My mission in life is to make our beautiful world a little bit a better place to live in.

My Philosophy in life is going by the 4 initials R.NV.J all leading to Love.

As for me, after studying Architecture for sooooo long it is a big part of my life. I plan and design (mainly the interiors of apartments). I teach in a couple of schools. Sometimes it's fun and sometimes stressful. Being responsible for my student's success and their professional life is a big mission.
I love photography, lately, the camera I use the most is the one on my iPhone and the Canon D5 is lying in the closet.
I love cooking ... and eating :-)

I love good people, admire passionate activists and envy genuine dreamers!

Since 2015 connected to a small school in Nepal as a big brother with tons of love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Letting CSs in my home and life, use my couch, my guestroom, my carpet it even happened that I gave my bed and surfed my own couch :-)
Expanding my connection's net as I plan on surfing other people's couches around the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My overall experience is very positive, I host and surf and the people I get to meet are the best ever.
Maybe I am lucky, who knows.

In the past I CS Germany and Thailand with friends. Many years before this project came to the world.

The first time was in 1993 when 4 travellers of us near Kanchanaburi in Thailand got stuck after sundown in the middle of the jungle. A great man from the Krea-ring tribe by the name of Ni-Yom took us to his family house. His wife spanned a big mosquito net at the open ground-floor deck. They where the best hosts and wonderful people to cherish.

April 2008 - A wonderful week in Milano. staying with Bar (a friend) in the house of Mary J, Mary K and Giovanni
October 2008 - meeting Beto in Bogotá Colombia to talk about life and his idea for A Beer Tour for tourists in the city.
January 2010 met Sam in Tel-Aviv for a coffee and a great talk.
April 2011 a whole wonderful day spent with Ann

and . . . the rest of the list you can check by yourself,
be my guests ;-)

Hosted :

2008
1. Maria and Giovanni, Italy
2. Khim, Sweden
3. Charlotte, Germany
4. Christina and Thomas, Denmark

2009
5. Radek, Norway
6. Murice, Germany
7. Julien and Juan, France
8. Shernaz and Oliver, Germany
9. Aleksandra and Tomek , Poland
10. Rachel from Israel and Klaus, Germany

2010
11. Maya, Israel and Josue from Mexico
12. Sonja , and Leon, Germany
13. Lee , Canada
14. Natalie , Turkey
15. Marie-Ange and Mikhail , France
16. Tom, USA
17. Alejandro, Colombia
18. Allan (Juan Daniel), Paraguay
19. Joy and a friend, South Korea
20. Jay , Belgium

2011
- Jay
21) Devindra , Los Angeles, California, U.S.A
22) Erik, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A
23) Adam, Westchester, N.Y, U.S.A
24) Max, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A
25) Gerd and Pol, Antwerpen, Belgium
26) Alizia and Daniel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
27) Maja Warsawa, Poland

2012
28) Magda and Michał, Bydgoszcz, Poland
29) Seira, Kawasaki, Japan together with Ryan from U.S.A

2023 (after soooo many years no hosting)
30) Nik, Minsk, Belarus

Surfed :

2008
1. Maria and Giovanni, Milano, Italy
2. Karina and Ram, Washington DC, USA
3. Phillipe, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
4. Adriana and Alejandro, Bogotá, Colombia
5. Jaime, Bogotá, Colombia

2009
- Phillipe, For the Second Wonderful Time
6. Emmanuel, Munich, Germany

2011
7. Boaz, Kibbutz Dan, Israel

2012
8. Ya'eer, Jerusalem, Israel

2013
9. Ran, Tel Aviv, Israel
10. Sharon and Marcel, Munich, Germany
11. Dwight, Brooklyn, N.Y, U.S.A
12. Clark and Blake ,Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A
13. Sheldon Gary Henderson, Las vegas, Nevada, U.S.A
14. Yael, Danny and Idan, Los-Angeles, California, U.S.A
15. The Handels, Queens, NY, U.S.A
16. The Harbours, Long Island, U.S.A
17. Lisa and steven, Cazenovia, NY, U.S.A
18. The Portnoffs, Clifton, NJ, U.S.A

2015
19. Nyingma Palyul - A Budhist monastery near Kathmandu,Nepal
20. Lal Badour Sintan Tamang and the family - Thotarikhola, Faprbhari, Nepal
21. Listikot Gumpa friends, Nepal

2017
22. Swanhild and Christian, Germany
23. Sudan - Kathmandu, Nepal
24. Nidhi and Rajeev - New Delhi, India

2018
25. Alona and Grisha, Khalootz, Israel

2022
26. Jean-Marie, Lyon, France
27. Stephane, Avignon, France
28. Samuel, Barcelona, Spain
29. Susana, Barcelona, Spain
30. Benji, Zaragoza, Spain
31. Toktam and Iñaki, Bilbao, Spain
32. Liza and Dorian, Bordeaux, France
33. Eric and Cees, L’Hospital, France
34. Yuval, Milan, italy

Interests

love cool and creative people, cooking and traveling are 2 different ways to meet up with humans where sometimes words are not necessary.

Music, Movies, and Books

I love folk and original instrumental music, Greek rebetika, orthodox chants, Russian, Italian, French accordion music, and more.
Classical music mainly Chopin played on the piano
American country music for long driving trips

as for books / authors :
Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master and Margarita | Jo Nesbø - each and every book | Primo Levi - Se questo è un uomo | Aharon Appelfeld - מסע אל החורף Journey into Winter and others | Meir Shalev - רומן רוסי Russian Novel, יונה ונער A Pigeon and a Boy and othoers | Elsa Morante - La Storia, Menzogna e sortilegio | Khaled Hosseini - The kite runner and all the others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walked around the Annapurna mountain in Nepal for 18 days, met Lama Teshi in his uphill house at Manang and crossed Theong La pass at 6500m.

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach Hebrew if interested in our languge
i can also teach cooking... for exaple; how to make the best Chili Con Carne in the world and many more.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Lebanon, Nepal, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel

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