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Overview

  • 7 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Romanian; learning Arabic, German, Italian, Serbo-Croatian
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • PhD student
  • No education listed
  • From Bucharest, Romania
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

travel, learn, cherish friends, enjoy it all.

ABOUT ME

My friends know it- I'm always on the road, be it for projects I am working on or the sheer pleasure of being out there. I really enjoy exploring places and getting to know people.

I enjoy living to the fullest all of life's small pleasures, from discovering a remote village in Turkey to cooking a meal for friends and chatting for hours.

I dislike traveling in touristy-overcommercialized places and enjoy getting immersed in vibrant local cultures. My personal favorites by now have been Georgia and Bosnia, countries with gorgeous landscapes and a big soul, Georgia, Cuba's incredible old towns and scenery, but also rural Romania, where things still go at a different pace and there is no other milk than whole. My nightmare- a life in a place like Atlanta, trapped in a car and shopping malls.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I discovered CS through my Dutch friends, with whom I was traveling in Armenia in 2008. We stayed over at Maria's, a Polish Eurovolunteer in Yerevan, who was really wonderful. It was when Russia got into Georgia, so we shared the floor with some Polish mountaineers who had to flee Georgia. A memorable time!

Interests

traveling, architecture, history, languages, meeting people, music (from indie rock to Balkan beats), international cinema

  • architecture
  • cooking
  • shopping
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • history
  • languages

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Georgia, Italy, Lebanon, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States

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