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  • Fluent in Czech, English, Slovak; learning Georgian, German, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2006
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  • master academic degree from the university
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Living adventurous life, the life is so amazing in this way :)

ABOUT ME

You can set some image by yourself.

PHILOSOPHY

"In society you will not find health, but in nature. Unless our feet at least stood in the midst of nature, all our faces would be pale and livid. Society is always diseased, and the best is the most so. There is no scent in it so wholesome as that of the pines, nor any fragrance so penetrating and restorative as the life-everlasting in high pastures. The doctrines of despair, of spiritual or political tyranny or servitude, were never taught by such as shared the serenity of nature."
Henry David Thoreau

"With a little bit of imagination, anything is possible."
–Angus MacGyver

My philosophy: To live in the harmony with and save the Nature, Enjoy the life, improve myself, know more, help to my relatives and friends, trying to be better, ...

My personal goal: Visit all the countries during my life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm hosting people in Bratislava and I can also help you to find out the way for cognition and enjoying of Slovakia. I organize CS meetings and events as well.

I can take you for a hike to Malé Karpaty mountains near Bratislava, some options:

Záruby - 768 m = the highest hill of Malé Karpaty, we can go from Smolenice (difficulty: medium, elevation: 557 m, takes about 4 hours, 13 km) and also visit ruins of castle Ostrý Kameň (576 m). Other intersting places worth of visiting close to Smolenice are Smolenice castle from 14th century and Driny Cave.

Vysoká - 754 m = 2nd highest hill of Malé Karpaty, we can go from Kuchyňa (difficulty: medium, elevation: 534 m, takes about 6 hours, 22 km) or from Vývrat (possible in 2 or 3 hours) and if we have all day we can come back through Zochova chata and visit the castle Červený Kameň as well.

Vápenná - 752 m = 3rd highest hill of Malé Karpaty, we can go from Plavecké Podhradie (difficulty: medium, elevation: 542 m, takes about 5 hours, 17 km) and visit also the ruins of castle Plavecký hrad (400 m) from 13th century.

Pajštún - 486 m = ruins of castle, we can go from Marianka or Borinka (difficulty: easy, takes about 1 and half hour) or from Rača = place where I live (takes about 4 or 5 hours).

Or what about going to Gerlach (2654.4 m - the highest peak of Slovakia) in High Tatras ? :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

CS Ambassador (living in Bratislava) since 20th August 2011

CS Travels and people who has hosted me:

/////////// Austria:

Salzburg - June 8th 2010 - Peter Walter and Kathrin

Weiden am See - June 18th 2011 - Florian-Cecil Herold

Salzburg - June 20th 2014 - Peter Walter and Kathrin

/////////// Belgium:

Brussels - May 8th, 9th and 10th 2014 - Laurent Bernard

Brussels - May 24th 2019 - Franco Mabs

Brussels - December 17th 2019 - Franco Mabs

/////////// Canada:

Toronto - August 1st 2017 - Saša Milić

/////////// Croatia:

Malinska (Krk island) - June 23rd - June 25th 2013 - Ivan Rubinić and Igor Linardic

/////////// Czech Republic:

Tábor - January 15th, 16th and 17th 2010 - Shane Kerins and Natalie Marriott

Tábor - January 18th and 19th 2010 - Martina Vaňatová

Tábor - June 11th 2016 - Monča Kopřivová

Zloncice - June 27th and 28th 2022 - Victor Bogdan Grecu

Prague - July 26th 2022 - Peter Randuška

/////////// Finland:

Tampere - June 25th 2008 - Markku Konttinen

Päaskynniemi - June 26th - June 30th 2008 - Antoine Rolland

Tampere - July 1st 2008 - Heikki Kylmälä

/////////// France:

Paris - January 9th, 10th and 11th 2009 - Fabien Cottanceau

Paris - September 16th and 17th 2011 - Cyrielle Teisson

/////////// Georgia:

Tbilisi - April 12th 2014 - tent surfing in Vake park by Data Lapauri

Borjomi - January 5th 2015 - Lubka

/////////// Germany:

Trier - June 24th 2008 - Sarah Russwurm

Binsfeld - July 2nd 2008 - Scott Hanes

Leipzig - July 6th 2009 - Constanze Neubach

Traben-Trarbach - November 7th 2009 - Alex Heinecke

Berlin - December 1st 2015 - Pyotr Magnus Nedov

Berlin - April 29th and 30th 2016 - Pyotr Magnus Nedov

/////////// Hungary:

Budapest - November 3rd 2012 - Mate Horvath

Veroce - September 3rd 2013 - Timea and Balazs

/////////// Iran:

Karaj - Mehrdad Sasani - September 25th 2016

Dorvan - Mehrdad Sasani - October 2nd 2016

/////////// Israel:

Giv'at Ela - November 14th 2016 - Yael and Yacov Fogelman

Timrat - November 15th 2016 - Gal and Anton Slavkin

Metsoke Dragot - November 16th 2016 - Josef

Eilat - November 17th 2016 - David Shatski

Modi'in Makabim-Re'ut - November 18th 2016 - Boris Tolstov

Kibbutz Samar - January 16th and 17th 2018 - Gili Siel

/////////// Italy:

Napoli - June 19th 2010 - Patrik Haraldson

Succivo (Aversa, Napoli) - June 20th 2010 - Riina Purkart

Catania - June 22nd 2010 - Giuseppe Buda

Bari - June 23rd 2010 - Colino Messa

/////////// Jordan:

Madaba - Mohammad Barakat - November 26th 2018

Madaba - Ashraf Jo - November 30th 2018

/////////// Morocco:

Rabat - March 21st 2015 - Adil El Maifi

Casablanca - March 22nd 2015 - Adel Casablancais

Imlil - March 26th 2015 - Mohamed Aztat

/////////// Netherlands:

