Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I started out my CouchSurfing experience hosting while living in Albania between 2009 and 2011. I enjoyed showing my hosts around the small town where I lived as I had really grown to love it. Then, while living in Russia in 2011-2012, I started using CouchSurfing to travel. This has been an amazing opportunity to make new friends and get a local's opinion on the language, history, culture, and politics.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Like most members of the CS community, I am so thankful to have to opportunity to meet ordinary people and see the places I travel through a more everyday perspective. It is nice to meet new people who share your interests or maybe teach you something new, while also making friends.

Interests

social justice
languages
anthropology
diversity
travel
womens rights
human rights
hiking
writing
Eastern Europe and Near East
yoga
cats

• cats
• culture
• writing
• books
• human rights
• womens rights
• fitness
• politics
• traveling
• hiking
• anthropology
• history
• languages
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

I like Balkan, Russian, and American folk. I love Tori Amos.
The Prophet by Gibran is, as a friend once told me, "the good man's Bible".

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One of the best things I have ever done was get lost on a cold, snowy Çajupi mountain, stumbling down into the Zagoria valley, sleeping in the cold rain, and then waking up to a beautiful blue mist hovering over a village full of stone buildings.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Lebanon, Mexico, Russian Federation, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Albania, Russian Federation, United States

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