polearni

I'm a 45-year-old male, and I live in Košice, Slovakia .

I speak English, Czech, French, German, some Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and a tiny bit of Hindi, Afrikaans, Hebrew.

Current level: Enthusiast

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• My interests in other cultures

  I like to discover other cultures trough people, languages, gastronomy, traveling ...

• Cities and countries I have visited

  Italy (Trieste), Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary (Budapest), Ukraine (Uzhorod), France (Paris, Clamart, Reims), Austria (Vienna, Schloss Hof), Germany (many places in NRW, Dresden), Portugal (Lisbon, Alentejo, Algarve, Madeira), Israel, Tunisia, Poland (Krakow), Czech Republic.

• A personal challenge

  My big challenge is to learn Hindi. Especially to learn the numbers in Hindi is for me a big challenge.

• Favourite books/authors/films

  My favourite author is for sure José Saramago. I like linguistic books from Henriette Walter. I loved One Hundred years of solitude from Gabriel García Márquez.
  I like crime films like those with Hercules Poirot, Il commissario Montalbano, Taggart, Lewis, Midsomer murderers, Tatort ... I like when in this genre there are also scenes of humour.
  I like documentary films and books as well.

• Making the world a better place

  People should show more respect to each other. When someone and something is different, they are not bad, worse or of lower value.

• Personal skills

  Learning of languages. But with more studiousness I would reach more.

• I'm excited about...

  I do love absolutely my two wonderful cats.

• I'm an expert at...

  Empathy, in cooking. I love cooking. I am vegetarian and I love cooking and eating especially Indian and Mediterranean cuisine.