I'm an avid traveler, speaking a few languages; I'm always keen to learn new ones, and to put them in practice, wherever I may be in the world. Am a musician, hoping to soon publish my first album, but it's a long and winding road, and it certainly doesn't pay the bills yet. But it's what I feel like doing, and the reward I get from the audience at a gig is priceless.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to travel, get to know people from other countries exchange ideas and learn from each other in the process, and feel that this is the place for authentic travel experiences.

Interests

Music, traveling, scuba diving, windsurfing, languages, photography, calligraphy

• singing
• photography
• environment
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• windsurfing
• scuba diving
• calligraphy
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Jamie Cullum's "Twentysomething", Nina Simone (any), Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks", Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", Leonard Cohen's "Field Commander Cohen", k.d. lang's "Hymns of the 49th Parallel", Last of Songs
Movies: Todd Solondz' "Happiness", Billy Wilder (all, but "Some Like It Hot" specifically) animation (Pixar and Dreamworks, but also Aardman, "Coraline", "The Corpse Bride", "9", etc)
A. Huxley's "Brave New World", George Orwell's "Animal Farm", Oliver Sacks' "Musicophilia", Ken Robinson's "Out of Our Minds".

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Won a goodie bag competition on MTV's Most Wanted (with Ray Cokes), when it was very difficult to get a landline phone connection anywhere outside Romania, and people were asking for one and sometimes waited for hours to call abroad. That was definitely something not many people in Romania managed, outside of Bucharest. Getting the music-related questions and quizzes right was the easy part, since I used to watch a lot of MTV back then, in the early 90's.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: the languages that I speak, language learning techniques and (online) resources, scuba diving (with the right gear and environment)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Can sing my vast repertoire of jazz and swing standards (and they can sing along), travel anecdotes, positive outlook on life, my funny nature (understand that however you want it, lol)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, France, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, Scotland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Romania, Spain