I love adventures, I always want to see what is around the next corner, just offer me an adventure and I'll say: "YES!"

My heart belongs to music, photography, art, but over everything - to nature, traveling and adventures! It's not always necessary to travel far, far away, because adventures are everywhere, just go outside and look around you! :)

Here - www.solveigaspiedzivojumi.lv - you can find my adventure photos and stories (sorry, stories are in Latvian, but photos are international language)!

"I'm not an atheist but an earthiest. Be true to the earth." [E. Abbey]

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Why not? :) To be honest, "why not" is my main motivation for almost everything. CS is an amazing opportunity to meet new people, get to know different cultures, exchange your stories. CS is a great way how to explore the world better.

My CS experience so far:

Surfing:
Urszula Slawiec (Poland, Warsaw - 2010)
Magdalena (Poland, Krakow - 2010)
Clément Chabré & Marion Leroy (France, Grenoble - 2015)
Matthieu Lecouvey (France, Bordeaux - 2015)

Hosting:
Aleksey Yastrebov (from Russia - 2012)

Meeting up abroad:
Guillaume (France, Glandage - 2015)

Meeting up in Latvia:
Benjamin Horseman (from Germany - 2015)
Les Petits Beurres En Voyage - Remi and Florian (from France - 2015)

Interests

I would like to spend all my life traveling, traveling and traveling... Big dream? Yes, but I'm trying to figure out how to make it real.

My biggest passion is music. I play several instruments - guitar & kokle (Latvian traditional string instrument) I play in a post-folk band, but just for myself I play also piano, recorder and accordion. Sometimes I enjoy writing songs as well.

The best place for my spirit is nature, no doubt. Mountains, meadows, ocean, sunrises, sunsets... I love it!

I love hiking! Just get lost in the nature and let the road become my home. "The mountains are calling and I must go." [J. Muir]

One of my biggest hobbies is photography. Miracle of capturing the moment.

I love art - to create artistic works and to enjoy art made by others.

• arts
• photography
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• hiking
• volunteering
• mountains
• nature

Music, Movies, and Books

The most beautiful music in the world are the sounds of nature - wind, rain, birds... If I should choose my favorite music style, I would say rock music ("Led Zeppelin", "The Beatles", "The Doors", Janis Joplin, etc.) and folk music - music where you can find emotions, passion and truth. And you know, there is one more undervalued music - silence.

I don't watch movies very often, but when I do that, I like movies which make me think or inspire me. I wouldn't say they all are my favorite movies, I would say those are movies which I suggest to others: "Faces Places", "Van Gogh: At Eternity's Gate", "Dances with wolves", "August Rush", "12 Years a Slave", "Labor Day", "Eight Below", "The Way", "American History X", "Gran Torino", "Tracks", "Lion", "Under The Sun", "Liberation Day".

I love books and reading, it's one more way how to travel. Few of my favorite books: "Wind, Sand and Stars" (A. de Saint-Exupery), "A Walk in the Woods" (B. Bryson), "The Little Prince" (A. de Saint-Exupery), "Desert Solitaire" (E. Abbey), "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" (R. Bach), "Winnie the Pooh" (A. A. Milne), "White Fang" (J. London), "The Last Season" (E. Blehem), "A Wolf Called Romeo" (N. Jans).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking the Israel National Trail from Dan to Eilat - 1000 km.

Hiking Camino de Santiago from St. Jean Pied de Port (France) to Finisterre (Spain) - 852 km.

Waiting for a sunset on the top of the mountain together with horses who showed up from nowhere.

Sleeping outside under starry sky in the middle of wild mountains in Norway.

European Voluntary Service for 1 year in the middle of French Alps and all the adventures coming with it.

Fire walking.

Watching Northern lights in Estonia.

Spending 3 months deep in the Pamirs.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Estonia, France, Latvia, Palestine, Tajikistan