CURRENT MISSION

How to know more and more about the world :)

PHILOSOPHY

Quotation from "Steppenwolf" by Hermann Hesse: Die meisten Menschen wollen nicht eher schwimmen als bis sie es können.
Which means to me: everything new is worth trying, even when I'm afraid of unknown.

In the same context, I also use to remind one of Noir Desir's songs, especially the part: "Je n'ai pas peur de la route (...) Le vent nous portera."

And, due to the fact that I love riding bicycle, I use to repeat: "Life is like riding a bicycle - to keep your balance you must keep moving."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm beginner, hope to enjoy CS in the future as much as it's possible.

Interests

Literature, especially postmodernic novels (Butor, Perec, Queneau)
Learning languages: english, spanish, french - all in progress ;)
Traveling, trying to understand other cultures

• arts
• literature
• coffee
• traveling
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: experiments of OuLiPo group, novels by Hermann Hesse and classic 19th century's novels (Stendhal, Flaubert)
Music: Massive Attack at the first place, then: french music (singers-songwriters), some electronic and ambient music eg. Aphex Twin. And some rock stuff as well, eg. french group Noir Desir.
Movies: "Stalker" by Russian director A. Tarkovsky and "Chungking Express" by Wong Kar Wai.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hope everything appears in the future.

Teach, Learn, Share

I speak Polish - one of the most difficult languages ;)

Among more practical skills: I work in Warsaw in some charming place as barista, so I know how to prepare real good, italian-style coffee with some latte-art "paintings" on it :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Slovakia, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Poland