CURRENT MISSION

turn all the people I know into Couchsurfers

ABOUT ME

I'm a Latvian, from Riga, but for 20 years I lived in Prague, Czech Republic.
Then I moved backed to Riga, and 3 years later, guess what, I'm in the Central Europe again, this time in Germany. But it's nice here, I'm happy :-)
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PHILOSOPHY

Always look on the bright side of life...
I mean - what have you got to lose?
you know, you come from nothing
you're going back to nothing
what have you lost? Nothing!
Always look on the bright side of life...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I used to participate at every meeting that I could make to, especially if wine or food tasting was involved. Now I have life, too.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted in Prague: Maria and Fernando from Colombia, Norma and Hans Jorgen from Norway, Henrique and Humberto from Brasil, Becky and Chelsea from Texas, Mathilde and Julie from France, Dulce and Dulce from Mexico, Markus and Katrin, Manfred and Inge from Germany, Stephanie and Chris from Florida, Geany and Samuel from France, Rene from Berlin, Acacia and Gabriele from California, Jorgen from Norway/Riga, Fanny and Jonathan, Karim, Laurence and Hugh from France, Bina and Hee-Kyun from South Korea, Arnaud from Paris, Atiq from the US/Egypt, Lisa and Amy from Australia.
Hosted in Riga: Tom and Justin from England, Constance and Julien from France, Frederic from France/ Estonia, Grace and Tim from Malaysia/ Germany, Elena and Artur from Moscow, Bruno from Brasil, Anastasiya and Viktor from St.Petersburg, El from New York, Lisa and Lisa from Germany, Maksim and Serge from Vilnius, Brennan from Canada, Asta, Davila and Davila from Lithuania, Igor from Chroatia, Alvin from Singapore, Kolja and Robert from Germany, Yiwu from Finland, Komy and Zoe from Hong Kong, Elisse from the US, Robert from Slovakia and Tin from Vietnam, Marie from Norway, Stuart from the UK, Eduardo from Mexico/UK.
Surfed with: Maija in Madona, Ingrida in Ventspils, Komu in Olomouc, Frank in Berlin, Cecilia and Frans in the Hague, Liga in Talsi, Tony in Tallin, Elina in Riga, Paulo, Carlos and Humberto in Lisbon, Tim in Brussels, Roland in Munich, Soeren in Hamburg, Maaike in Leeuwarden, Sergej in Elmshorn, Tom in Bonn, Danielle in Antwerp., Maartje and Casper in The Hague, Deryck in Edinburgh

Interests

Dance, yoga, theatre, gardening, cooking and just hanging out with friends

• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• yoga
• gardening
• cycling
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: everything by Coleen McCullough, Amy Tan, Douglas Adams, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gerald Durrell and Bernard Cornwell.
Music: world music, especially Celtic, Baltic, Scandinavian
Movies: The Lord of the Rings and all Monty Python's. Pulp Fiction is not bad either.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen moose while biking (I was biking, not the moose) in Latvian wilderness. Many sunsets over the Baltic sea and a sunrise in Barcelona. A huge sea-turtle while swimming (we both were swimming) in Zakinthos. My son right after he was born (wide open eyes and the "back-into-the-wheel-of-life-aren't-we?" expression on his face).

Teach, Learn, Share

It's always nice to learn about different countries and cultures.
I can teach you how to cook in Latvian way - it's easy, just put sour cream and dill into every food :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia

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