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Overview

  • 5 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Polish
  • 30, Female
  • Member since 2015
  • Student of Journalism & Communication
  • No education listed
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About Me

"Tell me something about yourself" is probably the thoughest question you can ask me. Seriously!
Well... As you may already know, I'm from Poland, but I've always knew that I can't stay in one place for a long time. Right now I'm studying Journalism & Public Relations at the University of Economics in Katowice and as far as I know, this is what I want to do when I grow up.
I started traveling when I was 2 years old. That's the exact moment when I've felt in love with mountains and hiking. Since this time, me and my family were traveling to Slovakia or Czech Republic to explore wildlife there and hike as long as we could. Last year my traveling time in USA was also all about hiking - Zion National Park, Grand Canyon and Yosemite National Park - these are places where I could stay for more than few days!
But traveling isn't only hiking for me. It's more about people, their histories and culture. For me every person is interesting, you just have to go deep enough! I'm very good listener and I loooove to hear people's stories about their lifes.

Interests

The biggest hobby? It takes me a looooot of my free time. Photography. I take photos, read about photography, retouch photography and do a lot of stuff connected with photography. It's probably my whole life! I prefer taking landscapes pictures, but it's always a really nice challenge to photograph people. Someone said that photo shows someone's soul...
Besides, there's cooking (and eating, of course), music (I play guitar and recently became the biggest country music fan), traveling, sport (krav maga, snowboarding, ice-skating) and... books. Books, books, books, a lot of books!

  • books
  • photography
  • dining
  • cooking
  • clubbing
  • traveling
  • music
  • snowboarding
  • sports
  • krav maga

Music, Movies, and Books

Music? Mostly rap music, but lately something brought country to my life and we're stucked together!
Movies? I think my love of American and British movies is that big, that I can't stand when an actor speaks in other language.
Books? Every book with this ... 'thing'. First chapter is the most important.
Favorite movies? 'The Green Mile', 'One day', 'Inception', 'Whiplash', 'Burlesque'.
Favorite books? 'Anna Karenina', 'Game of Thrones'

Teach, Learn, Share

Of course I can show you two parts of my hometown - the old part and the best part! Maybe Tarnowskie Gory doesn't have the biggest clubs, shops and museums, but sometimes smaller city is better than the big one.
Besides, I can teach you how to cook some polish dishes. I loooooove to cook and bake, so it'll be an amazing opportunity to do what I like and give some of this love to someone else! And you would be surprised how many delicious dishes we have in polish traditional kitchen!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Fun, a lot of smile, food and a day without grousing!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Poland, United States

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