ABOUT ME

I'm Urška, a 28-year-old Slovenian girl. Currently I'm living in Badajoz, a small Spanish city very close to Portugal. As a young girl I used to watch Mexican soap operas as well as American cartoons, which consequently led to my lifelong affair with English and Spanish. This passion with learning both languages slowly translated into the desire of teaching them, so that’s why I became a teacher of English and Spanish.
I'm a fun loving, open-minded and super easy-going person, who simply adores travelling, meeting new people, dancing (especilly jazz ballet+salsa), doing yoga, cycling, listening to music and going to concerts.

PHILOSOPHY

There is no means of testing which decision is better, because there is no basis for comparison. We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself? That is why life is always like a sketch. No, "sketch" is not quite a word, because a sketch is an outline of something, the groundwork for a picture, whereas the sketch that is our life is a sketch for nothing, an outline with no picture.
(Milan Kundera)

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
(Nelson Mandela)

I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts or my thoughts the result of my dreams.”
(D.H. Lawrence)

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
(Oscar Wilde)

Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
(Oscar Wilde)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Before coming to England, I had never couchsurfed, but now I simply love it! It's undoubtedly one of the best things one can do, while travelling. :)

Interests

Dancing jazz ballet, doing yoga, cycling, Spanish, travelling, learning about other cultures, music, going to concerts, hanging out with my friends, meeting new people, reading books, recycling etc.

• books
• acting
• concerts
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• yoga
• reading
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• cycling
• study abroad
• au-pair

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Mercedes Sosa, Laura Marling, Victor Jara, Damien Rice, Lisa Hannigan, Lucy Rose, Iron and Wine, Tom Waits, Natalia Lafourcade, Toni Zenet, Diego el Cigala, Coldplay, Chopin, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Satie, Jacques Loussier, Arctic Monkeys, Jamiroquai, Jarabe de Palo, Kings of Leon, Imagine Dragon, Fleet Foxes, Florence and the Machine, Pedro Guerra, Paco de Lucia, Francisco Tarrega, Joaquín Sabina, Agustin Lara, Chavela Vargas, Carla Morrison, Kings of Convience etc, u2, Queen.

Books: Ensaio sobre a Cegueira (José Sarramago), Dorian Gray (Oscar Wild), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera), Sons and lovers (D. H. Lawrence)

Films: Hable con ella, Los amantes del círculo polar, Mar adentro, El infierno, Medianeras, Ocho apellidos vascos, Habana blues, La lengua de las mariposas, Y tu mama también, Amores perros.
Seris: Game of thrones, Downton Abbey, Friends, Sherlock, Scandal, True Detective, How I met your mother, Family guy, One Tree Hill

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Working as an au pair in England. This was undoubtedly one of the best things I've ever done in my life as I wanted to improve my English skills and work with children :)

Going on an Erasmus exchange to Valencia.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Spain