"There are only two mantras, yum and yuck, mine is yum."
— Tom Robbins

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet interesting and inspirational people.
To feel them welcomed in my hometown.

Interests

• arts
• books
• graphic design
• cooking
• wine
• cheese
• yoga
• running
• gardening
• traveling
• live music
• jazz
• hiking
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Air, Alt J, Astor Piazzolla, Avishai Cohen, Beatles, Bjork, Bob Moses, Bonobo, Brad Mehldau, Caribou, Chick Corea, Club des Belugas, Damien Rice, David Bowie, Ennio Morricone, Erik Satie, Gary Burton, Ghostpoet, Gotan Project, Iva Bittova, James Blake, Jamie Woon, Jamie xx, Jose Gonzales, Laika, Lamb, Led Zeppelin, Lianne La Havas, Massive Attack, Miles Davis, Nick Cave, Nils Frahm, Nina Simone, Nostalgia 77, Philip Glass, Pink Floyd, PJ Harvey, Prince, Robert Glasper, Rolling Stones, Romare, Sharon Jones, St. Germain, Submotion Orchestra, Sufjan Stevens, Thievery Corporation, Van Morrison.. just to name a few : )

Generally movies by Coen brothers, Guy Ritchie, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Milos Forman, Paolo Sorrentino, Sergio Leone, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen..

Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange; Boris Vian - L'Écume des Jours; Charles Bukowski - Hollywood, Post Office, Pulp; Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 100 Years of Solitude; George Orwell - 1984, Animal Farm; Henrik Ibsen - Peer Gynt; Henry Miller - Sexus, Tropic of Cancer; Ivan Klima - My First Loves; John Irving - The World According to Garp; Milan Kundera - The Joke; Norman Mailer - The Executioner`s Song, Tough Guys Don`t Dance; Paul Auster - The Book of Illusions, The New York Trilogy; Raymond Chandler - Farewell, My Lovely; Roald Dahl - My Uncle Oswald; Tom Robbins - Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Jitterbug Perfume... my `to-read` list though is like 100x bigger and still expanding.. wish me a long life, pls : )

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived abroad after my grad school.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, United States