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Overview
About Me
I won't be original- I'm not the best at describing myself. Checking out my references would be the most reliable source :)
Let’s skip that "I love to travel and meet new people" stuff. That's why we're all here, right?
Interests
I'm interested in almost everything and know almost nothing :)
I'm a data science graduate, but I've completely changed my academic path and shifted to political studies. Currently I'm working in one of the international organizations in Paris.
Warning: I’m capable of spending the entire night playing ‘The Settlers of Catan’.
Lately, I’ve been binge watching with my Dad Polish versions of Jeopardy and Fifteen to one, so you see what a wild fella I am.
- literature
- cooking
- baking
- backpacking
- biking
- outdoors
- french
- cinematography
- spanish
- portuguese
- dog walking
- plant-based
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: The Very Polish Cut Outs, Rodriguez, Cesária Évora, Jorge Ben Jor, Tim Maia, Bob Dylan, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller, Esther Philips, Otis Redding
(Although my absolute guilty pleasure is singing along to American country music and French rap while driving. Please don’t judge me.)
Literature: Olga Tokarczuk, Wiesław Myśliwski, Ryszard Kapuściński, Jacek Dehnel, Hanna Krall
Poetry: Mark Strand, Brian Patten, Julian Tuwim, Halina Poświatowska, Wisława Szymborska, Leopold Staff, Agnieszka Osiecka
Movies: Krzysztof Kieślowski, Marcel Łoziński, Paweł Łoziński, Andriej Zwiagincew, Wojciech Staroń, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Cristi Puiu, Michael Haeneke
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Sailing on the greatest polish tall ship from Singapore to Japan to celebrate Poland's independence.
Camping for almost a month with other scouts in the middle of the woods, with no water, electricity or toilet. We've built everything from scratch- beds, furniture, kitchen and even pit latrines. We've been taking baths in the lake, having night watches and campfires, preparing the meals together... Coming back home dirty as hell, I was the happiest kid on earth :)
Teach, Learn, Share
[ESP] Cuando estuve en Panamá me enamoré del país y del idioma. Espero poder volver allí pronto.
[PORT] Recentemente me apaixonei pelo Brasil e por isso estou aprendendo português para ir lá um dia. Ainda confundo o vocabulário francês, espanhol e português quando tento falar então não ria de mim, por favor! :D
What I Can Share with Hosts
Wherever I go, a particle of Poland is always deep inside of me. Therefore, I always bring my hosts something that's connected to Poland and Polish culture.
I'd be pleased to cook together as well.
Let’s play some bossa nova, cook a good-ass meal and contemplate our existence in this badly thought-out and even worse behaving world. (Credits to Jerzy Ficowski)
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Palestine, Panama, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
France, Poland