Hello there, bonjour!

I've made Ottawa🇨🇦 my home for 20+ years and love the city. Currently living in a well-located apartment in Centretown, about a 15-minute walk from Parliament Hill and close to many points of interest.

My day job is writing government speeches.🖊 Former host of progrock/jazz music program La Villa Strangiato on CHUO 89.1 FM. (RIP) (www.facebook.com/lavillachuofm)

I'm usually available on evenings and sometimes on weekends. And while I like to run when the weather is nice, 🏃 I’m a passionate indoorsman when it gets cold around here 🥶.

Ottawa hot tip:🔥 museums are free on Thursday evenings between 5-8pm. (Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Museum of History, National Gallery of Canada, Canadian War Museum, etc.)

What else — I can recommend where to hear the best live music 🎶 in town. Most of all, I'm ready to host you!

Hosted CS guests from: 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇳🇨🇱🇫🇷🇨🇦🇬🇧🇲🇾🇦🇹🇵🇱🇩🇪🇧🇪🇲🇽🇨🇳🇸🇰🇳🇱🇰🇷🇸🇪🇧🇷🇹🇷🇻🇳🇾🇪🇮🇹🇪🇸🇨🇭🇦🇷🇷🇴🇨🇿🇷🇺🇵🇭🇫🇮🇹🇼🇦🇺🇬🇷🇫🇴🇸🇮🇨🇴🇮🇷🇩🇰🇩🇿🇨🇷🇮🇪🇦🇿🇪🇨🇱🇻🇺🇬🇹🇭🇯🇲🇰🇿🇸🇬🇳🇿🇳🇬🇯🇵🇬🇪🇩🇴🇧🇭🇮🇲🇮🇱🇹🇳🇺🇾🇵🇪🇴🇲🇨🇩🇧🇬🇭🇳🇧🇳🇮🇩🇵🇹🇳🇴🇭🇺🇲🇦🇸🇩🇳🇵🇲🇹🇦🇱🇲🇰🇪🇬🇱🇧🇦🇪🇨🇺🇱🇹🇿🇦🇰🇪🇹🇿🇸🇦🇲🇩🇸🇾🇲🇪🇪🇪🇦🇲🇲🇶🇲🇴🇭🇰🇧🇩🇵🇰🇷🇸

Surfed with CS hosts in: 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇿🇭🇺🇫🇷🇧🇪🇫🇮🇦🇹🇭🇷🇷🇸🇧🇬🇹🇷🇷🇴🇩🇰🇳🇱🇸🇪🇦🇱🇲🇪🇲🇰🇬🇷🇸🇮🇸🇰🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇱🇵🇸🇯🇴🇴🇲🇦🇪🇲🇽🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇵🇱

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Sabina Lindgren introduced me to the CS community back in 2016. Sabina is a veteran couchsurfer and all-around generous human being based in Sweden🇸🇪. Check out her great profile! https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/sabinalindgren

Lately I've travelled a bit with Veronica. She may be relatively new to CS, but she's eager to bring community together. See V's expanding profile here: https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/veronica-allenger

兴趣

• cats
• books
• running
• politics
• reading
• minimalism
• jazz
• guitar
• geography
• history
• languages
• couchsurfing
• craft beer
• radio
• hospitality
• maps
• ramen
• flags
• vinyl records
• railways
• progressive rock
• interrail
• balkans
• hungarian
• duolingo
• raki
• halfmarathon
• kanji
• pálinka
• vexillology
• speechwriting

音乐、电影和书籍

Musical interests run the gamut from modern and classic-era progressive rock to avant-jazz, extreme and experimental metal, Scandinavian folk, early 70s soul, Glenn Gould’s Bach, and the Greek crooners. One musical artist I could not live without: Leprous

Happy to welcome all your musical recommendations!

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Three-week homestay with a host family in Graz🇦🇹. [1995]

JET Program English teacher in Yamaguchi🇯🇵 for three years [2001-2004]. If you've done something similar, it would be fun to compare experiences!

