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Overview

  • 13 references 11 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Hungarian; learning Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, Welsh
  • 49, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • training manager, language teacher, freelance photographe...
  • BA, MSc (on the way)
  • From the flatter part of Budapest
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Think & make others think. Laugh & make others laugh. Love & make others love.

ABOUT ME

I'm the kind of person who wakes up with a smile on her face 99% of the mornings. And that's just the beginning of the day :-)
I'm "seriously crazy", equally in for fun as well as for discussing 'life, the universe and everything'. No typical party animal, though.
I like to listen and have a couple of interesting stories to tell myself, too.
I'm open, easy to get along, WYSIWYG.

The place where I truly feel good is outdoors, in the mountains and by the sea.
Enjoy traveling as much outside (around the world) as inside (meditation, yoga). Appreciate the basic things in life; good company, nature, good music, food made with love, great wine etc. I have green fingers and I'm crazy about dogs.

PHILOSOPHY

Live life, love life.
And be careful about choosing your wishes; they may well come true.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Offer couch & company

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Positive, selfless, caring, fun :-)

SURFED AT:
Darryl in Stockholm, July 2012
Johan in Tyreso, July 2012
Eva on Gotland, July 2012
Susanne & Joakim on Gotland, July 2012
Berit & NIels in CPH, Aug 2012
Aidi & MIguel in Sintra, Sept 2012
Fish in Nenagh, Oct 2012
John in Limerick, Oct 2012
Silvia & Norby in Cork, Oct 2012

HOSTED:
Àgi & Tamàs, HUN, Nov 2012
Brandon, US, Nov 2012
Judit, HUN, Jan 2013
Ken, US, Feb 2013

Interests

Everything that can be experienced and enjoyed through the senses: travel, photography, music, talking, cooking together, good food and good wine, organic stuff, yoga, sports, games, candle lights and camp-fires, jazz, rock, folk music and folk dancing, step aerobics, hiking, climbing, crawling, flowing, swimming, sailing, jumping, paddling...

  • animals
  • dogs
  • fish
  • photography
  • dancing
  • folk dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • chocolate
  • wine
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • partying
  • traveling
  • music
  • folk music
  • jazz
  • outdoor activities
  • fishing
  • hiking
  • camping
  • sailing
  • sports
  • rock climbing
  • swimming
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Black cat, white cat. Metro. Matrix. Chocolate. La vite e bella.
Jazz, rock, folk.
Zorba the Greek.
Anything by Bill Bryson. He's just utterly funny.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Many during my year in China: Climbing 9999 steps onto the top of a mountain, managing to get some big black fried bugs down my throat at the persuasion of 9 local friends...
Ending up living in Switzerland without ever planning it (I'm a Hungarian, having wandered around the globe a bit before coming to the land of forever chocolate and mountains).
Overnight under the starry sky on the rocks of the Croatian seacoast.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you surf my couch or I yours, I'll be happy to teach you how to cook a proper Hungarian goulash. Yummy! Alternatively I'll also show you my secret of a smasher morning müzli.
I'm happy to teach you some Hungarian, English or German (in case you don't already speak these better than I do... ;-))

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Hungary, Switzerland, United Kingdom

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