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Overview

  • 27 references 21 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Czech, English, Polish, Russian; learning German, Spanish
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2006
  • working with children
  • I graduated from Warsaw University (slavic studies)
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About Me

I like:
playing table games with my sister and friends,
speaking Czech,
driving a car,
watching movies,
sitting on the floor,
staring at maps,
smell of petrol.

I love hiking, cycling and camping as well as visiting museums or art galeries.

I'm vegetarian.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just love the idea of Couchsurfing. Some of you may don't like that I almost don't have any comments from my guests. Well, I don't like it neither. Yes, I'm more often guest than host but this is because I don't have any permanent address. When I work I get a room for employees from hotels and I don't have posibility to host anyone :( I definatelly would like to meet for a drink though.

And my first experiences where as a host. I was using hospitalityclub back then.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The best Couchsurfing experiance I've had in Albania (when I was guest of Defrim's family).

And the other one was couchsurfing in Turkey. Finding hosts was really easy there. Everyone was so hospitable, caring and helpful. It was a pleasure to be guest there.

Interests

I've started climbing lately. So far only on the climbing wall, hope to climb in mountains one day...

I like listening to people stories so I read blogs (not only about travelling), non fiction books (reportage and memoir) and watch TED talks.

Music, Movies, and Books

There was a time in my life when I was watching Bollywood movies (don't you love this positive atmosphere?)

I still laugh like crazy when I watch 'Friends' although I've already seen each episode 100 times.

When I spend winter in my cold beautiful country there is nothing better than sitting in a cozy big armchair with cup of hot tea and book of one of my favourite writer.
It can be Hemingway, Marquez, Murakami, Kapuściński or Stasiuk. Last winter I felt in love with Karen Blixen.

Music? Hm... depends. Either open air concerts or slightly more depresive.... Norah Jones, Coldplay... with this music of course I need a glass of wine.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen Georgian national basketball team live! Isn't it amazing? :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Here is the list of coffe houses/pubs I like in Warsaw:

http://www.poludnikzero.pl/ coffee house for travellers

http://znajomiznajomych.waw.pl/ pub in the city center

http://www.kalimba.pl
SHOP WITH TOYS FOR CHILDREN PLUS COFFEE HOUSE

Tarabuk - bookshop + coffee house http://www.tarabuk.pl/
http://www.empik.com/# the STORE where you can buy books, CD, DVD and a lot of other different things.

My favourite cinema in Warsaw:
Kino Muranów http://kinomuranow.pl/
it's small and cozy, in Poland all movies are in original language with Polish subtitles. Exept of movies for children- theese films have Polish dubbing

Kino Muranów has cheaper tickets on Monday

My favourite traveller blog: http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/

Sources of travelling advices:
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/
http://www.travelindependent.info/
and in Polish: http://www.koniecswiata.net/

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, Turkey

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