Leiden - November 30th and December 1st 2012 - Roger

Eindhoven - December 2nd 2012 - Dirk De Jong

The Hague - April 19th, 20th and 21st 2015 - Dana_and_Roberto

The Hague - April 22nd 2015 - Julian Slotman

The Hague - April 23rd and 24th 2015 - Sarah Gluschitz

/////////// Oman / Sultanate of Oman:

Muscat - December 10th and 11th - Maria Chulkstan

/////////// Palestine:

Al Aroub - November 12th 2016 - Prince Bassem

/////////// Portugal:

Porto - November 8th and 9th 2009 - Pedro Queiros

Lisbon - November 10th, 11th and 12th 2009 - Cesar Valentim

/////////// Russia:

Moscow - February 2nd - February 6th 2015 - Lily Mogzhanova

Saint Petersburg - 28th June - July 3th 2015 - Anastasia Terenteva

/////////// Slovakia:

Bratislava - uncountable number of nights by Ondrej Stefek

Bratislava - May 30th 2008 - Zuzana Novomeska

Bratislava - July 7th 2008 - Veronika Zaineova

Bratislava - July 11th, 12th 2008 - Zuzana Novomeska

Bratislava - December 8th 2008 - Dominika Sovikova

Bratislava - January 25th 2010 - Hugo Del Puerto

Dolný Kubín - February 19th 2010 - Lubos Vrobel

Bratislava - August 27th 2010 - Veronika Zaineova

Svätý Anton - December 18th and 19th 2010 - Margaret and Bartek

Láb - July 24th 2011 - Ondrej Stefek

Láb - November 19th 2011 - Ondrej Stefek

Podmanín - September 5th 2012 - Dominika Sovikova

Poprad - September 28th and 29th 2012 - Kadri Rull and Branko Skokan

Martin - October 3rd 2013 - Matus Jurecka

Poprad - February 14th, 15th and 16th 2014 - Jana Budzakova and Stevo

Poprad - February 17th 2014 - Zuzana Lescinska

Poprad - February 18th 2014 - Vladimira Lackova and Chris Gat

Poprad - February 19th and 20th 2014 - Pavol Janosko

Stará Bystrica - March 14th and 15th 2014 - PAPAJA

Poprad - September 26th and 27th 2014 - Zuzana Lescinska - hike to
Gerlachovsky stit (2655 m) on September 28th 2014

Dolný Kubín - October 31st and November 1st 2014 - Lubos Vrobel

Zvolen - December 21st 2014 - Peter Randuška - couchsurfing with Pyotr Magnus Nedov

Poprad - February 13th and 14th 2015 - Pavol Janosko

Záhorská Bystrica - March 8th 2015 - Ondrej Stefek - couchsurfing with Anne van Dijk

Zvolen - December 16th 2016 - Peter Randuška

Dolný Kubín - January 19th and 20th 2024 - Lubos Vrobel

Banská Bystrica - November 22nd and 23rd 2024 - Jakub Svrcek

/////////// Slovenia:

Maribor - May 8th 2010 - Andreja Kozel

Ljubljana - May 9th, 10th and 12th 2010 - Danijela Planinc

Nova Gorica - May 11th 2010 - Filip Rijavec and Mojca

/////////// Sweden:

Stockholm - November 15th 2008 - Häkan

Stockholm - November 16th and 17th 2008 - Katarina Larsson

Stockholm - November 18th and 19th 2008 - Elina Pesonen

/////////// Turkey:

Istanbul - January 2nd, 3rd and 4th 2011 - Murat Coşkunçay

Istanbul - January 5th and 6th 2011 - Özgür Derya Durmaz

Gümbet (Bodrum peninsula) - July 7th and 8th 2011 - Özge Karanak

Türkbükü (Bodrum peninsula) - July 9th 2011 - AkIn Duru

Turgutreis (Bodrum peninsula) - July 11th 2011 - Melih Duru - father of AkIn Duru

Istanbul - July 12th 2011 - Ercin Gunduz

Istanbul - April 5th and 6th 2012 - Murat Coşkunçay and Esra Okur Coşkunçay

Istanbul - April 7th and 8th 2012 - Anna and Burcin Kahraman

Istanbul - September 20th and 21st 2012 - Arda

Istanbul - September 22nd and 23rd 2012 - Ghazwan

Istanbul - December 31st 2013 - kind of couchsurfing at the istiklal hostel
reception by Sinan

Istanbul - January 1st 2014 - Ozgur

Istanbul - January 2nd and 3rd 2014 - Ahmet Alper

Istanbul - January 4th and 5th 2014 - Ozgur

Rize - December 30th 2014 - Müslüm Doğan

/////////// Ukraine:

Kiev - September 4th 2013 - Roman Maksymenko

Koktebel - September 8th 2013 - Julie Kupina organized a tent surfing for me :)

Kiev - September 13th 2013 - Roman Maksymenko

/////////// United Arab Emirates:

Dubai - December 9th 2017 - Ashraf

/////////// United Kingdom:

London - March 20th 2015 - Roman Maksymenko

/////////// USA:

New York City - September 25th 2007 - Harlem - my first real and amazing CS
experience by awesome girl Moana Niumeitolu

Washington D.C. - September 3rd, 4th 2008 - Lisa Farhamy

Los Angeles - September 5th, 6th and 7th 2008 - Peggy Liu

Las Vegas - September 8th and 9th 2008 - Shana Wright

Boston - July 13th 2017 - Patrick McMahon

Washington D.C. - July 30th 2017 - Kengo !

