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Overview

  • 49 references 34 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Czech, English; learning German, Spanish
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Never work for anyone but myself.
  • School, life, travelling and reading have taught me some.
  • From Prague
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

helping fellow travelers

ABOUT ME

I'm one of those... what do you call them... ah yes.. humans. Been in Prague for some time now. Am Czech but not Czech. Am English but not English. Am American but not American, though i sound like one. Guess I'm a bit of a mix salat really. Love movies, travel, books, books on travel, movies based on books on travel.

PHILOSOPHY

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'll be giving up a futon and hopefully meeting interesting people and getting a place to sleep when i travel. I actually just got a new comfortable couch so no more futon back pain.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted a fair number of people but am looking to host more now but work has been picking up leaving me with little or no time to show people around during the day.

Interests

photography, film, history, international affairs, art, design, life, collecting things off the street, music (now again after a long break), meeting new people, heated conversations, conversations, eating, travel (wow, how did I almost forget travel) sleep, collecting art, cooking, sleep, trying new things, sleep, avoiding conflict, peace, sleep, over analyzing needless thoughts, damn it.... that’s enough, i think i went over the top there with those....!!

  • arts
  • books
  • design
  • photography
  • cooking
  • drinking
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

Ok, I can't remember all the movies I like so much but here are a few I recently watched which I liked. King of Kong, Hands on a Hardbody, Slumdog Millionaire,Choke, The Fall, the Mighty Boosh (TV) and anything by Takeshi Kitano or even Mike. Music:, Digitalism, Hexstatic, Cut Copy, !!!, Ghostland Observatory, Asian Dub Foundation, Thievery Corporation, DataRock, Mad Professor, Eek-A-Mouse and most bands along those lines. Books: mostly non-fiction, travel journalism and books dealing with sociology or anthropology.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Saw a guy squirt milk out of his eye in an effort to beat the world record in putting out candles by squirting milk out of their eye on the interent.

Teach, Learn, Share

My mother always told me, "DON'T DRINK, but if you have to drink, DON'T MIX YOUR DRINKS, if you have to mix your drinks, don't MIX YOUR MIX DRINKS and all will be fine." Am not a drinker anymore thanks to this, well not a drunk at least! Well maybe a little... but not really.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Latvia, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, United Kingdom, United States

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