Hi! I’m Esmeralda from Tirana, Albania. 🇦🇱 I used to work as a Business Analyst in Vienna 🇦🇹, but I recently returned home 🇦🇱 to focus on my own venture as an ✨astrologer ☀️. I’m also the author of a novel 📖 and a content creator 📺 Over the years, I’ve studied, lived, and worked in Austria, and I’ve also worked in Turkey, Vietnam, and New York. I have always been curious about how people live and think. As a guest, I’m respectful, independent, and easy to host. I enjoy exploring during the day, and if you’re up for it, I’d love to share a coffee, a meal, or a conversation and get to know your corner of the world 🗺️

ABOUT ME I was born in Albania more than 30 years ago :) I lived in Italy for many years.I am married with Blerina and we are blessed parents of Enea and Isabel. Currently between Italy and Albania.I can host in Tirana. PHILOSOPHY carpe diem....the life is too much short,we must live it..

I love learning new things, listening to the experiences of different people, discovering new hobbies. Let's learn and explore from each other.🙂

**Not Hosting *** I am traveling. So the request will be decline. Hello Everyone! I am an expat of Asian origin from US, living in Tirana since Dec 2021, however, I travel a lot. I have lots of interest and some of them are exploring new places, making new friends, having coffee and trying new things.

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I don't know if there are others who are experiencing too, but the new updated CS is just rubbish and scary! Unfortunately I was told many members are deleting their accounts here because of that. Such a pitty! ============= I'm an Albanian Orientalist and a cultural researcher. Beside, I have been a private teacher of Albanian language to foreigners and some foreign languages to Albanians. While travelling I prefer to talk, possibly mixing different languages (it helps me improve communications and not to forget the languages I speak), also to visit and meet good people of different background who have some good culture and knowledge to share, so we can profit from each-other while meeting or during our travels. I have been studying and living in different countries, which makes me feel the need to share and learn from and about difference positive cultures. Let's try always to be and think positively! I don't drink (alcohol), I don't smoke (weed or other drugs), I don't eat pig (pork), and I'm still happy... but I don't mind if you are obliged to do that... I am also not a fun of night life or indoor activities... I need to breath more... 😊 For many years now I have been helping many travellers (not tourists) to go for hiking, trekking or showing them around Tirana, about its history, heritage and how it did change during the times. Usually from March to October, if I am in Tirana and if I am available, I usually do organize trip programs to go to Dajti mountain for hiking or by cable cars, going to Lake Bovilla, go for trekking around the Grand Park of Tirana and also every week or every two weeks to go to othe beautiful villages, with full green and lakes around Tirana.

I’m a Costa Rican who left my home, just steps away from the beach, to travel around the world. I’m currently living in Tirana. I’m a teacher who loves nature, animals, music, good conversations, and discovering the world.

New profile after I could not log in to my old account. Please find the old account and references below: https://assets.couchsurfing.com/people/villekorpela I work as a tech investor and consultant in Dubai and Tirana, I am originally from Finland and I have been an active host on Couchsurfing since 2017. I am getting a second education at the moment to become a certified professional photographer.