CS Hospitality or people I have hosted:

Female: 53, Male: 41

Ondrej Stefek - Slovakia

Angus Morrison - England

Jolan Nisbet - Canada

Matt and Beth - Pennsylvania, USA - July 8th 2008

Hugo Del Puerto - Paraguay - September 4th 2009

Markku Konttinen - Finland - July 21st 2010

Julian O'Shea and Hilary - Australia - September 18th 2010

Lily Mogzhanova and her great mom Nelly - Russia, Moscow - January 8th
2011

Marek Lahoda - Czech Republic - August 31st and September 1st 2011

Philippe Lainé - France - August 31st and September 1st 2011

Karin Stadlbauer and Lena - Austria - September 2nd 2011

Mariola Turowska and Basia Wrzosek - Poland - September 24th 2011

Ehsan Labib - Afghanistan - October 10th 2011

Stefano Cortinovis - Italy - November 8th 2011

Liam Drennan-Marshall - Tasmania - May 19th 2012

Larissa Vogel - Germany - August 10th 2012

Deniz Tuzcuoglu - Turkey - September 9th 2012

Lubos Vrobel - Slovakia - November 13th 2012

Heikki Kylmälä - Finland - September 20th 2013

Erol Yildirim - Turkey - October 25th 2013

Jana Budzakova and Stevo - Slovakia - March 4th 2014

Plato Cheng - China - March 7th 2014

Elena Gorianova - England - July 10th, 13th and 16th 2014

Zuzanna Rusnok and Rafal Jaruszewicz - Czech Republic and Poland - July
11th and 12th 2014

Radana Gal and Laura Hakovirta - Slovakia and Finland - July 14th 2014

Haan and Dave - Malaysia and Ireland - July 21st 2014

Lara Heuft and Julia Middelberg - Germany - July 24th 2014

Anna Kanitz - Germany - August 6th 2014

Gregor McGregor - Japan - August 7th 2014

Alexandra Konopleva and Polina - Russia - August 11th 2014

Maria Bruna Malcangi and Luis Fernandez - Italy and Spain - August 13th 2014

Merve Erçin, Aykut Saka and Tuan Bach - Turkey, Turkey and Vietnam - August 14th 2014

Merve Erçin, Aykut Saka and Basak Basbayraktar - Turkey - August 15th 2014

Marco Soares - Portugal - August 18th, 19th and 20th 2014

Wilfrid Mathieu - France - August 19th 2014

Elinor Artsy - New Hampshire, USA - September 9th and 10th 2014

Gwendal Dréan - France - September 25th 2014

Katie Butcher with her friend - Australia - October 8th 2014

Roman Maksymenko - Ukraine - October 17th to 22nd 2014

Maria Botas and Sorina Liliana - Romania - November 7th 2014

Giuseppe Buda - Italy - November 12th 2014

Pyotr Magnus Nedov - Moldova - December 22nd 2014

Dominika Sovikova - Slovakia - February/March 2015

Chelsea Elizabeth Hart - Alaska, USA - February 23rd and 24th 2015

Olya Zacharova and Ksenia - Russia - March 12th 2015

Olya Zacharova, Ksenia and Artyom Smolentsev - Russia - March 13th 2015

Hanna Anna and Dasha - Belarus - March 19th 2015

Katharina Lueke and Felix - Germany - March 31st and April 1st 2015

Anne van Dijk and Pim - Netherlands - April 5th and 6th 2015

Basia and Filip - Poland - April 29th 2015

Emil Henček - Slovakia - May 3rd 2015

Ane Sørensen and Reda - Denmark and Western Sahara - May 11th 2015

Morgan Daniels - California, USA - June 9th 2015

Ania Cieślar - Poland - July 14th, 15th and 16th 2015

Dana - Netherlands - July 29th and 30th 2015

Carlos Cordoba Morales and Walter Van Der Heyden - Spain and Belgium - August 20th 2015

Annie Chow - Hong Kong - September 7th, 8th and 9th 2015

Lola Villen - Spain - May 29th 2016

Lisa Tan - Singapore - June 9th 2016 - hosted in Prague

Florian Mende - Germany - July 11th and 12th 2016

Andrey Demidov - Russia - July 21st 2016

Helen Stroheker and Tracy - USA (California and Florida) - July 28th and 29th 2016

Anna Gordeeva - Russia (Saint Petersburg) - July 30th, 31st and August 1st 2016

Monika Kopřivová and her mom Olga - Czech Republic (Tábor) - August 8th and 9th 2016

Charlotte - France - December 13th and 14th 2016 - hosted in Warsaw

Jean-Philippe Coupey (ondamoon) and his son Grégoire - France - July 13th and 14th 2022

Lina Rønne Egholm Jensen - Denmark - July 24th 2022

Khánh My Huynh - Vietnam - December 19th and 20th 2023

CS Meetings:

Bratislava - a lot of occasional meetings with couchsurfers

Free Willy - BEARS or NOT (unlimited snow experience) - February 2007 by Ondrej Stefek

BRATISLAVA Xmas markets 2007 - November 24th 2007 by Ondrej Stefek and Tina Slovakova

Slovak Pub's Meeting in Bratislava - January 3rd 2008 by Antoine Rolland

One day skiing in Austria: Semmering-Stuhleck from Bratislava by train - January 12th 2008 (organizer)

Italian Invasion Episode III: Bratislava / Free Willy Ski Warmup - February 9th 2008 by Mimmo Panza / Ondrej Stefek

Free Willy Back To School Ski Trip - February 2008 by Ondrej Stefek

CS Meeting at Prazdroj pub, Bratislava - February 21st 2008 by Dankaa

Linz Invasion to Bratislava - March 22nd 2008 by Raymund

Improliga - Elam club (competition in dramatic improvisation) - April 9th 2008 (organizer)

Gardenparty in Limbach - April 13th 2008 by Michal Knitl

Meeting of CS-friends to greet and have a drink with Mozafar from Sudan - May 1st 2008 by Ada Sablova

Goulash Potluck Party (Stefanikova 16, Bratislava) - May 11th 2008 by Ondrej Stefek

Bike trip to Pajstun and one night camping with Ondrej and Magnus - May 24th - May 25th 2008 (organizer)

