LIFETIME MISSION

To find and rediscover myself by seeing and exploring the world through its people and their cultures. I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life.

ABOUT ME

For a person who spent her life thinking outside the box, writing about myself inside a tiny box is pretty hard and ironic in the same time. But a challenge is a challenge, so I'll give it a try.
Daydreamer. Travel junkie. Backpacker. Book lover. TV shows; movies geek. Art enjoyer...art in any form. Beer connoisseur. Ambitious. Creative. Curious. Optimist. Clumsy. Seems like things just bump into me...or the floor moves when I walk:) Love good conversations. I think outside the box. I laugh...a lot! Old-fashioned, yet very open-minded. Always myself.

My instagram should tell you more about my travels: https://www.instagram.com/serafinapekkalla

PHILOSOPHY

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were forged many many millions of years ago in the hearts of faraway collapsing stars. Those explosions scattered those elements across the desolations of deep space and after so many millions of years those elements came together to form new stars and new planets. The elements came together and burst apart, forming shoes and ships and wax and cabbages and kings, until eventually, they came together to make us. Each one of us is unique in the Universe. There's only one of us and there will never be another. We are made of starstuff. We're the Universe expressing itself as a human for a little while. A human that lives in one corner of one country on one continent on one planet that is a corner of a galaxy that is a corner of a Universe that is forever growing and shrinking and creating and destroying, never remaining the same for a single milisecond. And there is so much to be seen. And so many persons to meet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf, but unfortunately I am not able to host at the moment. However, if you think we share something and we should meet, send me a request and I might be able to work things out. Or I can always show you around Skopje, tell you a little more about my city, meet you for a coffee or a drink and get to know you.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I started couchsurfing in the summer of 2014 while I was touring the USA. It was my first time to traveling by myself, so when I found the website I saw it as an opportunity for meeting a lot of different people from different parts of the world, share my experience with them, hear about theirs, get to know how they live, what they eat, what are their likes and dislikes. And I wasn't wrong at all. I met wonderful people, made great friends that broaden my horizons and I've learned something from each one of them. It felt like an adventure and that's what I think life is about. Adventures. Meeting and staying with people from across the world always sounded much more interesting to me than empty hotel rooms where in the end of the night you'll be depressed by your own silence.

Interests

Travelling obviously. Theatre. Movies. The Universe. Art. Chocolate. Books. Music. Poetry. Fantasy. Fashion. Sunsets. Wine. Beer. Tea. Coffee. Exploring different cultures. Finding out how other people live, cook, eat, think and learn from them wherever I go.

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Harry Potter. . Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind. La Double Vie de la Veronique. Three colours. Mr.Nobody. V for Vendeta. The Dreamers. The Lobster. Blue is my favourite color. Amelie. Another Earth. I, Origins. Birdman, Boyhood. Synecdoche, New York...list doesn't end.
TV Shows: Doctor Who. GOT. Sherlock. Black Mirror. Orphan Black. Lucifer. Penny Dreadful. The Catherine Tate Show. The Big Bang Theory. Once Upon a Time. Orange is the new Black. House of Cards. Once upon a Time. Suits. Sense8. The Handmaid's Tale. Stranger Things. The list is endless too.
Books: The Little Prince. Harry Potter. On the road. Dorian Gray. Sherlock Holmes. Alice in Wonderland. The Bell Jar. The Blue Bird. Orlando. Everything from Chekhov.
Authors: J.K. Rowling. Sylvia Plath. Virginia Woolf. Oscar Wilde. JRR Tolkien. Alessandro Barico. Dostoevsky. Chekhov. Sarah Kane. Gabriel Garcia Marques...
Music: David Bowie. Tom Waits. Leonard Cohen. Björk. Radiohead. Nick Cave. Joy Division. Pink Floyd. Scorpions. Zaz. Edith Piaf. Joni Mitchell. Janis Joplin. Florence + The Machine. Dead Can Dance. Lou Reed. Arctic Monkeys. Muse. Massive Attack. Neil Young...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

*Traveled across the States by myself.
*Hiked the Grand Canyon.
*Dyed my hair with galaxy colours.
*Every sunset seen from a different city/place in the world.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cook you a dinner, show you the best places in town and share
A lot of interesting stories from my travels.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Macedonia, Slovenia, United States