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Overview

  • 8 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hungarian, Russian; learning French, Spanish
  • 39, Other
  • Member since 2011
  • Sofya - ESL teacher & Feri - researcher
  • MA TESOL (Sofya) & PhD in Chemistry (Feri)
  • From Nizhnevartovsk, Russia (Sofya) & Kaposvar, Hungary (Feri)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Be happy and make people around me happy!

ABOUT ME

We are a Russian-Hungarian couple who currently live and work in France. We met in Monterey, California in May 2008 and decided that we want to be together :)

When we lived in California we spent a considerable amount of time on the road exploring national parks, hiking, wine tasting, camping, canoeing, and simply enjoying ourselves on the beach. While in Saskatoon, Canada, where we moved in 2010, we didn't travel much as it's really in the middle of nowhere.

As couchsurfers/hosts we are very clean, considerate, respectful, easy-going, punctual, culturally sensitive and whatever our references tell about us. :)

Update 2013-03-30: We've become a family of three in the December 2012. We are parents to a wonderful baby boy - Mark!!!

PHILOSOPHY

Sofya: I'm trying to be positive about everything that happens in my life; it doesn't always work though :P

Feri: take it easy, be punctual and care about other people

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We host and surf as well.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great experience through meeting new people either while hosting them or while surfing ourselves. This community is really moving the spirit forward.

Interests

Sofya: I'm interested in pretty much everything and rarely say 'no' to new ideas/opportunities. I looove to learn new things and absorb everything the world offers me. Like most of the CSers I love to travel and learn about new cultures and people.

Feri I like to watch movies, travel (obviously) and hang out with interesting people. I don't like to write about myself. Who would write anything negative in a place like this? I like music very much, almost all kinds of it.

  • beauty
  • wine
  • wine tasting
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • hiking
  • canoeing
  • camping
  • surfing
  • sailing
  • swimming
  • biology
  • chemistry
  • physics
  • beaches
  • parks
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Sofya: anything good; sometimes I surprise myself :)

Feri: Call me an extremist, but I like movies the most that are either showing real life or something completely detached from it. Music: my hero is/was Paco de Lucia, but I really enjoy every kind of music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

We hiked Half Dome together

Teach, Learn, Share

If you want to talk about linguistics or language learning, chemistry, physics, some biology, nanotechnology, we can tell you about it. If you can tell us anything, we are happy to learn from you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Hungary, Russian Federation, Spain, United States

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