Weekend in Päaskynniemi (Finland) - June 27th - June 29th 2008 by Antoine Rolland

CS Dinner at Thai restaurant in Los Angeles with Peggy, Bebe, Mirka, Jaime and Omar - September 5th 2008

CS Dinner at Irish restaurant in Los Angeles with Ben, Peggy and Mirka - September 7th 2008

CS Dinner in Las Vegas with Shana and Mirka - September 9th 2008

CS Dinner at Indian restaurant in San Francisco with Ben, Shoa and Mirka - September 23rd 2008

CS Meeting with Anni from Finland and Eva - Slovak pub, Bratislava - October 25th 2008 by Eva Kocunova

BRATISLAVA Xmas markets 2008 - December 7th 2008 by Tina Slovakova and Ondrej Stefek

CS JAZZ TEMPTATIONS - Lucia Luzinska & All TimeJazz band - January 21st 2009 by Ondrej Stefek

Bratislava Star System Garden Magic POTLUCK - May 24th 2009 by Ondrej Stefek

International meeting in Kotolna pub, Bratislava - July 31st 2009 by Jana Fialova and Andras Foldvari

1st Slovak CS Meeting in Banska Stiavnica - October 16th - 18th 2009 by Michal Knitl

Traditional Portugese dinner in Porto with Pedro and Saska - November 9th 2009

CS Dinner at the Japanese restaurant in Lisbon with Sofia, Nuno, Cesar, Nina, Sergio and Saska - November 12th 2009

BRATISLAVA Xmas markets 2009 - November 28th 2009 by Tina Slovakova

Free Hugs in Bratislava + Christmas meeting - December 23rd 2009 by Michal Knitl

CS Dinner in Petrzalka + New Year 2010 celebration - December 31st 2009 by Veronika Rimajova and Eva Vojtikevicova

Meeting with CS friends in Tábor - U Zlatého Lva with Shane and Natalie, Mike and Nic, Martina, Keith - January 15th 2010

CS Dinner at Indian restaurant in Tábor with Shane and Natalie - January 16th 2010

1st monthly Bratislava's regular meeting at Bratislava Flagship Restaurant by Matej Bartko and Boris Bielik - January 29th 2010

Free Willy 2010 - Jolly is back! - Ski Trip - 31/01/2010 - 06/02/2010 (organizer)

CS international meeting at Bratislava Flagship Restaurant by Matej Bartko and Boris Bielik - February 10th 2010"

KRIVAN EXPEDITION" - hiking in Mala Fatra - Vrutky - Suchy vrch by Lubos Vrobel - February 20th 2010

2nd monthly Bratislava's regular meeting at Spirit of Wine by Matej Bartko and Boris Bielik - February 26th 2010

Amateur ice hockey in Malacky - March 8th 2010 (organizer)

Spring welcoming - garden party in Bratislava Koliba - March 20th 2010 by Vladimir Bernat

Paintball in Bratislava - indoor paintball at Páričkova 18 - Spanish team (4 Spanish guys) versus International team for Bratislava (Spanish, Czech, Slovak and American member) by Pablo Villoslada - March 25th 2010

3rd monthly Bratislava's regular meeting at Spirit of Wine by Pablo Villoslada, Boris Bielik and Matej Bartko - March 26th 2010

4th monthly Bratislava's regular meeting - garden party "Tastes of the world" at Koliba by Vladimir Bernat and Matej Bartko - April 24th 2010

After 6th CS monthly meeting-summer solstice Nordic style party - garden party at Koliba by Vladimir Bernat - June 26th 2010

10th monthly Bratislava's regular meeting at Hopkirk chillout and culture bar by Matej Bartko and Silvia Belovicova - October 29th 2010

25th Improliga in Elam club (competition in dramatic improvisation) - November 24th 2010 (organizer)

11th monthly Bratislava's regular CS meeting at Rancik u Kanga by Ondrej Stefek and me - November 26th 2010

12th monthly Bratislava's regular CS meeting at Spirit of Wine by Matej Bartko - December 17th 2010

Christmas party in Soví dom in Svaty Anton by Margaret and Bartek - 18/12/2010 - 20/12/2010

Spirit of Wine - food and films relaxed party in Bratislava by Matej Bartko - January 22nd 2011

CS Jazz meeting at Pub u Zeleného stromu in Bratislava by Ondrej Stefek - January 30th 2011

15th monthly Bratislava's regular CS meeting - Show your legs, chicken! - Youtube party and midnight surprise at Spirit of Wine by Pablo Villoslada and Matej Bartko - March 25th 2011

Weekly Bodrum Meeting #5 - CS meeting at Bodrum Denizciler Kahvesi (Sailor’s café), Turkey by Yakut Ersoy and AkIn Duru - July 2nd 2011

Get Busy Living - Ondrej's 33th B-day Meeting at Cafe Verne by Ondrej Stefek - September 26th 2011

1st Pre-Christmas CS Meeting and dinner in Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia, CS XMAS HIKE to Sitno by Ondrej Stefek and me - December 16th - 18th 2011

Ski trip "Willy is going abroad" - Auris en Oisans, France - January 6th - 14th 2012

Monday's CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at ROCK OK by Piotr Mikita - January 16th 2012

Monday's CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at Animal's Pub by Piotr Mikita - January 23th 2012

Bratislava's Language Exchange Meeting (BLEM) at 7even by Silvia Augustinova - January 25th 2012

CS Monthly Meeting + Presentations of Travellers + My Favourite Superhero CS Party at HOPKIRK Chillout & Culture Bar, Bratislava by Ondrej Stefek , Katarina Matiasovska and Piotr Mikita - January 27th 2012

Monday's CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at ROCK OK by Piotr Mikita - January 30th 2012

Late breakfast on Sunday at Corny Cafe, Bratislava by Ivana Kollarova - February 12th 2012

Bratislava's Language Exchange Meeting: BLEM is back in Spirit of Wine by Silvia Augustinova - February 29th 2012

Bratislava's Language Exchange Meeting (BLEM) at KC Dunaj - March 7th 2012

Bratislava's Language Exchange Meeting (BLEM) at Goblin's Pub by PAPAJA - April 18th 2012

Bratislava's Language Exchange Meeting (BLEM) at U Deda by Silvia Augustinova - May 9th 2012

Tajovsky ruulezz! (theatre by a group of English teachers and CS-ers) at Atelier Babylon - June 7th 2012

Monday's CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at FUNKI PUNKI by Piotr Mikita - September 24th 2012

2nd edition of CS XMAS meeting in Banska Stiavnica + CS XMAS HIKE to Sitno by Ondrej Stefek and me - December 14th - 16th 2012

Monday's CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at Bistro The Peach by Piotr Mikita - February 4th 2013

Free Willy Ski Trip 2013 in Skalka pri Kremnici, Slovakia - February 10th - 15th 2013

3rd edition of CS XMAS meeting in Banska Stiavnica + CS XMAS HIKE by Ondrej Stefek and me - December 13th - 15th 2013

Friday Night CS Party Night in Istanbul at Aura Pera by ALI999 and Bülent YAPALIAL - January 3rd 2014

Monday's CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at Cafe Nervosa by Piotr Mikita, Jurko Scamba and Łukasz Wiśniewski - February 3rd 2014

Monday's CS weekly meeting "Valentine Special" at Lanai Cafe & Bar by Lydia and Piotr Mikita - February 10th 2014

Monday's CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at Budvar Pub by Piotr Mikita and Jurko Scamba - February 24th 2014

Monday's CS weekly meeting "Tasting worldly cusines (#1): Peruvian restaurant" at Casa Inka by Lydia and Piotr Mikita - March 3rd 2014

CS weekend skiing/snowboarding trip to Austria at Stuhleck + visit of amazing sauna at VIVAX in Mürzzuschlag - meeting page - March 8th 2014

Monday's CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at Pivnica u Kozla by Piotr Mikita and Jurko Scamba - March 10th 2014

Weekend at the Cottage no.2 in Stara Bystrica by PAPAJA - March 14th - 16th 2014

Monday's CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at 17’s Bar & Pizza Restaurant by Piotr Mikita and Jurko Scamba - March 17th 2014

Monday's CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at Centrálna Klubovňa by Piotr Mikita and Jurko Scamba - March 24th 2014

Monday's CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at Le Shenk pub by Piotr Mikita and Jurko Scamba - March 31st 2014

Monday's CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at Cierny Pes by Piotr Mikita and Jurko Scamba - April 7th 2014

Monday CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at Cafe Nervosa by Piotr Mikita and Yuri Slav - May 12th 2014

Monday CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at HOPKIRK by Piotr Mikita and Yuri Slav - June 9th 2014

Monday CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at Obyvacka Cafe by Piotr Mikita and Yuri Slav - July 7th 2014

CS Monday meeting at Rock N Ribs Grill Bar by Piotr Mikita and Yuri Slav - July 14th 2014

NIGHT/open air/Koliba by Radana Gal - July 15th 2014

Monday CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at Cafe Scherz by Piotr Mikita and Yuri Slav - July 21st 2014

Monday CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at Primo Amore by Piotr Mikita and Yuri Slav - August 4th 2014

Monday CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at Starosloviensky pivovar by Piotr Mikita and Yuri Slav - August 11th 2014

Monday CS weekly meeting "Deep talks about nothing" at Sladovňa - House Of Beer by Piotr Mikita and Yuri Slav - August 18th 2014

Free public seminar "Choose Love Over Fear" at Cafe Nervosa by Mystic_Traveler - September 3rd 2014

Bratislava Winesurfing 2014 by Lydia Green-Eyed, Yuri Slav, Piotr Mikita and Miroslav Hlivar- September 12th 2014

CS Monday meeting at Kontakt by Piotr Mikita and Yuri Slav - October 27th 2014

CS Monday meeting at Pod Kamenným stromom by Piotr Mikita and Yuri Slav - December 8th 2014

4th CS XMAS meeting in Banska Stiavnica + CS XMAS HIKE by Ondrej Stefek and me - December 19th - 21st 2014

CS Turkish traditional breakfast at Rize tea garden in Rize, Turkey by Müslüm Doğan and me - December 31st 2014

Russian Club at BARBERINI Italian restaurant, Alexandrovsky Park 4/3, complex Velikan Park, Saint Petersburg by Viktoria Dmitrieva - January 27th 2015

Thirstday.. We really are quite thirsty this time! at Cafe Didu, Myasnitskaya ulitsa 24, Moscow by Daria Eliseeva, Owen Venes and Nilson Rincón - February 5th 2015

Monday CS Weekly meeting at Papichulo by Piotr Mikita, Yuri Slav and Miroslav Hlivar - February 16th 2015

Deep Talks About Nothing - Winter Edition at Bokovka by Piotr Mikita, Yuri Slav and Miroslav Hlivar - February 23rd 2015

CS SKI & Party weekend - Donovaly & Banska Bystrica by Piotr Mikita - February 27th - March 1st 2015

CS Monday meeting - Deep Talks About Nothing at Obyvacka Cafe by Piotr Mikita, Yuri Slav, Miroslav Hlivar and Patrik Ontkovic - March 2nd 2015

Monday CS weekly meeting at Richtar Jakub by Ondrej Stefek and me - March 9th 2015

CS ski/snowboarding trip to Austria at Stuhleck/Semmering with Juan and Artyom - March 15th 2015

Monday weekly meeting - Deep Talks about nothing at Cafe 002 by by Piotr Mikita, Yuri Slav and Miroslav Hlivar - March 16th 2015

