I'm running a family business in my hometown - a travel agency. Travelling plays an important role in my life - both professionally and personally.
Finished my Master's degree at the University of Antwerp, Belgium where I met wonderful people - great CS community there! I still keep coming back to visit them once in a while.

I like meaningful travelling - not only visiting places and tagging yourself there :) but mostly meeting local people, see how the live, what their outlook on life is. Having coffee on a small side street rather than mixing with the crowds of tourists, feeling the authentic atmosphere of the visited place.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love the idea of having friends anywhere in the world. People who are able to bring me in their world.
I like to host, I like to surf, but mostly I like to meet people with passion for travelling who carry the spirit of exploring the unknown and themselves.

Interests

Music, reading, camping, getting to know new places and people, keeping fit, having meaningful conversation over a drink.

• beer
• partying
• reading
• traveling
• cars
• socializing
• music
• hiking
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: I like a wide genre of movies as long as they don't just come and go - unfortunately many of the contemporary Hollywood are such - made just for the money, without leaving impact.

Music: I listen to a lot of classic rock but I also like other music genres depending on the mood, for example lounge, jazz, authentic Bulgarian folklore music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This one is a hitchhiking experience:

I lived and worked in Cyprus for one summer. I was supposed to take the last bus to the capital to meet a girl but I missed it (public transport is not very regular on the island). So I decided to hitch-hike. It was in the middle of the summer, I walked a few kilometers towards the exit of the town, a car picked me up and left me on the motorway. The sun was slowly sinking down and I was too far away to come back. I thought maybe I will sleep in the desert :) Luckily, an SUV stopped. It was already full of people but the guys didn't mind picking me up. They were from Cyprus and Australia, in a party mood. All windows down, naked from the waist up, lively chatting, speeding, the engine was overheating. The rest of the story I tell over a glass of good beer :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Getting to know conversation, taking a walk together, having drinks or dinner, whatever he/she is willing to do and has time for.
As a working person myself I know pretty good what a busy schedule is. I do not expect the host to drop their daily responsibilities for me. I try to respect their schedule and am open to adjust to it to the best of my ability.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus