Lucian

Travel information

I am currently

Activities i am interested in:

mountaineering, explore cultures, cooking, meet new people

Description

Hi,

My name is Lucian and I am 34 years old.
I work as SW developer on a multinational company. In my spare time, I like to have a mix of sports and chill time. When I mean sport, I refer to climbing(indoor and outdoor), skiing, biking (mainly commuting and touring), hikes. When it comes to chill I prefer to read books( quite diverse: from history to religion, classic novels), watch movies or theatre and at least once per year go for at least two weeks abroad and visit a country(the last visit was to Kyrgystan). Cultural or music festivals in my area are also a nice way to spend time and discover different cultures.
I host cyclists on warmshowers.org/, a good opportunity to "travel" across the globe.
From time to time I like to cook, mainly vegetarian dishes. I got inspired by nord african dishes, Mediterranean and middle east dishes. I like to play with spices, most of the time the mix is good, but a few times was too "experimental":))

I will like to discover new places nut just as a tourist, to stay some time in a place and feel it as a local. Also I will like to discover new receipt, because I consider that the local dishes help us to discover better a place.

Interests

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Romanian: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner
Russian: Beginner

More details about my language interests
In school, I learned French, but because of not practicing in the last years I lost the practice and fluency. I start learning Russian because I travel almost every year in a slavic or former USSR country, where a slavic language is spoken. Will be nice to practice both languages with a native. For my travel to South America I start learning Spanish. It is nice to discover many similarities with Romanian language.

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Charity Work

Babysitting and creative play

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Some knowledge of:  

Eco Projects

Gardening

DIY and building projects

Animal Care

Life at a Farmstay

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Helping around the house

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Able to teach about:  

Languages

Hospitality/Tourism

Helping with Computers/ Internet

More details about your skills

Back home my parents have a garden, so I am quite handy when it comes to working on a garden. When I was a kid we used to have also animals, now we have just some chickens and a few pigs.
I am a member of the Romanian Alpine Club where I help on different camps, from climbing to skiing. I like the feeling when you share your knowledge with a colleague and he became after a few camps autonomous and understand the physics behind the process.
Recently I finish the mountain guide school, equivalent to the small and medium-sized mountain certification from western Europe. I didn't start to "make money" from this, but that is the plan for the future.
As a member of the Mountain Rescue team( Salvamont Cluj), I helped with different activities including trail maintenance, camps for young people and helping people get injured when they do outdoor activities(ski or rock climbing).

Age

35

What else ...

My warmshowers profile is https://www.warmshowers.org/user/162207.
Countries I have visited: Hungary, Ukraine, Serbia, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Norway, Marocco, and Kyrgystan.
Volunteer work done so far:
- sports events in the mountain
- climbing and skiing camps for beginners
- indoor climbing workshops
Also in the newspaper Romania Pitoreasca I wrote several articles as a result of my bike tours in Romania or abroad.

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  No

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  Special dietary requirements
  No