CS lunch in Rabat with Adil El Maifi and other couchsurfers from Poland - March 22nd 2015

CS meeting "Deep Talks About Nothing" at Cierny Pes by Piotr Mikita, Yuri Slav and Miroslav Hlivar - March 30th 2015

Monday CS weekly meeting at Sladovna and later at Rumelka by Marius Mollersen - April 6th 2015

Monday CS weekly meeting at Bistro The Peach by Piotr Mikita and Miroslav Hlivar - April 13th 2015

Monday CS Meeting - Deep Talks About Nothing - Beer Edition at Ceska pivnica by Piotr Mikita, Yuri Slav and Miroslav Hlivar - June 8th 2015

Monday CS Meeting at MAMUT Pub by Piotr Mikita, Yuri Slav, Miroslav Hlivar and Patrik Ontkovic - June 15th 2015

Monday CS Meeting at Malewill Cafe by Piotr Mikita and Yuri Slav - June 22nd 2015

Russian Club at Osobnyak Polovtsova, Bolshaya Morskaya ulitsa, 52, Saint Petersburg, Russia by Viktoria Dmitrieva - June 30th 2015

Saint-Petersburg WEEKLY meeting on Thursdays at Art-cafe Eastern Africa (Africa-2), Pechatnika Grigoryeva 13 by Anna Gordeeva - July 2nd 2015

CS Meeting-Deep Talks About Nothing - Beer Edition at the Summer Terrace UMELKA by Miroslav Hlivar - July 6th 2015

CS Meeting-Deep Talks About Nothing - Beer Edition at mini-brewery pub Richtar Jakub by Miroslav Hlivar - July 27th 2015

CS Meeting-Deep Talks About Nothing-Danube Edition at Tanker/Plťka by Miroslav Hlivar and Branislav Brúder - August 3rd 2015

CS Meeting-Deep Talks About Nothing - Beer Edition at Staromestký Pub by Piotr Mikita, Yuri Slav and Miroslav Hlivar - August 10th 2015 - meeting Elena :)

Monday CS Weekly meeting at U Certa by Piotr Mikita, Yuri Slav and Patrik Ontkovic - September 7th 2015

Weekly CS Meeting on Monday - Green Edition at Krčma na Zelenej by Attila Mozes - October 5th 2015

5th CS XMAS meeting in Banska Stiavnica - December 18th - 20th 2015

6th CS XMAS meeting in Banska Stiavnica - December 16th - 18th 2016

7th CS XMAS Meeting and Hike in Spania Dolina - December 14th - 16th 2018

TalkSpot CS meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria - July 30th 2022 - randomly meeting my old friend Pyotr Magnus Nedov there :)

I was showing around Bratislava to:

Andreea Narita (Romania) - 30/12/2007

Gemma Scotcher (United Kingdom) - 13/03/2008

Julian O'Shea (Australia) - 16/04/2008

Matt and Beth (Pennsylvania, USA) - 08/07/2008

Ling Ling (Finland) - 09/08/2008

Fabien Cottanceau (France) - 14/08/2008

Deep Nasta (Texas, USA) - 16/10/2008

Anna-Mari Almila (Finland) - 26/10/2008

Lucia Caminada (Argentina) - 03/11/2008

Kris Nursiah (United Kingdom) - 21/04/2009

Dave Blumhardt (United Kingdom) - 05/12/2009

Antonia Lea Röllin & Hanna (Switzerland) - 19/07/2010

Markku Konttinen (Finland) - 20/07/2010

Rachel (Michigan, USA) - 04/10/2010

Mateja Kovac (Slovenia) - 03/04/2011

Fajer Abuzayed (United Arab Emirates) - 19/05/2011

Bojana and Branimir (Croatia) - 06/01/2012

Jie XIAO (China) - 12/02/2012 and 13/02/2012

Liam Drennan-Marshall (Tasmania) - 18/05/2012 - 20/05/2012

Larissa Vogel (Germany) - 10/08/2012 and 11/08/2012

Deniz Tuzcuoglu (Turkey) - 09/09/2012 and 10/09/2012

Ivan Rubinić (Croatia) - 24/01/2013 and 25/01/2013

Heikki Kylmälä (Finland) - 19/09/2013 and 20/09/2013

Laurent Bernard (Belgium) - 01/10/2013

Giuseppe Buda (Italy) - 12/11/2014

Chelsea Elizabeth Hart (Alaska, USA) - 23/02/2015 - 24/02/2015

Olya Zacharova and Ksenia (Russia) - 12/03/2015 - 13/03/2015

Hanna Anna and Dasha (Belarus) - 19/03/2015

Katharina Lueke and Felix (Germany) - 01/04/2015

Arda and his brother Aras (Turkey) - 10/04/2015

Morgan Daniels (California, USA) - 08/06/2015 - 10/06/2015

Fang Wei Goh (Singapore) - 19/06/2015

CS trips:

Italy - Milan, Naples, Pompeii, Rome - 21/12/2006 - 29/12/2006

Finland - Tampere, Lahti, Mikkeli, Päaskynniemi - 25/06/2008 - 02/07/2008

USA - New York, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco -
22/08/2008 - 24/09/2008

Sweden - Stockholm - 15/11/2008 - 20/11/2008

France - Paris - 09/01/2009 - 12/01/2009

Portugal - Porto, Lisbon, Sintra, Cabo da Roca - 08/11/2009 - 14/11/2009

Czech Republic - Tábor - 15/01/2010 - 20/01/2010

Slovenia - Maribor, Ljubljana, Postojna, Nova Gorica, Bled - 08/05/2010 - 13/05/2010

Austria - Salzburg, Mondsee - 08/06/2010 - 11/06/2010

Italy - Napoli and Sicily another go :) - Bari, Ostuni, Monopoli, Polignano a Mare, Naples, Catania - 17/06/2010 - 24/06/2010

