CURRENT MISSION

España :-D

PHILOSOPHY

'He who becomes the slave of habit,
who follows the same routes every day,
who never changes pace,
who does not risk and change the color of his clothes,
who does not speak and does not experience,
dies slowly.

He or she who shuns passion,
who prefers black on white,
dotting ones "it’s" rather than a bundle of emotions, the kind that make your eyes glimmer,
that turn a yawn into a smile,
that make the heart pound in the face of mistakes and feelings,
dies slowly.

He or she who does not turn things topsy-turvy,
who is unhappy at work,
who does not risk certainty for uncertainty,
to thus follow a dream,
those who do not forego sound advice at least once in their lives,
die slowly.

He who does not travel, who does not read,
who does not listen to music,
who does not find grace in himself,
she who does not find grace in herself,
dies slowly.

He who slowly destroys his own self-esteem,
who does not allow himself to be helped,
who spends days on end complaining about his own bad luck, about the rain that never stops,
dies slowly.

He or she who abandon a project before starting it, who fail to ask questions on subjects he doesn't know, he or she who don't reply when they are asked something they do know,
die slowly.

Let's try and avoid death in small doses,
reminding oneself that being alive requires an effort far greater than the simple fact of breathing.

Only a burning patience will lead
to the attainment of a splendid happiness' (Pablo Neruda)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm still a beginner CSer but so far my experience has been great!

Interests

Traveling, discovering new places, meeting new people, foreign languages :-)

• coloring
• cooking
• clothing
• traveling
• music
• languages
• study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

I love movies... the one I've been impressed by lately is "Skin" directed by Anthony Fabian - amazing story based on true events, and "La Nana" by Sebastian Silva, Chilean production.
I listen to different types of music, depending on my day and mood :-) I really like Spanish and Italian music, lately Mana, Franco Battiato, Gianna Nannini, Marisa Monte, Madelaine Peyroux, Tracy Chapman, Caetano Veloso, The Fray, The Kooks...
Books - too many to make a list...Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ryszard Kapuściński, Milan Kundera...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visiting Florida together with Katrina hurricane, having almost no money and no place to sleep; crazy erasmus trip to Italy - 7 of us 'living' in one car for 4 days :-); summer trip around Spain and Portugal - amazing!

Teach, Learn, Share

I like cooking! and the brave ones who try my specialities always survive ;-) so I'd be happy to show you how to prepare some Polish typical dishes, like pierogi, gołąbki, krokiety or bigos :-) or something sweet like ginger cake :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Spain