the United States, I returned to the region in 2016, only to leave it later to pick up a job with the EU in Brussels. These days I work as a consultant and a translator, and I have no idea where I will end up next.

I am fond of learning new languages. In America I learned Serbo-Croatian, but later I changed to Russian, biggest mistake of my life. Lately I have also started brushing up my Macedonian. Out of sheer curiosity I also hope to be able to read Old Church Slavonic one day, but it's hard finding teachers for that :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing has helped me in a lot of ways over the years, and I met some of my best friends on this platform.

Interests

• writing
• literature
• poetry
• photography
• running
• traveling
• hiking
• philosophy
• nature
• football
• europe
• russian
• eastern europe
• balkans
• byzantine

Music, Movies, and Books

I used to teach literature so I'm fond of reading, though I lack the time to finish novels. I love short stories. Some of my favorites come from J.D. Salinger, Hemingway, J.L. Borges, Pushkin, and Gorky.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Moving to Skopje is probably the best thing I could have ever done in my life. A close second would be my trip to Central Asia in 2016; would recommend everyone to visit Kazachstan and Kyrgyzstan!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Netherlands, Serbia, United Arab Emirates, United States

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