Hi! We are fun, welcoming, well-mannered, polite and hard working couple. We are social and broad-minded. We work for German media company. We are very easy going couple who is definitely not interested in nightlife - likes peacefulness and warmth of home comfort, loves good conversation and pleasant companies. In our spare time we do not miss being around nature. We would like to think of ourselves as a fun, caring, compassionate persons who respecting everything and everyone and expecting the same others. We love nature, animals and genuinely enjoy helping everybody, strongly self motivated persons. We are volunteers from many years - animal rescue (care for dogs rescued from the street). We are strongly against violence over animals, we do not approve of keeping them in yards and outside houses. My partner is interested in photography and programming. I am involved in cooking so if you are interested in homemade food .... Just see here - https://galinajivkova.wixsite.com/galina-kitchen (link is external). On long vacations and holidays we like to travel a lot. We are in love Scandinavia... Love to read and learn new things .... We would like the chance to experience a new culture, experiencing how other cultures operate is something we have always been fascinated by! Everyone is Welcome to our place! But first we would like to introduce you some rules at home. Smoking is allowed only on the terrace. Can help you with toiletries and towels if you do not wear your own. We live in a block of flats so after 22:00h. it is mandatory to keep silence without strong music and shouts from the balcony or any noise to the comfort of the neighbors. We are non-smokers, but you can do it on the terrace when you want as I already said! We do not tolerate any drugs used at all, they are strictly forbidden in our home, please do not contact us if you do not meet this condition! .... so it's not everything, but I think enough for us!....

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We are very easy going of communicating and hope that through this platform we can create new acquaintances and we will meet new friends :-) and we belive that you can truly feel the magic of a new place only if you get to know someone locals who lives there ! You can follow us on Twetter: @Galina_Jivkova or contact us directly on WhatsApp or on Viber: 00359876484910

Interests

• animals
• dogs
• farm animals
• photography
• cooking
• traveling
• animal care
• computers
• vegetarian cooking
• computer programming
• wild animals
• street photography
• love animals
• my dog

Music, Movies, and Books

Every kind of music mostly pop
The day after tomorrow
Headhunters (Hodejegerne)
The Green Mile
Chappie
Varg Veum
Maria Wern......I'm generally a big fan of Scandinavian cinema :-)
The Bridge (swedish-danish series) and many more...
Borgen
Lee Child - Die Trying (Jack Reacher)
Ken Follett - Lie Down with Lions
There are many great books, I like Biographies and Factual books. Specially the book "Tim Ferris - The 4-hour work week" shifted my mind a lot.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Drive a bike :-) and not only that...

Teach, Learn, Share

Haskovo is located in a very communicative place. In the city and around the area can be find lots of fun for everyone taste. For photographers lovers there are wonderful places in the region. For bird lovers, fishing, rock climbing as well as rafting maniacs, there is also a suitable place around called Madjarovo where you can see the nourishment of the rare Griffon Vulture (the only colony in Bulgaria). You can visit the Deaf Stones and the Thracian Megalithic Monument "Cromleh", resembling the world-famous "Stonehenge". Ability to monitor and photograph the Egyptian vulture, sea eagle, black stork and other rare birds, wolves, foxes. On the Arda River, the Maritsa River and on many more dams in the region you can practice sport or professional fishing. And for nature-loving walks or just relax in the nature nearby are The Aida Peak and the beginning of the Eastern Rhodopes Mountain where you can enjoy the unique nature. If you like SPA procedures I can recommend the healing waters of Haskovo Mineral Baths. This is the Haskovo region - offering everything for everyone! In the city has different restaurants for every taste and budget. If you like I can teach you cooking, knitted slippers, a different variety of things from my culture as traditional cuisine, pastries, even as traditional Bulgarian dances known the whole world. Also I can teach singing unprofessional - I love to sing and I will like introduce you in the mystery of my folklore songs if you desire. In Haskovo city is the largest statue in the world of the Virgin Mary with Jesus Christ in her arms which is in the Guinness Book of Records, which simply can be enjoyed from my terrace. Just come and see for yourself! Here you can learn more if you are interested - http://www.haskovo-bulgaria.com/en And this is for lovers of delicious food, if you want to find out more watch this video it speaks enough -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIJAfu_7uUI This is BULGARIA!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Our apartment, our spare time, anything you need :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Moldova, Norway, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria