CURRENT MISSION

Help people see the world

ABOUT ME

We are a mature couple living in a house in Douglaston part of Queens, New York City. To Manhattan: 1/2 hour by LIRR train ($7 - $9.50, $4 each way on weekends) or 1.5 hours by bus and subway ($2.50 each way).
Elizabeth: Works from home. Native Polish speaker.
Paul: Will retire soon. Speaks German.

PHILOSOPHY

We want to help people see the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Since the end of June 2013 we hosted:

Pawel from Warsaw, Poland; June 2013
Mateusz from Wroclaw, Poland; June 2013
Helene and Yoann from La Rochelle, France; June 2013
Patricia and Franzy from Germany; July 2013
Andrea from Quito, Ecuador; July 2013
Levi from Hawaii; July 2013
Jana, Ondra, Tomas and Petr from the Czech Republic; July 2013
Buket and Sandra from Germany; July 2013
Federica from Italy; July 2013
Wonji and Hyewon from Korea; July 2013
Sarah from Brussels, Belgium; July 2013
Jacques from Marseille, France; July 2013
Marc from Stuttgart, Germany; July 2013
Trudy and Carl from Perth, Australia; July 2013
Jason, Nella and little Ayana from Lincoln, UK and Costa Rica; August 2013
Emas from Seul, Korea; August 2013
Javier and Pilar from Albacete, Spain; August 2013
Mechthild from Calgary, Canada; August 2013
Wang from Beijing, China; August 2013
Verena from Salzburg, Austria; August 2013
Nausheen and Cecil from Karachi, Pakistan; August 2013
Jacques and Bastien from Marseille, France; August 2013
Damian from Krakow, Poland; September 2013
Mateusz, Mateusz and Kasia from Lodz, Poznan and Krakow, Poland; September 2013
Irek and Tomasz from Torun, Poland; September 2013
Veronika and Natalia from Bratislava, Slovakia; September 2013
Lucia from Slovakia; September 2013
Chris and Kasia from Krakow and Bielsko-Biala, Poland; September 2013
Ania and Janek from Krakow, Poland; September 2013
Paulina and Michał from Wrocław, Poland; September 2013
Kamila, Magda and Mattew from Poland; September 2013
Bartłomiej from Zabrze, Poland; September 2013
Marek from Gdansk, Poland; October 2013
Tao from Guangzhou, China, October 2013
Pawel from Warsaw, Poland; October 2013
Alison and Veronique from Valence, France; October 2013

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We closed our couch for the 2013 season.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We are new to CF, but not to hosting.
In the past, we participated in high school exchange program through the EF Foundation. For six years in a row we hosted students who completed 11-th grade while staying with us for whole school year. We were happy that we could give young people the opportunity to discover America.
Now we want to repeat this experience with couch surfers willing to come to New York.

Interests

Elizabeth: Likes gardening, travels, music.
Paul: Likes travel, politics, history, hiking, singing and carpentry.

• writing
• books
• singing
• gardening
• politics
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many to list

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watching the child grow.

Something more pertaining to travel: sunrise on Machu Picchu seen through Inti Punku - the Gate of the Sun.

Teach, Learn, Share

Elizabeth: I have been teaching for twenty years by writing about life in America and personal finance for Polish immigrants. See www.PoradnikSukces.com (sorry, the site is in Polish only, but two books are in English).

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Aruba, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, French Guiana, Germany, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Italy, Jamaica, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Poland, United States

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