The future is now

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people, especially from distant cultures.

Interests

• movies
• computer science
• geography
• geopolitics
• history
• mountain biking
• nature

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - ethnic, jazz, electronic and old school hip-hop. Radio Nova and SomaFM Groove Salad

Movies - a lot, from 1920s to 2014, from Japan and China to Europe and Hollywood, from Kurosawa, Ozu, Mizoguchi to Fellini, Truffaut, Bergman, Fassbinder and David Lean, Sergio Leone, Tarantino. Around 1.400 titles watched and rated.

Books - classic ones, russian literature, and now I started to discover ethnic literature.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Discovering and downhilling trails known only to locals

Listening on shortwave to some very low power stations from various continents

What I Can Share with Hosts

A cup of good tea brewed in a gaiwan with pipa or erhu music in background

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Faroe Islands, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Romania