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Overview

  • 4 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hebrew (modern), Russian, Spanish; learning Italian, Thai
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Student
  • B.A in Business Management
  • From Tel Aviv
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Exploring the world and what life has to offer, and meeting new friends

ABOUT ME

I'm 28, a musician, writer, self proclaimed lazy-chef and a wannabe magician, I love traveling and meeting new and interesting people, seeing new places, experiencing different cultures, flavors and concepts.

I look for things hidden in plain view and strive to see the world through as many eyes as possible.

PHILOSOPHY

Live in the now.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've hosted and surfed a few couches in Israel and Europe, can't really host at the moment, but I would gladly show you around the Island and have a beer or two :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Relatively New to Couchsurfing, known about it for years and started actively participating recently. So far I've had great experiences meeting and hosting people.

Interests

I am a musician, a singer/songwriter. I play on whatever I can find around me, be it a Guitar, a Piano or an unsuspecting Bar table as the hands are itching to produce a funky rhythm.
I really love traveling, and can't seem to get enough of it. I am addicted to foreign cultures, and foreign languages have always been a fascination of mine.

If I really fall in love with a language I WILL speak it (though probably with a ton of mistakes) within 6 months.

  • writing
  • beer
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music wise, I enjoy everything that has a good beat and tune to it, be it catchy top 40 pop songs, classical music, kickass hard rock, or electro-psychedelic-progressive-rebal-mutant-fusion-core.

I'll take comedies over dramas any day of the week, if I'm doing a boring routine, there's probably a Friends, or a Big bang theory episode playing in the background,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sunrises. Sunrises always inspire me, no matter how many I've seen, they will always represent a new hope, a new opportunity to change for the better and the understanding that time is a gift, and that everyone should make the most out of the little we've got of it.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love meeting people that are different from me, yet share the same values as I do.
I'm an eager listener, and love a good story and tales of adventures and mostly misadventures, and if the mood is right, I might even share one or two of my own as well ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Philippines, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, Thailand

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