ABOUT ME

I am a freelance photographer from Budapest, you can see some of my works here: www.balazsmate.com and here: @mate.balazs
I enjoy non-planned travels, getting to unexpected situations, getting to know new and nice and random people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

As I have been on CS for a long time now, I had some super nice experiences, from Krakow to New-Delhi, from Valencia to Turkey or Moldova. I already had the chance to host some people in Budapest.

Interests

Photography, graphic design, architecture, all kind of arts, languages, different dialects, films, hitchhiking, live music, people.

• arts
• architecture
• design
• graphic design
• fashion
• photography
• movies
• music
• live music
• hiking
• rock climbing
• dialects
• languages
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

It'd be difficult to collect everything.. I'm sure we have a lots of favourite movies, music and books in common though.

Maybe a few directors I like: Luis Bunuel, Frederico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Aki Kaurismaki, Roy Andersson, Ruben Ostlund, Bela Tarr, Stanley Kubrik, Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmusch, the Coen brothers, David Lynch, Buster Keaton.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking in the Himalayas, having a lucid dream, hitchhiking to Istanbul from Budapest, rock-climbing in Spain

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, Spain