Hi,
I am now on my gap year, staying for a while somewhere around Canada. I have just left Toronto and now I am jest going around. Mainly backcountry hiking and this kind of stupid sit. You know... nature is my soul and blablabla...
Like many guys here I am just craving for new experience. I especially love nature in every possible way - it can be sea, forest, mountains, literally everything. I think that's what impresses me the most. That doesn't mean I don't like the cities - I have to admit that I am a little bit of public transportation geek, but I also love to drink, sing, dance.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Having arrived to Toronto during my year long travel for a little longer I decided that I would like to meet some view of the city from the local. I have already met some people during diffrent events and I can see, that this place is the most cultural diversed place I have ever been to. So, I'd like to feel it the most as it is possible as well as get some further ideas regarding my trip.
It turned out to be successful, why wouldn't I continue it then ;)

Interests

• documentaries
• triathlon
• running
• yachting
• traveling
• live music
• cycling
• hiking
• sailing
• snowboarding
• hitchhiking
• russian
• spanish
• transportation
• italian
• civil engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

If someone asks me what kind of music I like the most, my response is simple - live music. The Best music to hear in Cuba - salsa, Dominica - reggae, Mazury lakes in Poland - Polish rock songs and shanties and so on. The most important for me in music is that it should be authentic. I personally love to sing the last category of music provided.
Regarding movies - I am not a big movie attender. What I like are those festivals of small to medium size that present movies that you cannot see everywhere. I love especially the docs and Russian movies type, which festivals I attend frequently and sometimes even volunteer. In other situations I just watch what the other persons wants to see, it also gives some look into that person, doesn't it? ;)
A bit the same is whit books. I do read, but just everything that comes to my hands. Lately I've been trying to read books in other languages than my most fluent ones - English and Polish, so I tried it in Spanish and Italian, but with moderate results ;)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Yacht hitchhiking around the Atlantic
Well, I am really happy that I am on my gap year now. I had to take extra exams at my university that I had to pass in order to get the gap year. At first I didn't belive that I would do it, but somehow I managed to do it. Having done it I started yacht hitchhiking beggining in England and going all the way down to Cabo Verde than Martinique and finishing in Cuba. Of course I had some major stops on the way, so it took me about 5 months in total. Great experience, really educational one - both from the fun side as well as knowing people and their sometimes bad habits.

Teach, Learn, Share

All things I listed above are somewhat part of me and they are all to be shared, thought etc.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook, tell some sea stories (sorry, no whale hunting this time), drink, dance, sing, speak in diffrent languages (personally I really miss speaking Italian and Russian which I used to speak quite well one day), join you in some hiking and nature meeting.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cabo Verde, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominica, France, Germany, Hungary, Martinique, Norway, Portugal, Saint Martin (French part), Spain, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Poland, Spain