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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Currently on an extended trip around Central and South America.
My energy-generator is discovering new places, meeting new people, sharing stories and learning as much as possible from everything and everyone. I love food, exchanging stories, learning about customs, cultures and sharing mine.
All the time I must have music around me and sing along :) I also enjoy being out in the nature and MOVING: hiking, cycling, yoga.
I also enjoy cooking (any vegetarian recipes you might know are welcome!).
PHILOSOPHY
Live well. Love much. Laugh often.
Do not dwell on the past.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
Travelling around different parts of the world, I came to understand that the most fulfilling experience does not come from seeing well-known places or trying local foods (though it helps!), but from actually talking to locals and seeing what they believe in, how they live and what experiences they have lived. This is why I like and I try to meet locals whenver I travel. CS is the best way of getting a little glimpse into local life.
Mainly a few years ago, I hosted a lot on CS, showing around the city I am in. Currently, I am happy to I share my experiences, listen and offer laughters :)
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I've been on a sort of break from CS these last years, while settling down in Prague, but before that I was very active and I still keep the CS mentality and plan to surf and host a bit more.
Interests
Travelholic, book-addict, cycling-lover, music afficionado. Drinking wine and killing time, yoga, cooking, finding out more, jogging, decorating.
Currently trying to tame an ukulele.
- singing
- interior design
- cooking
- recipes
- wine
- vegetarian
- yoga
- politics
- reading
- traveling
- music
- cycling
- hiking
- history
- languages
- mountains
- ukulele
Music, Movies, and Books
BOOKS
The God of small things - Arundhati Roy
Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
A thousand splendid suns - Khaled Hosseini
Sapiens. A brief history of humankind - Yuval Noah Harari
I am Malala - Malala Yousafzai
Exodus - Paul Collier
MOVIES
21 grams, Pulp fiction, La haine, Snatch, Cidade de Deus, 25th hour, El bola, Das leben der anderen, Apolcaypto, Leon, Dare mo shiranai, Superbad, The pianist, Sympathy for lady Vengeance, Frida, Y tu mama tambien, Burn after reading and more and more
MUSIC
Beirut, Jack Johnson, Fat Freddy's Drop, Victoria Hanna, Yemen Blues, Songhoy Blues, Tame Impala, Jamiroquai, Devendra Banhart, Erykah Badu, Moloko, Telepopmusik, Ratatat, Temper Trap, Dead Combo
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Went on a 3-day hike towards Petra, in Jordan: me, 3 friends, a donkey and local Mohammad, showing us the way.
Had the courage to start swimming classes and overpass my fear for water ( I am still working on that though :P).
Seen a kickass sunset on top of the Cantabric mountains. Seen the highest number of people awake at sunrise, in Angkor Wat.
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey
Countries I’ve Lived In
Czech Republic, Portugal, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom