In Paris Dec 2024:
I'm in Paris until the 30. 12., housesitting for a friend who has a small but very central (Metro Faidherbe Chaligny, half hour walk from Notre Dame and Pere Lachaise cemetery) and cozy flat. She is OK with me hosting, but I only have one key, and when I'm out, the guest needs to be too. But it's Paris, and so much to see, so who wants to spend a day inside anyway! I can offer you huge couch in the living room, or the bed (non shared, if you prefer the bed I'll crash on the couch).
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I left Croatia when I was 18, having received an art school scholarship in the States, lived many different places after my return to Europe,mostly Barcelona
I'm vegetarian and lapsed vegan,since 20 years. Done a lot of activism,cooked with Food not Bombs and mobile kitchens for many years. Now mostly doing silkscreened concert posters...here are some examples:
www.behance.net/hrvojekaralic
www.instagram.com/styxstudioartist
I love exploring new cities and travelling in nature.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Having travelled extensively, countless times I relied on hospitality and generosity of others,as well as hosted many travellers in the places where I lived. I'm drawing a poster right now,so a bit busy but will have time to show you around. You can also just drop off your gear at my place,and go exploring by yourself.
Being vegetarian,this is also the food I will make.for you. Looking forward to meet travellers who are also backpackers, hitchhikers,adventurers...

Interests

• literature
• concerts
• cycling
• cinema
• nature
• illustration
• vegan cooking
• mountain hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Leonard Cohen, Diamanda Galas, Anohni, Dead Can Dance, Johnny Cash, Mike Patton, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Neurosis, Swans, John Carpenter, World Inferno Friendship Society, Fuck Buttons, Ennio Morricone, The Residents, Silver Mt Zion, Ramones (my first concert ever!)...
Books: J.G.Ballard, Orwell, Philip K. Dick, Octavia Butler, HP Lovecraft, Cormac McCarthy...
Films: Cronenberg, Carpenter, Herzog , Lynch, Kubrick, Gilliam, Dante, Jodorowsky...I have been volunteering at the Sitges Fantastic Film
Festival for the past 15 years.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Riding freight trains in the U.S., volunteering as a park ranger in the Black Rock Desert,Nevada
Hitchiked around Tabernas Desert, camping in the locations where they filmed many classic Spaghetti Westerns, Lawrence of Arabia, Indiana Jones 3...

Teach, Learn, Share

I can take you hiking in the forests and hills behind Crikvenica, if I host you while I'm in Croatia, there are even castle ruins back there!
Interested in meeting people to share travel stories,the crazier the better! Also can help you with art projects, hitching advice, learning languages.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Travel stories, and I can make really good vegan chocolate orange brownies.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Croatia, France, Netherlands, Spain, United States