Scientist by trade, geek by profession, basketball player by heart and linguist by nature.

I'm pretty sure this is the one and only lifetime I have, so I try to enjoy myself the best I can, while I can. (This mostly consists of improving myself, spending time with friends & family, reading, learning languages, doing sports, watching movies, listening to music. When I don't work, that is.) At the same time, since I'm pretty sure this is the one and only lifetime my friends have, I try my best to make their lives as fun as possible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A few years ago - when I had no information about CS at all - I helped out a Norwegian girl and her boyfriend when they were sort of lost here in Budapest. I helped them to find a motel, tought them a couple of words (thank you, you're welcome, goodbye etc.) in Hungarian. And now that I joined this community I realized that my CS availability is exactly this, helping out tourists if they feel like it. :-)

Interests

quantum-physics; astronomy; World War II military aviation; evolution; maya literature; Islam; Linux; Italian, Arabic and Swahili languages; ancient Egyptian history; paleozoology & paleobotany

• literature
• aviation
• painting
• muslim
• basketball
• astronomy
• history
• languages
• physics

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Movies:
The Shawshank redemption; The Breakfast club; LA confidential; Bad boys; The usual suspects; Die Hard III; The Legend of Bagger Vance; Lord of the Rings; Hero; Star Wars; The bucket list; Amadeus; State buoni se potete; 500 days of Summer; About time; Seven pounds; Dead poets society; Coach Carter; Alien; Inception; The green mile; Life of Brian; The help; Love actually; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring; Everybody's fine; The Sunset Limited; The House of Flying Daggers; Beautiful girls; E.T.; Jurassic Park

Favorite Music:
Celtic Woman, Billy Joel, Queen, Frank Sinatra, Caro Emerald, Ray Gelato, Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra, Firkin, Rhapsody of Fire, Benkó Dixieland Band, Doris Day, Norah Jones, Hayley Westenra, Patsy Watchorn, Great Big Sea, Enya, Fast Food Orchestra, Ludovico Einaudi, Giovanni Allevi, Andrew Lloyd Webber, George Gershwin, Scott Joplin, Hun-huur tu, Kongar-ol Ondar

Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, J.S. Bach, Orff, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet

Favorite Books:
James Clavell: Shogun, Taipan, The Noble House;
Daniel Keyes: Flowers for Algernon;
Leon Uris: Battlecry;
Erich Maria Remarque: The Night in Lisbon, The Road Back, Three Comrades;
Steven Pressfield: The Legend of Bagger Vance;
John Green: The fault in our stars;
Stephen Hawking: A brief history of time;
Stephen Jay Gould: Wonderful life;
Andy Weir: The Martian;

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Nothing yet, but still working on it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary

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