if you look at the mountains, they are waving like the sea

open senses, conciousness
still more paths to follow

the ocean
my bicycle
trees
horses

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am from Budapest (HU), but I lived years in Germany (Nuremberg, Aachen) and years in Pécs (HU) and farther in the Hungarian countryside. My love for Budapest and other Hungarian locations (Pécs, Balaton-area, Hilly-montaneous side of Buda and surroundings, the Danube, etc.. is neverceasing and I am lovingly sharing my admiration and information that I have learned so far with everyone who is interested. I guide friends and guests willingly and can - hopefully - show much of the many-faced/rythmfull/art-full Buda-Pest!

once upon a time I would like to travel again to the beloved "not-so-far" European Ocean-side so I am looking for coaches in Spain and Portugal, eventually in Ireland again.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I joined this community in 2009 when I had a fantastic time in Brugge, Belgium, at Xavier, who is a coach-surfer. In January 2010 I had an Irish coachsurfer whom I guided a bit in Budapest for 2 days.
In the summer of 2010, I finally could have a real amazing traveling-experience: I was on Spanish earth, in Katalonia, in Zaragoza, in Basque Country(Bilbao, San Sebastian, Zarautz), Biarritz(FR), and from the Basques I went through Cantabria (Santander,Comillas),Asturias (Llanes,Covadonga,Gijon,Tapia)and Galicia(Ribadeo,A Coruna,Baranan,Santiago): To see the ocean from as many perspectives as possible, and arrived at the 'end of the world' on playa de Carnota on the Coste del Morte. It was beautiful and I am very grateful to my 5 hosts who made a great part of my travels possible!
My last experience has been not recently: I hosted an American traveller for two days in 2011.

Since then I moved a lot and was not in the state of hosting. ( First I moved to Pécs, where I lived two years not in my own flat, I was travelling a lot inland, almost each weekend either to Budapest or to the other corner of HUngary. Then, I gave birth to a little girl and we could only start a living at our remote house in Liszó, which is a small village close to Nagykanizsa. This was a real country-side experience, but when Janka (daughter) became 3, I felt the urge to move back to Budapest bc. that is closer to my heart and bc. of the opportunities (both job-opportunities, cultural life and atmosphere, and home-sickness). Janka's father is partly with us here or he works each second week in an other town. Our flat in Budapest is just 36 square-meter and no seperate sleeping-room, which means I can host here only ONE person, who is most possibly a girl.
BUT: Our "romantic" and homely little house ( two bigger rooms ...), that is 230 km far from BUdapest and 50 km far from lake Balaton and 10 km far from NAgykanizsa or the Croatian border is open to host even 2 persons, or a small family for more days! It is an ideal place for relaxing and experiencing "real" Hungarian village-life...and also for a nice stop if passing/travelling trough Hungary to Croatia.

Interests

nature, traveling, hiking, cycling, be with the horses
pictures, music, contemporary dance, theatre
honest / courageous people, children
sculpture, architecture, drawing
bridges, cranes, fire-walls, anything which has interesting structures and simplicity at the same time.

• horses
• architecture
• dancing
• dining
• coach
• flying
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

...Siddharta, Little prince, Timbutku, Shakespeare...
Hungarian poets+writers: Attila József, Lőrinc Szabó, István Örkény
+ loads of Childer's books

Sostakovics, Beethowen, Rachmaninov, etc...
The Doors, U2, Queen, Massive Attack "as the classics" and:
Korai Öröm (HU, progressive tribal accustic+electro), R.Dorfmeister, Urbs, Lamb, Prodigy, Minimal downtempo beats, P.Kalkbrenner
Bran (authentic Irish music), 'Transilvanian' Moldavian folk music and songs and Kaláka (literature in songs for children and adults)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

become one with nature. i like to be with horses, not only on their back, but trying to be in a mutual company with them, e.g. I love to listen to them, after feeding them or when they grass, to play with them in a field 'free-style' from the ground. From their back they offered me already enough amazing perspectives of the world, early morning and evening scents, lights, colours of all seasons at day and night. flying in gallopping and those wide horizonts

Ireland, while making a fire on the most western edge of the Dingle pensinsula with someone, and brushing teeth in the ocean, or while wondering about God on the cliffs of Inish More (Aran islands) and falling asleep during a cloudy day with the roaring water underneath. Going on a boat trip with the child I was babysitting in Ireland and seeing dolphins jumping around the boat.

My low-budget trip to Spain, with spontaneous stops and stays. Eating less but seeing more, partly as a camino-pilgrim and partly as a coach-surfer, but being totally free
Staying at a friend in a tiny catalonian village admiring the castelles (human towers).
Biarritz when awaking in a surf-shelter after an inspiring talk with someone, and seeing the early morning mist over the endless ocean, bathing in unbelievable waves
Oyambre beach at sunset when running in the sand for miles, then running into the waves at full-moon with someone, and sleeping in the dunes, experiencing how cold and wet it all gets when sleeping open-air at the ocean...
Carnota beach..unbelieveable sight and feeling. just being spotless happy for hours on my own.

Having my flight cancelled because of the fog (from Santiago to Barcelona)...with an other plain to catch in 24 hours, and the "community adventure" while doing so:
We met at the foggy Santiago airport at 6 a.m. : 5 travellers, all different nationalities. All somewhat in panic. Together we rented the cheapest car possible and drove back the 1300 kms in one day to Barcelona: in order to catch our flights back to our home-countries.. There was a 6th person who could not fit into the car. An other Hungarian. We Hungarians had to flip a coin who goes...I was the lucky one. I gave all my money (30Euros:-) that was left to the other Hungarian traveller. Finally, she managed to get back to Barca on her own, via hitchhiking and the fast train...and we flew back to Budapest next to each other, with tears for Spain at taking off... and tears for Budapest when landing -finally -at home ;-)

And numberous amazing moments like taking a goat for a walk barefeet in a german village at the age of 7.
And letting the horses I attended free to grass on the fields - at all my spots of living in Hungary.
and Amazing shared moments with friends and lovers that I so much appretiate for ever.

But The One Amazing Thing above all: Giving birth to Janka and being a mother

Teach, Learn, Share

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What I Can Share with Hosts

Our flat in Budapest is just 36 square-meter and no seperate sleeping-room, which means I can host here only ONE person, who is most possibly a girl.
BUT: the homely little house ( two bigger rooms ...), that is 230 km far from BUdapest and 50 km far from lake Balaton and 10 km far from NAgykanizsa or the Croatian border is open to host even 2 persons, or a small family for more days! It is an ideal place for relaxing and experiencing "real" Hungarian village-life...and also a nice stop if passing/travelling trough Hungary to Croatia.

What I can share in Budapest is my experience of the city. I might look at it a little 'differently', for I studied and practiced some art-history. I am less interested in the party-side of it than its eclectic diversity both architecturally and 'socially', its landscapes-cityscapes and atmospheres. I know lots of surprising places in the Buda side, I might give some hints on museums or galleries.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany

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