CURRENT MISSION

To do my best in order to be happy

ABOUT ME

'LIVE AND LET LIVE': that's me. I'm easy-going, open-minded, curious and eager to learn and see. Friends say that they feel relaxed when they are with me, because usually I am very calm and patient. I always make an effort to see 'beauty' and 'good' even in the worst and ugliest of situation. I don't like to complain and criticize too much, life is too short to waste time for such things...

PHILOSOPHY

I won't end like those people who are just working from dust till dawn and don't enjoy life and don't make any spontaneous decisions because that's not life, it is just surviving and waiting for the death with all the money spared...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've just joined. I've heard a lot before, but never decided myself. I would like to start hosting as soon as possible, but with my job is getting rather difficult...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just few days ago I've met amazing American, she was staying at my friend's and we're going to Berlin together in few weeks - best experience I could wish, exactly my cup of tea person. Looking forward to more similar meetings!
Anyway I haven't surfed on my travels so far, usually had a friend in the city or some hostel.

Interests

My main interest (actually what I would like to do as my only occupation) is travelling, reading Lonely Planet guides and speaking about travel. But you know...I have to work most of the time :-( I like reading a lot, watching good movies and relaxing listening good music. I like going to concerts (any kind, from classical music to dubstep), to museum (in Madrid I've visited El Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen in the same day!) and art exhibitions. I like to eat out, trying new taste and flavours from all over the world.

• arts
• beauty
• concerts
• dining
• cooking
• boating
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• eating out
• music
• classical music
• guitar
• windsurfing
• skateboarding
• rock climbing
• hitchhiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: Lost in translation, Into the Wild, Factory girl, Control, Benjamin Button, What dreams may come, by Tarantino (Inglorious Basterds, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, ...), Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Lords of Dogtown, V for Vendetta, Perpepolis, Dead poets society, Perfume- The story of a murderer, El Laberinto Del Fauno, Star Wars (really HUGE fan)..
music: my profile at www.last.fm/user/nellchmel
books: William Saroyan- Tracy's tiger, Jack Kerouac- On the Road, George Orwell- 1984, Terry Pratchett- Discworld, Anthony Burgess- A Clockwork Orange, Melvin Burgess- Junk...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-chilling on the boat at the Retiro Park lake in Madrid with amazing people, listening to that ukulele and guitar music and just enjoying the sun - these days will last in my head forever
-climbing the Czech mountains and sleeping in the 'cave' right there
-skateboarding at the National theatre in Prague, absolutely drunk at 7am (no, I don't know how to skateboard!)
-windsurfing in Murcia, Mar Menor (oh, and those sunrises!)
-hitchhiking to music fest to Lisbon from Prague through Germany, Switzerland and France - didn't make it until Portugal but the whole experience seems to be much more than the goal was

Teach, Learn, Share

I can cook pretty well, typical Czech food is DELICIOUS!
I'd like to star making the pallet furniture, so let's see how'll that turn out. I'd love to have a helper anyway!

Countries I’ve Visited

Hungary, Lithuania, Slovenia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic