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Overview

  • 72 references 62 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hungarian; learning Chinese, Serbian
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • sport journalist
  • Geography MSc, Urban and regional planning
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

I am active and hosting in Szeged, Hungary, even if my profile shows a Serbian location - that's just for "tactical" reasons.

I was born in Serbia as a Hungarian, and I always felt like I don't really belong to either countries. When somebody asks me where I am from, I don't know what to answer. On the level of personal relations I'm closer to Hungary, but on community level, on mentality I feel closer to the Balkans. In sports I cheer for Serbia, even though I barely speak their language. I have a regional identity, and it's just a small area which I consider "my home country".

Traveling is literally my adrenaline. You can't imagine how lazy I am when sitting at home. But as soon as I'm on the road, everything changes, time flies at a different pace, there are new impressions at every corner and I can keep on going with almost never feeling really tired. And this is how one time I ended up walking 15 km from the airport to the city center in the middle of the night, barefoot...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm an introvert who doesn't make friends easily, so it's great that I can skip the first and most difficult step and start it immediately with inviting someone in my flat or getting invited myself by a stranger! :P

Interests

One thing I love to do in foreign countries is to look at people's face on the street and try to establish how the men and women of that particular nation generally look like. I like crossing country borders by foot, I enjoy learning about symbols, festivals and culture of small nations.

Music, Movies, and Books

In movies I can take unlimited dose of psychothrillers and time-travelling. In TV series my all time favourite is the Breaking Bad universe, and I mostly watch dramas on that front.

Music: I am all about the melodies. I have favourite tracks in different genres: trance, '70s disco, bagpipes, raggae, country, classical, north korean communist songs, sami jojking and other unusual stuff. And with all this, my all time favourite band is Pet Shop Boys.

Books: The Book of Nothing (that's an actual book).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Traveled to every country in Europe (by my calculations, it's 46).

- Visited the northernmost city of the world (up for debate by the neighbouring "city").

- Once someone told me to send an email to an unknown guy and he will arrange for me a one week luxury trip to Hong Kong for free. And it actually happened.

Teach, Learn, Share

There's a chance that I know the melody of your country's national anthem. But if I don't, I'm willing to learn it, as this is a thing I do! :) My favourite moments on CS are when we sing their anthem together with my guest. So maybe we can do it with yours too!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, Serbia

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