CURRENT MISSION

Don’t listen to what they say. Go see.

ABOUT ME

Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow...

PHILOSOPHY

Real girls aren't perfect, and perfect girls aren't real.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I joined Couchsurfing at a time in my life when I just wasn’t travelling as much as I could and decided to start hosting ‘to bring the travel to me’.

Since joining the community, I have attended meetings, surfed, and hosted. Not to mention had the chance to meet great people from all around the world.

I am a fixer... I love to connect people/ match them by interest and so far it works really well!

An article about CSurfers that I used to host
http://adevarul.ro/moldova/social/daca-divan-poti-calatori-niciun-ban-1_5226c8aac7b855ff5643aaa0/index.html

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I learned about CS from a good friend of mine. We got to travel to St. Petersburg together (a very spontaneous decission) and voila!!! No place to stay, no one to know... Luckyly she was on CS.

Interests

Meditation, international cuisine, jogging, people, traveling, documentaries, photography, street art, music and creativity of any kind

• arts
• books
• street art
• photography
• documentaries
• cooking
• meditation
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• soccer

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Chaotic Anna
Music: Regina Spektor, Jamie Cullum
Books: Angela's Ashes

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

We visited a prison for temporary detention with CS friend from Bielarus (pretending to be journalists and having good connections from outside we managed well). We also learned to hitchike!

Met a cellebrity - famous football player in Georgia who has hosted me and my friend via CS. Now he is married to my friend who I used to host and they have a daughter.

Hosted 16 CS fers one night.

Purchased a book written by Pedro who I hosted in my country.

Teach, Learn, Share

Please use these tips when looking for a host http://toolsoftravel.com/how-to-write-decent-couchsurfing-requests/

Do not go down this road!

Some Couchsurfers are searching for a host simply just copy and paste requests. This may be ok for saving some time. However, I don’t recommend it.

I once received a request from a Brazilian girl who said. Hi, Michael, I am looking for a host. You speak Portuguese, and I am Brazilian. I can help you practice….

Nothing wrong with that request except I’m Barry and don’t speak Portuguese.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my favourite pancake recipe

We can cook together

I can teach you about meditation

Guided tour

Lots of positive attitude

Friendshp

Inspiration

We can organize events together

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, France, Moldova, Turkey, United States

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