Laura & Viktorija

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LAURA:
My name is Laura, I am 24 years old and I come from Ljubljana, Slovenia. There I am studying psychology, but when I am not in school, I like to do lots of different things. My longest and dearest hobby are scouts. I have been a scout for 12 years and right now I am the leader of our local scouting community. I also guide a group of young scouts. Right now they are about 10 years old and we have so much fun together. Scouting is really important to me not only because of long nights with guitare by the fire, but mostly due to amazing people i get to meet and work with. I have also started training paragliding. I am not very good yet, but occasionally I rise quite high in the sky. Moreover I am a really active person and like to participate in group sports such as volleyball, I like hiking and nature in general (forest is one of my favourite places in the world). I also love theatre and have been going to different theatre houses with my grandmother since I was 6 years old.

I would like to say that travelling is also one of my hobbies. It is the thing I always look forward to and want to do it as regularly. I love travelling because it is the way to get to know people and different cultures. I would say that people inspire me the most. Getting familiar with different opinions, views on the world, customs and traditions can in my belief enrich a person much differently in more profoundly than any book. I love to hear stories of peoples adventures because they give you ideas and courage to create and carry out your own.

So I can safely say one of my life goals is to travel the world and experience as much as it has to offer. Otherwise I don't have a clear picture of my purpose in life. My goal is to be happy and to wake up smiling surrounded by people who I love and who love me. :)

VIKI:
Hi! My name is Viky and I'm a 23 years old student from Slovenia. I love meeting new people, experiencing new cultures and learning new things, that's why I decided to take a gap year from my studies and travel. I think that our planet is full of beauty that is just waiting to be explored and so I can't wait to do it! Throughout the years, I learned that travel means a lot to me because it gives me freedom of living in the very moment and also breaks the routine of our fast and busy way of living.

I fell in love with traveling a long time ago and I believe I will never change my mind about that. I feel like it's the best way to learn to live, appreciate people and the world and learn.

Interests

Writing

Outdoor activities

DIY & crafts

Team sports

Self development

Sailing / Boating

Photography

Yoga / Wellness

Vegetarian or vegan

Van life

Music

Sustainability

Water sports

Nature

Hitchhiking

Plant care

Languages

Mountain

Cooking & food

Culture

Farming

Gardening

Hiking

Events & social

Drawing & painting

Art & design

Camping

Adventure sports

Beach

Animals

Languages

Languages spoken
Czech: Fluent
English: Fluent
Macedonian: Fluent
Slovenian: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner
Croatian: Beginner

More details about my language interests
We can teach the languages we know, and would like to learn the ones we don't

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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

We're interested in:  

Eco Projects

Charity Work

Art Projects

Hospitality/Tourism

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Some knowledge of:  

Gardening

DIY and building projects

Life at a Farmstay

Animal Care

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Able to teach about:  

Languages

Teaching

More details about your skills

LAURA:
Education
After elementary school I went to gymnasium Bežigrad where I studied for for years. Now I am a psychology student. I have finished first year of the program and I love it very much. This year I am taking a gap year for travelling, but I plan to finish my studies after I return.

Work Experience
- birthday party planner: I have organised and planned several birthday parties for children between 5 and 10.

- food delivery: my job was to deliver food from restaurants to peoples' homes via a bicycle. more specifically i worked for a company called Wolt

- newspaper house Delo: I have helped stock, print and distribute news papers for the newspaper house Delo. I mainly worked in their warehouses with printing machines

- volunteering with scouts: this is not a job per say, but I have help organise, execute several scouting summer camps, competitions, daily trips...

Travel Experience
Since I was very young I travelled with my family. We mainly visited different European countries. For some we went with an agency (for example Iceland), but mostly we planned our own trips. Went I got a bit older I stared travelling more and more with my friends. In the past years we have taken two three weeks long road trips. The first one was to Denmark, but we also visited the countries along the way (Austria, Germany, Poland), and the second one was to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The ladder happened during the summer of 2021, so I've got some experience with travelling in corona times. but my friends don't only travel by car, we also took a trip throughout Northern Italy only by using trains (a self made version of Interrail). With scouts, we have hitchhiked quite a lot which in my opinion is a very fun way to travel. We also hiked around Slovenia a lot. So yeah, I have mainly been around Europe, but am familiar with all kinds of different ways of travelling

VIKI:

Education

I finished my Bachelors in Psychology and am currently taking a gap year to volunteer around the world until I continue with my Masters.

Work experience

Currently, I work for the National Health Institute in Ljubljana, where I counsel people who want to quit smoking. I also work at DrogArt, an NGO focused on reducing harm in taking drugs and other nightlife problems. Previously, I have done many student jobs, such as working as a food deliverer, cashier, cleaner, personal assistant (for the disabled), as a waitress in a cafe etc.

Travel experience

I believe I am quite an experienced traveler. My biggest travel was with my best friend in 2021/22 when we backpacked 9 African countries during 8 months. We traveled the whole time by land and did many volunteerings on the way.

Apart from that, I have traveled around Europe quite a bit too. We have done 4 roadtrips with my friend group, exploring many places in the Balkans, the Baltics, central Europe and Spain. I have hitchhiked southern France and a part of Italy with my friend and Eastern part of Turkey with another friend.

I have done some family travel too: I have spent 40 days traveling around Cambodia and two weeks in China and recently I have been for a wedding in India.

But anyways, the world is really big and my travel passion is never ending - and I cannot wait for the next big travels!

Other volunteer experiences

In my home city, I have volunteered for multiple organisations that offer social support to children and adolescents. I have helped with teaching and studying too.

During my travel through Africa I volunteered in Kenya as a teacher at one of the schools on Rusinga Island. I also volunteered in a hostel in Zambia, where I was social media manager and an animator. In a resort in Botswana I helped in the kitchen with food preparation and helped with maintenance too. Apart from that, I mostly helped in orphanages or schools.

My very first volunteering experience was the one in England, where I helped in a Buddhist meditation center. I stayed there for a month and helped with cleaning, maintenance and worked in the cafe.

Age

24 & 24

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  Special dietary requirements
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