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Overview
About Me
I love traveling, cooking, exploring cultures, I enjoy conversations, philosophy, views, sports, running and cycling. I have been working in Youth Field for 5 years now with different international NGOs and Movements, in Educational and Environmental fields.
I have lived in the USA for a year in 2013-2014 as a part of an Exchange Program in Iowa and Ohio.
2014-2015 I have studied in Lithuania, Vilnius for a semester and then I moved to Croatia to study Culinary, and as a part of the joint program I continued my education in Italy at ALMA La Scuola Internazionale Di Cucina Italiana and later worked there at Bologna in a Michelin Star restaurant called Iportici.
During my studies in Europe, I have been traveling a lot also I had a chance to visit Florence, Modena, Cinque Terre, Genoa, Milano, Parma and other cities of Italy.
I have been active in social, development and community projects and constantly interacted with youth and exchange foreign students. I also enjoy doing offroad trips and organize them in my countries mountains and rural areas.
Currently, I am working with the International Slow Food Movement https://www.slowfood.com, as an assistant project manager, this is a project related environment, rural tourism, and agriculture mainly aiming in preservation and protection of biodiversity.
Also, I am restoring a classic Volkswagen van and planning to convert it into a campervan and hit the roads with it soon!
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
Have a chance to meet locals and get a feeling of local culture.
Interests
Travelling , music , nature , sport , cycling, Cooking!
- cooking
- crossfit
- traveling
- music
- sports
- philosophy
- vanlife
- slowfood
- photogrphy
Music, Movies, and Books
Indie, jazz, chillhop, lofi beats. Joseph Murphy - The Power of your Subconscious Mind. Insterstellar, Into the Wild.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Worked in a Michelin Star Restaurant as cook.
What I Can Share with Hosts
Culture, experience, culinary skills
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
Azerbaijan, Croatia, Georgia, Italy, Lithuania, United States