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Polish/British family of 4 (mum Kasia, dad Pawel, boys: Sebastian 19 and Oskar 9 ...), now living in Valencia, Spain previously in London for 18 years, sporty, multilingual, curious about pretty much everything. believing that life is short and we need to make the most of it, which among others means socialising with nice people, hence hooked on CS :)

PHILOSOPHY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krHjswcgCZw

"The idea is to die young as late as possible."

1 Thessalonians 5:21 "Test everything. Hold on to the good. " in a VERY non-religious sense though :)"

"Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience." - Victoria Holt

"A life has only been worth living if one has made full use of all one's abilities and tried to live out every kind of experience human life has to offer." - Clara Immerwahr-Haber

"La juventud no es un tiempo de la vida, es un estado del espi­ritu." Mateo Aleman ...

"Without data, you are just another person with an opinion". Andreas Schleicher (head of OECD PISA school tests)

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Hanlon's razor

"A good friend will always stab you in the front."

"Truth Springs From Arguments Amongst Friends" David Hume

"Nullius in verba" - "Take nobody's word for it" motto of the Royal Society

'I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.' - Baruch Spinoza (I wish I could I am getting older hence increasingly patronizing:) )

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We host a LOTin London, we had more than 500 people here :) and we continue to do the same in Valencia (probably soon hitting our first hundred)
We surfed in Spain, Poland, UK, Germany, Portugal, France and Morocco.
We attended a CS conference in London.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Almost entirely Positive! We met fantastic people and found out more about them and the places they come from.

Interests

Kasia: Tennis, badminton, cycling, theater, literature, space exploration (sic!)

Pawel: Taekwondo, windsurfing, photography (http://goo.gl/xZ8JPa), classical guitar, psychology, education, permaculture

Sebastian: sports, expensive stuff (a bit antisocial) :)

Oskar: watching you tube gaming and science videos

ALL: anything geeky or science-related

• photography
• flamenco
• education
• piano
• windsurfing
• tennis
• badminton
• psychology
• sustainability
• permaculture
• programming
• python
• taekwondo
• climate change
• data science
• sustainable living
• classical guitar
• urban farming
• aquaponics
• climatology
• sustainable tourism
• sustainable agriculture
• global warming
• neurodivergence

Music, Movies, and Books

There is so much we can recommend. It is way too long to list. We actually keep lots of lists of things like movies, recipes, life hacks, educational and inspiring videos, fitness exercises etc.
We are eager to build them up and to share them.

For example, can you help us extend this list of
"beautiful,funny, provocative, original or otherwise significant songs (at least one per every country)"?

https://goo.gl/iFp4Xg

If you have a chance watch “Ten Items or Less”:
https://archive.org/details/10-items-or-less
Two complete strangers meet by chance and both of their lives get enriched by getting a different perspective on life. This movie is to me like a perfect CS experience....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

As a student (many, many years ago) Pawel spent 3 months cycling around Europe. He was short of cash and as there was no Couchsurfing back then he spent most of this time sleeping under bridges or in bus stop shelters - a proper bum :) (see the bike trip section of our photos)

visited 46 states (20.4%)

Teach, Learn, Share

As mentioned above we have lots to share.
Among others we can teach:
- languages (Pawel used to teach English and has a lot of tips for both learning and teaching, + same electronic materials he could share)
-computers (although Pawel deals with large corporate systems) he should be able to troubleshoot most PC-related problems
- We can definitely teach you some Taekwondo kicks :)
(http://youtu.be/3M9ogeZMqBo)
- how to ferment food (making close to authentic Korean Kimchi)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Fix computers.or electronic stuff, teach how to make Kimchi, various educational advice,.practice languages

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Morocco, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

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