Sampled 38 craft beers in four days in Portland, Oregon🇺🇸. [2016]

Eurail/Interail experience from Budapest to Istanbul and back! 🇭🇺🇹🇷 [2019]

Spent a week camping above the Arctic Circle in Sweden🇸🇪. [2020]

Lived in Tirana, Albania🇦🇱 for three months, hitchhiked for the first time, and helped clean up the hiking trail at Dajti Mountain. [2021]

Visited the towns of Šurany and Nové Zámky🇸🇰 to see where my Hungarian grandfather was born and grew up. [2022]

During a fall trip to the Middle East, was hosted 23 straight days by Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians, Iranians in Oman and Egyptians in Dubai. [2023] 🙏

Travel through the years…
1989/91/92/93 - 🇺🇸
1995 - 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇸🇮🇭🇺
1997 - 🇺🇸
1998 - 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇸
1999 /2000 - 🇺🇸
2001 - 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇭🇫🇷🇯🇵
2002 - 🇯🇵
2003 - 🇯🇵🇰🇷🇺🇸
2004 - 🇯🇵
2005/06/07/08 - 🇺🇸
2009 - 🇨🇺🇺🇸
2010/11/12/13 - 🇺🇸
2014 - 🇩🇴🇺🇸
2015 - 🇺🇸🇲🇽
2016 - 🇸🇪🇩🇰🇩🇪🇨🇿🇸🇰🇭🇺🇺🇸
2017 - 🇭🇺🇺🇸🇩🇰🇸🇪
2018 - 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇧🇪🇫🇮
2019 - 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇭🇺🇭🇷🇷🇸🇧🇬🇹🇷🇷🇴🇸🇪🇩🇰🇳🇱🇧🇪
2020 - 🇸🇪
2021 - 🇸🇪🇩🇰🇦🇱
2022 - 🇸🇪🇹🇷🇦🇱🇽🇰🇲🇪🇲🇰🇬🇷🇭🇺🇦🇹🇸🇮🇸🇰
2023 - 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇱🇵🇸🇯🇴🇴🇲🇦🇪
2024 - 🇲🇽
2025 - 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇵🇱🇦🇱🇮🇹🇻🇦🇸🇪🇩🇰

教，学，和分享

I have a passion for the cuisine of Hungary🇭🇺 — I'll be happy to prepare for you my signature dish: pörkölt and nokedli. 🌶+🍅+🥒 =🥘 If you have a favourite recipe from home, let’s make it! 🍽

16 highly recommended adventurers and travel vloggers — all worth checking out:

Eva zu Beck🇵🇱 https://www.youtube.com/EvazuBeckOfficial
Abrar Hussan🇵🇰 https://www.youtube.com/c/WildlensbyAbrar
James Leithart🇺🇸🇦🇱 https://youtube.com/c/JamesLeithart
Rick Steves🇺🇸 https://www.youtube.com/user/RickSteves
Geography Now/Paul Barbato🇺🇸 https://www.youtube.com/GeographyNow
Bald and Bankrupt/Benjamin Rich🇬🇧 https://www.youtube.com/baldandbankrupt
Eamon and Bec🇨🇦 https://www.youtube.com/EamonBec/
Syifa Adriana🇮🇩 https://www.youtube.com/SyifaAdriana
Alina Mcleod🇨🇦 https://www.youtube.com/AlinaMcleod
Drew Binsky🇺🇸 https://www.youtube.com/thehungrypartier
Itchy Boots🇳🇱 https://www.youtube.com/itchyboots
On Her Bike🇵🇱 https://www.youtube.com/onherbike
The Man in Seat 61🇬🇧 https://www.youtube.com/seat61
1 Bike, 1 World🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://www.youtube.com/1bike1world
Nora Adventurism🇳🇱 https://www.youtube.com/Nora_adventurism
Indigo Traveller🇳🇿 https://www.youtube.com/@IndigoTraveller

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

What I Can Offer Guests:

- private room with deluxe airbed for two
- pull-out couch for two in a more open space 🛋
- shower/bath 🚿🛁
- balcony that gets morning and afternoon sun 🌇
- wifi📱

我游览过的国家

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Oman, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vatican City State

我居住过的国家

Albania, Canada, Japan, Sweden