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Overview

  • 44 references 37 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Czech, English; learning Chinese, French, German, Slovak, Spanish
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • young professional
  • Master's degree in economics
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About Me

Just moved to a new apartment and might be able to host (depending on whether it would overlap with my own travels or not)

CURRENT MISSION

I want to help others develop their leadership potential and to support leaders in delivering positive imact for the society. And without a doubt to have fun doing it. :-) Also, I believe that travel is a journey towards who you really are - and as such it is a very precious experience

ABOUT ME

I am a recent graduate from the Czech Republic who currently lives in Belgium. I went for several trips abroad, including two-month AIESEC internships in India & Egypt and AEGEE Summer universities in Greece, Turkey and Italy - the first of which I spiced up by 2 more weeks of traveling through the Balkans. I also stayed in the USA for one high school year and totally loved it! And I spent almost equally memorable 4 months in Hong Kong. In addition to traveling, I enjoy discussing economics and politics, investing, cycling, skiing, dancing, taking photos and meeting new people. Always open to learn and immerse in other cultures and opinions :-) Post-Covid, I traveled to Morocco and Peru and these trips have successfully restarted my wanderlust!

PHILOSOPHY

I can learn something from everybody. Everybody can learn something from me.

If you are growing, you are growingly challenged. If you are not challenged enough, you are stagnating.

Life unexamined is a life not worth living.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I really enjoy meeting people around the world & finding out more about their perspective on life, society, politics, etc.

Interests

Cycling, Skiing, Debates, Education, Politics, Listening to music, Dancing, Swimming, Traveling, Photography, Snowboarding,...

Can discuss about almost everything, ideally some unique topics :-)

  • photography
  • dancing
  • education
  • wine tasting
  • politics
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • investing
  • music
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • sailing
  • skiing
  • snowboarding
  • swimming
  • economics
  • teaching
  • hitchhiking
  • craft beer
  • boats
  • leadership

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:

~One of the songs I really like rings some bells with Couch Surfing: "Everybody's gone surfin' (Couch)Surfin' U.S.A."

Bob Dylan, Soad, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Beach Boys, Everly Brothers, Jefferson Airplane, Chuck Berry, The Byrds, Mano Negra, Manu Chao, The Eagles, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Pet Shop Boys, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, Green Day, Depeche Mode, Morcheeba, R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gorillaz, "Led Zeppelin", Buena Vista Social Club, Alvaro Soler, The Prodigy, AC/DC and many more (a bit old list, now my music list got only way more ecclectic!)

Books:
George Orwell, Animal Farm, Gates of Fire, Incompetence, The Lord of the Rings, The Success Principles, Sapiens, Why the West rules for now, Factfullness and many more...

Movies:
Children of Men, City of God, The Dark Knight/Batman series, Thank You for Smoking, School of Rock, 007, El Mariachi, Departed, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

rolling down from the Great Sand Dunes NP in Colorado
&
jumping from the boat in Greece - and saving an indian guy who jumped without knowing how to swim!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love this idea!

I can share that investing can be a really great way of using one's money productively. Let it not sit below your bed - let it work for you. According to my experience, investing is by far not that hard as everybody says. All you need to do is to learn about it, try out different methods and stick to those that prove to be working.

And you can use the money you make this way for anything you want - to buy something, to travel or even to donate it for your favourite cause. Isn't that cool? :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, United States

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