I AS A PERSON:

Sometimes I travel a lot. sometimes not.

I speak English. Je parle francais. Ich spreche Deutsch. Hablo espanol (castellano). Я понимаю русский. Rozumiem po polsku. Estou aprendendo portugues.

Any new person is a new experience. Everybody has an interesting story to tell or a passionate feeling to express, I will listen.

I have lived in several places in the world, and some years ago I moved from Warsaw in Poland, to Heidelberg in Germany and after a couple of years, theny to Metz in France and now because of the pandemic aftermath I am temporarily in Warsaw.

I am an experienced traveller and backpacker.

I have made 3 around-the-world trips.

I have made about 550 flights.

I have made about 52000 km hitch-hiking.

My travel experiences involve large travels: about 110 countries, states and territories on all continents.

There was a map in a previous version of Couchsurfing allowing to show the countries that I have been. It was "ready made", so it did not include a couple of territories (where I have been) that I would treat separately. The list of countries available below does not include them either i.e. Easter Island, Ceuta, Melilla, Pridniestrie, Crimea, Kaliningradskaya Oblast, Morea, Corsica, Catalunya, Baleares, and perhaps West-Berlin, etc...

By the way, I have been in all 16 Bundeslander of Germany and all Bundeslander of Austria... Plus 19 states of the USA.

I have hosted quite a large number of people in Warsaw, some in Heidelberg, some in Metz, now I have very limited conditions, so I am rather about to meet, talk and advise.

I AS A HOST:

In general: I accept people with their own towels, sleeping bags, or similar gear.

It happens that I am very busy, so we might spend together just a short time, but surely we will talk at the cup of tea.

I receive a lot of mass-produced requests from young people, who think that CS is just the way to get free accomodation at some dreamer idealists. Therefore I have included several "passwords" on my profile in order to be sure, that somebody has read my profile.

I AS A SURFER:

Depending the destination I try to prepare myself. I tend to have my own sleeping bag.

I obey rules of the house, of course, only when they are explained.

I am always interested in local customes and condictions.

I fear nothing.

WORD ABOUT THE RATE OF RESPONSE:

I suppose that the Coachsurfing indicates the rate of response at about 80 - 85%, what is not true. It may come from the conversations, when sometimes I have written the last word, or sometimes the other person. It may come from semi-business messages offering some tourist services, that I do not answer.
As the rule, I answer all real messages. 100%., unless they are profoundly stupid, empty or offending.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING?

Recently I have hosted:

Julie from Tarbes
Andre from Marseille
Marie from Bordeaux
Feray with friend from Turkey,
Benno from Koeln,
Sharon from Taiwan,
Irene with her son Nicco from Italy,
Natalia with friend from Rostov, Russia,
Hector from Holland/Mexico,
Atis with friend from Latvia,
Martin, Sandy & Zoe from France (in my summer house) ,
Konstantin, Tanya & Victor from Voronezh, Russia,
Alican with friend from Vienna,
Daniel from Budapest,
Andrej and Nikola from Skopje,
Jana from Riga,
Robin with Morgan from Nantes, France
Ben from Hawaii
Caroline from Savoie, France
Vida with Ilya from Voronezh, Russia
Aleid with Piotr from Norway
Nandita with Bhanu from India & from Lubeck, Germany

I have surfed as well in autumn and winter. I have visited and met hosts in Leipzig, Erfurt, Jena, Basel, Biel/Bienne, Zurich, Geneva, Berlin, Graz, Heidelberg, Strasbourg, Liberec, Hradec Kralove, Plzen and I have met some surfers as Irene from Spain or Marie from Metz.

I have even couchsurfed in Africa: Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and in Asia: India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Manila, Taipei, HongKong.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Perhaps I am not the best host, because it may happen, that I have some time to talk and visit the city, but sometimes I am so busy that there is almost no time to talk.

People usually do not read the front page therefore I have introduced a password, so after You have read all this, and You will write to me, please mention in Your request, in the title, the password: "Garsoniera". Then I would know that You have read it...

Interests

live music, food, culture, film making, economics, languages, social events.

• culture
• film making
• dining
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• live music
• hiking
• backpacking
• economics
• languages
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

...I have written some, I have recorded some, I have made some... One day I will find the agent, manager, promotor, impresario... I will be more famous than Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese together..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Let's make some standard black tea in the mugs and talk over about it while drinking... Perhaps the meeting You will be my amazing thing...

Teach, Learn, Share

I have met zillions of people, I speak several languages, so perhaps nothing can surprise me. But I love to be surprised in a positive way. Perhaps You will do it?

What I Can Share with Hosts

not too much... Good company and meaningful point of view

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montserrat, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, England, France, Germany, Norway, Poland