Love foreign cultures and language(s) and sharing experiences. In autumn 2011 I've moved to Italy where I'm a student of masters degree in sociology.

Foreigners often wonder about my name. So, my official first name is Joanna but in Poland all girls named Joanna are called Asia in the informal contacts (unless they dislike it).
'Asia' in Polish has nothing in common with the continent East from Europe, it is actually pronounced more or less like 'a-sha' and the continent we call Azja and pronounce like 'az-ia'.
It Italy it's funny because 'ascia' (pronounced more or less like 'a-sha') means axe. So some Italians don't get why I'm named Joanna but write the name of continent which is read like 'axe'. ;)

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

To meet new interesting people (from) all over the world.

CS EXPERIENCE

I wasn't able to host many people by now (just twice) so mostly I visited other CSers and met them in:

August 2008 - 2 days in Warsaw, Poland;
March 2009 - a night in Vienna, Austria;
March 2009 - a CS meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia;
April 2009 - 2 days in Zagreb, Croatia;
July 2009 - a meeting with a CS-er from Warsaw in Sopot, Poland; a night with my brother in Olsztyn, Poland;
December 2009 - a day and night in Cracow, Poland;
January 2010 - 2 meetings with CS-ers in Rome, Italy;
February 2010 - 2 days in Catania, Italy; a meeting with CS-ers in Verona, Italy; 2 days in Padua, Italy; a night in Bologna, Italy;
July 2010 - 2 days in Padua, Italy;
September 2010 - a meeting with a CSer from Brasil in Padua, Italy;
May 2011 - 2 days with my sister in Warsaw, Poland
February 2012 - a day in the Hague and a night near Amsterdam, the Netherlands;
March 2012 - a night in Bergamo, Italy;
April 2012 - hosted a Polish couple in Padua, Italy (my first guests :));
March 2013 - a night in Milan, Italy;
April 2013 - hosted a German cyclist in Padua, Italy (my first foreign guest);
June 2013 - met a Dutch CS-er in Padua, Italy; met a CS-er in Trieste, Italy;
March 2014 - a night in Bologna, Italy;
May 2014 - 2 nights in Trapani, Italy; a night in Palermo, Italy; 3 nights and 2 meetings in Catania, Italy;
November 2014 - a night in Bergamo, Italy together with my friend Ania;
January 2015 - a night in Berlin, Germany;
May 2015 - 2 nights in Milan, Italy;
June 2015 - 3 nights in Turin, Italy;
July 2015 - a meeting in Wrocław, Poland;
September 2015 - a night in Verona, Italy with my friend Ewelina; hosted a CSer from London, UK
May 2016 - a night and some meetings in Palermo, Italy and a few nights in Trapani, Italy with my friend Iwona.

I have also spent different weekends or other holidays with CSers whom I met differently than trough CS, so I didn't count them above. ;)

Intereses

A lot. ;)
For example: foreign languages, music, Argentine tango dancing, sailing, skiing, animals (especially my cat :)), sightseeing etc.

• animals
• cats
• dancing
• tango
• music
• sailing
• skiing
• languages
• sociology
• sightseeing
• mountains

Música, películas y libros

Music - jazz and classics, but some different kinds are nice as well.
Films - esp. comedies, dramatic, psychological films etc. And I'm starting getting to know the Italian films.
Books - a lot of different kinds of literature. My favourite Polish author is Sławomir Mrożek.

Algo increíble que he hecho

Only one?! Góry Stołowe in Kotlina Kłodzka, Poland - really amazing mountains! And Rome, the capitol of Italy. And Cracow, the former capitol of Poland. And Sicily. And Madrid. And Prato della Valle in Padua. And more, more, moooooore! ;)

Enseña, aprende, comparte

I can teach Polish and some Italian language or something different. I'm thinking about learning some other languages. :)

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

Enthusiasm about life!

Países que he visitado

Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Países en los que he vivido

Italy, Poland