Hello there, I´m Kristýna :)

For more than 10 years, I´ve been really into Latin America, professionaly, academically as well as personally.
I did my bachelor´s in spanish and portuguese philology and my master´s in latinamerican history. I spent 3 years in Mexico, traveled repetadly around Central America and just got back from a 6 months trip on my own around South America. I also write a blog about Mexico. I mean... Latin America is my real passion :D

The immigration and integration of foregingers field, that´s my topic (and job) : I coordinate and lecture workshops on inmigration and integration for high school students, and I´m also a lecturer of integration-adaptation courses for immigrants.

I like trying new things, getting to know new places, meeting new people. Anthropology and traveling (abroad and out of my comfort zone as well) tought me to eager to learn more about what life can be elsewhere, and also to question what "normality" is. Ecology, sustainability, zerowaste, homemade food&cosmetics, being a participative citizen are some of the things I try to insert into my daily life.

I´m on a long-term inner journey of finding out how to live in a sustainable, free and (at the same time) responsable way. Not easy, but I´m on it :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have been hosted and shown around by locals (from CS and outside of it too) so many times during my travels, that Im just trying to pay back this eternal debt I have towards the univerese :)

Interests

• literature
• dancing
• education
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• juggling
• music
• hiking
• anthropology
• teaching
• history
• languages
• volunteering
• sustainability
• homemade cosmetics

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:The Eternal shine of the spotless mind, Life of Pie, the Cloud Atlas, the Big Fish, Trainspotting, American Beauty, el Infierno, la Ley de Herodes, the Virgin suicide, Nymphomaniac (both of them), Banksy: Exit through the giftshop, A better life

music: The Internet, Thievery Coorporation, Nneka, Bonobo, Submotion Orchestra, Dj Shadow, Nitin Sawhney, Dj Marky, Liquid Stranger, Major Lazer, Buraka Som sistema, Caravan Palace, Pacha Massive, Nortec Colective, Celso Piña.. I love discovering new groups/artists/projects!

Books:
Yuval Noah Harari: Homo Sapiens; Homo Deus
Luis Sepulveda- Un viejo que leia novelas de amor
Darcy Riberio- Utopia selvagem
Miguel de Unamuno- San Maneul Bueno, martir
Christiane F. : We Children from Bahnhof Zoo
Claude Levi-Strausee: Sad tropics
Alberto Vojtech Fryc: Cerwuis aneb z Pacheka do Pacheka oklikou pres stredni Evropu
Tom Robbins- Jitterbug Perfume
Kurt Vonnegut- Mother Night

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Volunteering in Tosepantitataniske, Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico for 1 year.

Aprendí­ a moler, hacer tortillas a mano e incluso preparar el mole poblano!

Teach, Learn, Share

juggling, dancing, czech/spanish/portuguese, cooking, homemade cosmetics
Czech inmigration rules
I can bore you for a while speaking about Mexico, history and politics
And I am eager to learn anything new!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Czech Republic, Italy, Mexico, Portugal