Hi, I'm from Poland and my name is Chris (Polish version is Krzysztof). I've been using CS a lot in the past. But then the covid came with its lockdowns and I had to suspend my travels and using CS. But now I'm back on the road. I decided to go back to CS as well. Unfortunately I've lost the access to my previous account so I had to open a new one. I started with having some lazy time in Karela. I lived there for a little while and even managed to host there. But now it's time to start some proper travels. I'm going to travel this year quite a bit to make up for the lost time during lockdowns.

Some basic info about me: I finished university in 2003 and decided to go for a gap year. But I liked it so much that I can't stop. It's so great to travel through the world meeting amazing people. Why should I stop? :) Of course now and then I do stop. Either to work or when I feel homesick. The covid time was difficult for me, coz it was time when I was grounded for long time, not able to travel much. But now, again I'm back on the road 😁

What is my philosophy?
I don't have any really. Just simply use the life as much as I can without harming anyone on my way. I just want to see and do as much as possible before I get to old to move. That's my philosophy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I joined CS to host, surf and go to the meetings. So that way I can meet so interesting people.
Before joining CS I had traveled for long time and I always met someone on my way who offered me a cup of tea or a bed, but I never used the internet to help it happen. My friends who used this website before told me it's a great way to meet interesting people and convinced me to try it. So I decided to give it a go and I hope that with help of this website, and the other similar ones I use as well (I can't paste here the link to my profiles in the other websites, coz CS blocks my account then), I'll keep meeting local people far more often than before.

Interests

• politics
• traveling
• mountains
• food
• trekking
• people

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen to all sort of music. Nearly all kinds, depending on my mood. But if I had to pick one kind of music it would be good old good rock.
My favorite writer is Ryszard Kapuscinski. I tend to read mostly biographies (something I hated as a child) and history books now. But I don't escape from novels neither.
I haven't seen a good movie for a long time. The last great ones I saw were "Requiem for a dream" and "American Beauty".

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It was long time ago. The first time when I was 17 I got on a train alone and went to the other side of my country, spend two weeks trekking in the mountains and went back home safely. I was very proud of myself. And that's how the whole traveling thing and love to mountains kicked off. Many more interesting stories happened since then but I'll tell you about them when you decided to visit me or decide to host me :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm happy and keen to learn everything! I'm open to learn new stuff and to look from the new perspective at the things I already know.
And regarding teaching you. I don't have any special skills, but I have seen many places and things and I lived a wee bit (but I'm not that old :) ) so I guess I know some stuff so I can give an advice or two :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Western Sahara