Turkey - Istanbul - 31/12/2010 - 07/01/2011

Austria - Neusiedler See - 18/06/2011 - 19/06/2011

Turkey - Bodrum, Istanbul - 01/07/2011 - 13/07/2011

France - Paris - 16/09/2011 - 19/09/2011

Italy, Sicily - Trapani, Palermo - 14/10/2011 - 17/10/2011 - traveling with Tomáš Kurhajec and his girlfriend Martina

Turkey - Istanbul - 05/04/2012 - 12/04/2012

Turkey - Istanbul - 20/09/2012 - 24/09/2012

Hungary - Budapest - 03/11/2012 - 04/11/2012

Netherlands - Leiden, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Eindhoven - 30/11/2012 - 03/12/2012

Crimea CS trip - Veroce, Kyiv, Sevastopol, Balaklava, Yalta, Artek, Alushta, Simferopol, Koktebel, Fedosiya, Arabatskaya Strelka, Strelkove, Genichesk, Dzhankoi, Kyiv - 03/09/2013 - 14/09/2013

Turkey - Istanbul - 31/12/2013 - 06/01/2014

High Tatras Oxygen Therapy 2014 - snowboarding, skiing (Tatranska Lomnica, Telgart, Pod lesom, Strbske Pleso, Jakubkova luka, Bachledova), sauna, dinners, Olympic Games ice hockey matches watching, parties and concert with the couchsurfers, hike to Teryho chata (2015 m), Predne Solisko (2117 m) and
Slavskovsky stit (2452 m) - 14/02/2014 - 22/02/2014

Trip to Georgia - April 12th - 22nd 2014

Weekend in Belgium - Charleroi, Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges - 08/05/2014 - 11/05/2014

Trip to Georgia, East of Turkey and Armenia - 23/12/2014 - 07/01/2015

Trip to Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia and Finland - 23/01/2015 - 08/02/2015

High Tatras 2015 - weekend snowboarding trip - 13/02/2014 - 15/02/2015

CS trip to Morocco - 20/03/2015 - 30/03/2015 - London, Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech, Imlil, Refuge de Toubkal, winter ascent of Jebel Toubkal (4167m) - 26/03/2015, Girona - one amazing evening with other Slovak CS-er Bibiana (we have met randomly on the plane from Marrakech).

Trip to Netherlands - April 17th to 26th 2015

Trip to Georgia and East of Turkey - July 17th - July 26th 2015

Trip to Georgia - May 6th - 14th 2016

Trip to Spain - May 15th - 22nd 2016

Trip to Iran - September 24th - October 3rd 2016

CS trip to Israel - November 12th - 19th 2016

2nd CS trip to Israel - January 11th - 18th 2018

CS trip to Jordan - November 24th - December 1st 2018

Next upcoming trips:
Belgium, Lebanon, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Tanzania

Interests

budget traveling with a lot of improvisation, nature, fishing, hiking, cycling, geocaching, ecology, skiing, snowboarding, ice hockey, football, basketball, football-tennis, swimming (most favorite in the sea), mushrooms picking, camping, reading the books, cooking, eating, drinking, sleeping in the tent, motorcycles, chemistry, laughing, parties, music, dancing, meeting new people, fun with friends, watching of meaningful movies, knowledge competitions, playing of adventure and logic games, networking and telecommunications, thinking about devices and improvements of things around me, resolving the puzzles and brain teasers, interested about general knowledge, effective utilization of the sources

Visited 52 countries. Couchsurfed in 28 countries.

  • animals
  • arts
  • culture
  • books
  • perfumes
  • concerts
  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • breakfast
  • wine
  • beer
  • potluck
  • sauna
  • partying
  • drinking
  • clubbing
  • pub crawls
  • motorcycles
  • gardening
  • paintball
  • boating
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • puzzles
  • coding
  • magic
  • music
  • jazz
  • cycling
  • fishing
  • hiking
  • camping
  • paintballing
  • surfing
  • skiing
  • snowboarding
  • basketball
  • rock climbing
  • soccer
  • hockey
  • olympics
  • tennis
  • swimming
  • chemistry
  • ecology
  • logic
  • language exchange
  • budget travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Life Is a Miracle, Chaotic Ana, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, Dracula (1992), Hair, Into the Wild, Leon, Boyhood, Trainspotting, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Zorba the Greek, Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Bohemian Rhapsody, A Star Is Born, Kill Bill

Series: MacGyver

Documentary: Long Way Round

Music: Michael Jackson, Kosheen, CocoRosie, Lykke Li, Jana Kirschner

Books: Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque, Pearls and Stairway to the Moon by Colin Falconer, Henry David Thoreau

Most favourite actor: Richard Dean Anderson

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Staying at Metsoke Dragot beach by the Dead Sea in Israel (November 2016), Solo ascent of Mount Damavand in Iran - 5 671 m (September 2016), Ascent of 2 summits over 5000 meters within 5 days: Mount Kazbek - 5 047 m and solo ascent of Mount Ararat - 5 137 m (July 2015); solo winter ascent of Jebel Toubkal - 4 167 m in Atlas mountains (March 2015), Going through Arabat Spit in Crimea, Ukraine (September 2013); ride to Hoverla (the highest mountain of Ukraine) by motorbike from village Luhy and next day the way from there around Petros through the mountains and mud to village Kvasy (July 2011); trek at night in the dark, snow, ice and terrible fog to Skalnate pleso without knowing the path (January 2010); motorbike trip to Nordkapp (July 2009); trek down to Grand Canyon (swimming in chilly Colorado River) and then back at night in that same day (September 2008); climbing 5 floors or so by the wall of student campus building to get at the party (May 2008) / nature sceneries in Norway; Slovak mountains, forrest, lakes, rivers; sea fishing on Cape Cod; swimming in Bodrum; Napoli atmosphere and adventures; visit of Transnistria; motorcycles; ...

