Peter

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I am currently

Activities i am interested in:

On an open-ended Big Journey 🌍 traveling freely couch-surfing and volunteering on the way to experience life and meet interesting, inspiring people. 😊

Description

Hello,

My name is Peter. I'm from Szeged (Hungary) and I worked as an EU project-manager for almost 15 years. My projects ended in 2023, hence I quit my job, took a leap-of-faith and started my open-ended Big Journey 🌍 in February 2024. 😊

In the last few years I felt I hit walls both in my professional and private life (I could call it mid-life crisis, but that’s so over-used 😊), so I needed an out. After quitting my job and taking a leap-of-faith I now want to rediscover myself, learn more about who I am and gain some real-world experiences. After spending years in a 9-to-5 job now I need to be outside, closer to nature to refresh my mind and enrich my knowledge outside the office… 🌿

For 1,5 years I have been hosting travellers on CS, BW and TR in my hometown Szeged. I was lucky to meet interesting, like-minded wanderers, exchange travel stories and grow my bucket-list. I really enjoyed showing my guests my city and taking them to my favourite rooftop bar to see the sunset or a small pub with live music...

In February 2024 I myself grabbed my backpack and started travelling freely couch-surfing and volunteering on the way to experience life and meet interesting, inspiring people. I sincerely believe that couch-surfing and volunteering will provide great opportunities by bringing me into contact with people from whom I can learn and make friends with anywhere I go.

I'm independent, tidy and easy to get along with. I tend to be sociable but I also like quiet moments. I will be curious about the life you live and will also be happy to take my independent free-time by myself.
I have to admit that I’m not a ‘kitchen person’, but I want to grow in this aspect as well, so I‘ll gladly cook a local dish with you, help you bake bread or take care of the garden.

I only started volunteering, so most likely everything will still be a ‘first’ for me - sorry. 😊 I’m not afraid to get my hands dirty and I’m eager to try out and learn new things, so I hope I could be of use to you too if you need a helping hand around the house and garden. 😊

Interests

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Hungarian: Fluent
German: Beginner

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Eco Projects

Gardening

Animal Care

Hospitality/Tourism

General Maintenance

Charity Work

Art Projects

Life at a Farmstay

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Some knowledge of:  

DIY and building projects

Helping around the house

More details about your skills

Agios Nikolaos, Crete (April 2024):
My host wanted to make a drip watering system for her trees (~20) in the garden that also kept the ground moist for longer. After loosening up the rocky soil with a pickaxe, I laid large cardboard sheets on the ground and weighed them down with rocks, then covered them with straw and plant clippings (the watering system itself was made by a professional). I also did some weeding of a rock garden and cleared out a flower patch.

Sision, Crete (March-April 2024):
I was helping open up an Irish bar at a new place, so I tried out myself with various DIY and remodelling tasks: I plastered and corrected smaller surface imperfections. I filled gaps with cement and broke concrete with an impact drill. I painted walls with brush and paint roller and glazed wood, etc.

Zaros, Crete (March 2024):
I helped around the house and garden as well as the olive fields. I helped cut the floor planks to size and fix them in the soon-to-be yoga room. Made a stone path in the garden. Collected and bagged rubble and all kinds of things from a back yard and took it to the waste yard. Made a sprinkling system for the olive trees in the fields. Burnt the dry olive branches.

Back at home before I started off on my Big Journey:
- I have a friend who inherited an old mud-brick house and garden. From time to time, I helped him with all kinds of repair stuff like painting, fence-building or dismantling an old, unused pigsty.
- I didn’t have a garden myself, but I also helped my friend with weeding and tending his garden. However I will ask to make sure which plants I shouldn’t pluck. 😊
- I helped other friends with repairing a roof and tiles. I'm not afraid of heights and I'm confident on the ladder and rooftop beams.
- I did DIY and feel fairly comfortable with power tools.
- I used to do airplane and railroad modelling 😊, so I believe I have a knack for accurate and meticulous work and details.
- I enjoy taking pictures with my camera. Maybe it's because I'm old and started photography on film, for me a camera is about pictures and not video. However I'm interested in learning videography and video-editing as well and maybe try out vlogging during my Big Journey. 😊

Age

42

What else ...

Even before setting out I preferred to spend my free time outside: running, cycling, backpacking, hiking, via ferrata and everything related to mountains, city visits, local cuisine and drinks…
When I wasn't outside, I watched documentaries and travel vlogs, daydreaming about the places I'll myself visit.

Most of the time I listen to electronic music (trance, goa, psy trance, oldschool hardcore and rave, etc.), but I'm open to other kind of music as well - jazz and lounge, ska, nordic rock...

I like sci-fi, fantasy and steampunk films and books, however can't find the time to immerse myself into new worlds as much as I would. I haven't even seen one episode from Game of Thrones - shame on me I know! :-)

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