As Uncle Albert would put it, "during the war..."

Here it is in a nutshell: cool music, football, dairy products and some fun in the sun, or either of the above. Put in a little philosophy and warm literature in between the cheese and a frizbee and that's good enough a sandwich for me.

My current mission is to go up to 11.

Here are some of the things I believe in, in terms of personal weltanschauungs:

- Change (we can believe in);

- The Audacity of Hope;

- any given sentence by Oprah Winfrey.

I also like friendly people. :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm eager to meet some new people and hopefully host some of them when I get the chance. Currently I'm all open for a stroll round town and a drink in one of Zagreb's cool caffes and bars.

What I enjoy most about couchsurfing is the level of suspense. Neither the host nor the guest know how things will turn out - and they mostly turn out great: wine tasting in Oporto, fado in underground bars in Coimbra, street festivals in Barcelona, free bike rides in Berlin, honey beer on the coast of a canal in Gdansk, playing the tamboura in Istanbul...For me it's been excellent so far. So - hooray for awkward silences!

Interests

- music - playing bass guitar and rhythm guitar and listening to others doing the same
- philosophy - translating - politics - literature - football - humour

• literature
• festivals
• wine
• cheese
• beer
• wine tasting
• drinking
• politics
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• soccer
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

- movies - Cold War (P. Pawlikowski), A Separation (A. Farhadi) Volver (P. Almodovar), Pan's Labirinth (G. del Toro), Amour (M. Haneke), Cirkus Columbia (D. Tanovic), Winter Sleep (N. Bilge Ceylan), Elle (P. Verhoeven),...
- shows by comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld, Ricky Gervais, Christopher Guest, Will Ferrell
- music - Courtney Barnett, The Eagles, Journey, The National, Fleet Foxes, Arcade Fire, heavy metal, soul, funk, 80s pop-rock, country, jazz, indie rock...
- books - Tale of Love and Darkness (Oz), The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis (Davis), Memoirs of Hadrian (Yourcenar), Ein ganzes Leben (Seethaler), Danube (Magris), The French Lieutenant's Woman (Fowles), The Museum of Unconditional Surrender (Ugresic), The Glembays (Krleza), Two Treatises of Government (Locke)...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once found a clan of a tribe that had not been influenced by civilization.

No, actually I just read some stuff about it in the National Geographic.

But I did take a bike trip through Western Ireland. We managed to do 100 kilometres in 6 hours through the hills and a lot of pouring rain. I couldn't believe how much I could eat afterwards.

Teach, Learn, Share

Got a bass guitar? How long can it take to learn a heavy metal riff?

Also, on some occasions I may be able to recite Kant's categorical imperative by heart.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Probably a Croatian mixture of spices called Vegeta. And if you're lucky, some of my mom's famous apricot jam ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Croatia, Luxembourg

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