CURRENT MISSION

Our mission is to be happy, meet people, travel and try new things

ABOUT ME

We are positive, amicable couple who love to travel and explore the world. We think that life is best shared and that is why we like the idea behind CS. There is no better way to get to know a place than through its people. We are very open-minded and always try to approach others with respect and interest. We both have nomadic souls and find it hard to settle down in one place. We have left our native Poland at the age of 20 and been challenging life ever since. After trying many places around Europe we really liked London and six years ago we’ve made it our ‘Head Quarter’. We have been a couple for over 10 years, got engaged last summer and getting married next year. We believe that life is a wonderful adventure (although sometimes difficult) and we try our best to embrace it. Julia works in travel and tourism industry as airlines sales and marketing executive. Bartek is working in a contemporary art gallery as a logistics and technical projects manager.

PHILOSOPHY

Everything is better together

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We were introduced to CS by our best friend who is an active CS user and we got a bug since then.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far (2012) we have hosted one person and surfed couples of times. We have also invited a trio from Poland for traditional 'Doughnut Day' party. Our apartment is small and thereby we are unable to host more than 2 people at a time.

Interests

We enjoy the energy of big cities but always try to balance it out with escapes to the countryside and nature. We love simple things such as good food, interesting movies and books. We greatly enjoy photography and art both as creators and spectators. We both have creative minds and we are very passionate. We have thousands of ideas and dreams and our goal in life is to gradually making them come true.

• arts
• books
• contemporary art
• photography
• dining
• partying
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Inception,Amelie,The road,The beach,Darjeeling Limited, Shatter Island,Love Actually(Christmas must-see),Secret in their eyes, Reconstruction,Goodbye Lenin,Phonebooth,Amores perros,Requiem for a dream,The fountain,Trainspotting,Snatch,Fight Club,etc..
Music: Coco Rosie,Yann Tiersen,Sigur Ros,Hot Chip,Nightmare on wax,Matthew Herbert,Florence and the machine,The irrepressables,Coldplay,MIA,Passion Pit,Jonsi,Portishead,Radiohead,Chikinki,Feist,Bonobo, etc..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Had a close encounter with a shark and are still alive.

Part of our couchsurfing experience is to film ourselves spinning around in various locations around the world.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, France, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Spain, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Poland, United Kingdom

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