SCANDINAVIAN ROUND - motorbike trip to Nordkapp - 06/07/2009 - 24/07/2009:
2 men: Peter Halan, Igor Bilik, 2 bikes: BMW 1150 GS, Honda NX 650 Dominator, 8 countries, over 9 200 km in 19 days through Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Norway to Nordkapp and back through Norway, Finland, Sweden, Poland and Slovakia

DANUBE DELTA EXPEDITION - boat trip from Tulcea to Black Sea - 30/07/2010 - 15/08/2010:
6 people: Pavel Devecka, Peter Devecka, Andrej Halan, Maria Serisova, Peter Halan, Igor Bilik; 3 boats with the paddles: 1 praam and 2 kayaks, about 200 km in 11 days by the water in Romania and Ukraine

ODESA 2011 - motorbike trip to Black Sea - 14/07/2011 - 25/07/2011:
2 men: Peter Halan, Igor Bilik, 2 bikes: BMW 1150 GS, Honda NX 650 Dominator, 7 countries, over 3 600 km in 12 days through Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Moldova, Transnistria, Romania and Hungary

BALKAN 2013 - motorbike trip to Ohrid lake on the borders of Albania and Macedonia - 09/08/2013 - 20/08/2013:
3 men: Peter Halan, Radovan Zilinsky, Igor Bilik, 3 bikes: BMW 1150 GS, BMW 1150 GS, Honda NX 650 Dominator, 10 countries, 4000 km in 12 days through Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia and Serbia

CRIMEA 2013 - the biggest adventure of my life, passing through Arabatskaya Strelka - 03/09/2013 - 14/09/2013:
Veroce, Kyiv, Sevastopol, Balaklava, Yalta, Artek, Alushta, Simferopol, Koktebel, Fedosiya, Arabatskaya Strelka, Strelkove, Genichesk, Dzhankoi, Kyiv - this magical and the craziest trip as if written by hand of Emir Kusturica persuaded me about truthfulness of this well known sentence from The Alchemist: "When you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true!" I was just living my dream in present time there and when I realized that it immediately and spontaneously put a smile on my face :)

GEORGIAN DREAM 2014 - unlimited hospitality, beautiful mountains and amazing experiences with local people, visiting of legendary region Racha - 12/04/2014 - 22/04/2014:
Kutaisi, Tbilisi, Msketa, Kazbegi, Sighnaghi, Tsnori, Lagodechi, Matsimi, Gori, Uplistsikhe, Kvakhvreli, Borjomi, Terjola, Tkibuli, Racha: Ambrolauri, Oni, Shovi

ZAKARPATSKA OBLAST 2014 - motorbike trip to vilage Volova - 01/05/2014 - 04/05/2014:
1800 km with Tana by Honda Dominator

CANARY ISLANDS 2014 - trek to volcano Mount Teide (3718 m) - 23/06/2014 - 30/06/2014

TURKISH MIRACLE 2014 - the best trip of my life so far :) through Georgia, East of Turkey and Armenia - 23/12/2014 - 07/01/2015
Falling in love by the lake Van close to Ararat mountain

"Ağrı Dağı Tek Tırmanma 2015" - the most challenging and crazy trip, ascent of Mount Kazbek (20/07/2015) in Caucasus and solo ascent of Mount Ararat (24/07/2015) in Turkey by using of a small Wizzair cabin bag, the tent from Tesco for 10 eur and a lot of improvisation :)

GEORGIA 2016 - trip to Svaneti, trek to Uzba glacier, Telavi wine tasting and staying right next to Batumi botanical garden by Black Sea with Mister

CZECH NATURE 2016 - motorbike trip around Czech Republic - 20/08/2016 - 26/08/2016:
4 people: Peter Halan and Maria Serisova, Igor Bilik, Ondrej Stefek, 3 bikes: BMW 1150 GS, Honda NX 650 Dominator and JAWA 350, visiting national parks and nature places: chasm Macocha and Punkevni cave near Brno, Adrspach Rocks, Krkonose, Czech Paradise, Czech Switzerland, quarry Big America, dam Orlik, Czech Canada, Podyji, ...

IRANIAN ADVENTURE 2016 - summer solo ascent of Mount Damavand (28/09/2016) near Tehran in strong windy weather (70 km/h), meeting amazing local people and experiencing their unbelievable hospitality, swimming in Caspian Sea in swimming suit only what police didn't like :)

ISRAELI SUMMER IN WINTER :) 2016 - great CS trip and meeting of unforgettable local people, Bassem in Al Aroub in Palestine, Yeal and Yacov in Giv'at Ela, Gal and Anton in Timrat, Josef, Yacov and Itamar in Metsoke Dragot, David in Eilat and Boris and Kata in Modi'in, swimming in 3 different seas in 5 days :)

MONT BLANC 2019 - summer solo ascent of Mont Blanc from Chamonix in July 2019

ELBRUS 2019 - not successful ascent of Mount Elbrus due to bad weather in September 2019 (got to 5070 meters)

BULGARIA/TURKEY/GEORGIA 2022 - traveling to Georgia by land from Sofia with my wife Katka via Istanbul, Ankara, Goreme, Nevsehir, Kayseri, Sivas, Macka, Sumela Monastery, Trabzon, Rize, Batumi, Zugdidi, Mestia, Ushguli, Khashuri, Borjomi, Akhaltsikhe, Vale, Turkgozu, Ardahan, Kars, Digor, Igdir, Dogubayazit, Van, Gevas, Akdamar island

SWEDEN 2023 - Copenhagen, Malmö, Lund, Söderåsens national park, Gothenburg, Smögen, Strömstad, Kosterhavets Nationalpark, Uppsala, Gamlauppsala, Stockholm, Vaxholm

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Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

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