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Currently in Romania, not sure where I am headed. Hit me up if you're a bus ride away. Looking for options from 26 March
Ionut is looking to meet other workawayers
about 35 minutes ago
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Language(s) I would like to learn : English, Portuguese, French, Italian
Antito is looking for a language buddy
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I am a young translator and interpreter specializing in English and Spanish. I enjoy reading, traveling, writing, and meeting new people who can inspire me and motivate me to do my best
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Living in Barcelona- leaving end of June
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I am currently in Oviedo after making the Camino the Santiago.
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JI'm interested in anything I can do; every job gives me the chance to learn and discover new things. I want to improve my English and visit the country.
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Hello dear hosts and dear Workawayers, first i would like to let you know shortly about my activities that i did in last 2 years and what conclusion i got on what brings me happiness and what motivates me. I've got a lot of experience in travelling, i did it by plane, train, buses all over the Europe with my friends, and then I thought i have to change something, i was inspired by other travellers and hosts that were kind with me and allowed to share their space through couchsurfing app, so i decided to do hitchhiking, last year in may i did Barcelona to Prague 2200km in only 4 days, and i was surprised how lucky i am and what wonderful people i met that were there to help me, i felt the love of universe on me, so I decided to continue the alternative traveling. Another big hitchhiking trip i started 3 weeks ago on 18 august and finished in Bologna, i did it with my best friend Esy (Valeriu)we are both from Moldova so we started it there in our mother country, so we pass through Romania, Hungary, Germany, than we had a flight to Skopje after that we continued hitchhiking till Athens to our friend from couchsurfing which i met in Barcelona last year and now we are in Italy Bologna looking for another adventures with great people who are ready to exchange good feelings, emotions and experience of life. Besides that in march 2023 me and my best friend did the biggest trip of our life London to Chisinau( capital of Moldova) by bicycle you can call it bike packing or touring, we went through 9 countries in 25 days ,3200 km by bicycle and 700km we used trains and ferry. So we fell in love with this kind of travelling and the biggest trips are waiting for us. Also this spring and summer i spent the time in Moldova learning massage therapy, i was also a cooker in a kindergarten and i was an animator for kids, so now i have a diploma in massage therapy, a lot of happy and grateful patients, a lot of happy kids as well and i am ready to spread the happiness even more. In conclusion i would like to say that things which motivates me and bringing me happiness is making people happy, smile, to make them feeling comfortable, safe and in a good mood, also i like to surprise them with a nice information, and the most important to create together a tight bond which can last for the rest of our life. You can find me on instagram and facebook, unfortunately I don't have now my couchsurfing account, but i will share my best friends account 🙏💖 https://instagram.com/burlacovici?igshid=NzZlODBkYWE4Ng== https://www.facebook.com/burlacovici?mibextid=cejktS https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/2012265096?utm_campaign=profile_share&utm_source=couchsurfing-ios
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