CURRENT MISSION

traveling, discovering, listening, learning, exploring,

ABOUT ME

HI EVERYONE! Scroll down for the “Original”

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Update 03.2024
London is my new home, I feel settled here and might stay here for a while longer. Keep adding new theatre musicals to my watch list and flagging new hidden gems to show people around.

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Update 09.2021
Started to work for an e-scooter company, enjoying micromobility and sustainable transport very much! 🙌🏼 🛴 feel free to drop me a message if you need a place to stay at London or wish to hang out and sightsee London together over the weekend 🇬🇧
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Update 01.2020
Back to Europe, oh I missed Europe and home a lot!
Transferred with the company to London, currently looking for a proper apartment. Excited for new CS adventures in 2020! ⛰🎒🛋
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Update 06.2018
Started new exciting role at TikTok, fun video app that everyone knows and a lot of people use everyday 😃
...sooo busy - it seems that work is my life... sadly not much time for CS experience at this moment.
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Update 10.2017
Back to professional work in Shanghai, usually super busy and at office until 7/8 pm weekdays. During weekends I may attend language classes or be at work sometimes. But if you let me know in advance I’m happy to plan a day with you and show you my favourite spots in Shanghai.
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Original
My name is Maciej, I am CSer from Poland (currently living in London), I love traveling, meeting new people, discovering cultures, trying delicious food, and experiencing new things.
My friends call me an open minded, trustworthy, easy-going, spontaneous and helpful person with a good sense of humor.
I like to walk a lot, hang around in new cities with amazing people that I meet everywhere.
I used to work for few big companies such as Philips, but in June 2016 I decided to focus on my last exams at my MA studies, travel more, look for some further opportunities, meet more amazing people and make friendships all around the world! And so I took my first 1 gap for proper travelling and I became addicted to it. I moved to Shanghai in 2017 🇨🇳

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Always unpredictable but incredible!
I find CS idea amazing, it’s truly fantastic way of traveling, I met so many fantastic, crazy people and some of my best friends here!

Interests

TRAVELING, new technologies, languages, cultures, music (playing violin, live music festivals), books, gardening, running, swimming, cycling, chess,

Music, Movies, and Books

What you can find in my libraries:

MOVIES:
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Inglourious Basterds, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Blow, Donnie Darko, Dead Poets Society, Her, Avatar
I am big fan of great classic animations such as: Ratatouille, A Bug's Life, Lion King, Finding Nemo, Toy Story, Up,
Favourite directors: David Fincher, Tim Burton, Pedro Almodovar, Woody Allen,

MUSIC:
I like various types of music, I do not stick to one style, I like to discover fresh sounds. Here are some of the bands I like to listen to: The National, Junip, The Cranberries, The Knife, The Chemical Brothers, Mika, Nick Cave, My Morning Jacket, Mø, Ben Howard, EL VY, Chvrches, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Glass Animals, Florence and the Machine, Lily Allen, Phosphorescent, Eddie Vedder, Skunk Anansie, Michael Jackson, Tracy Chapman, Devendra Banhart

BOOKS:
The Hunger Games Trilogy, The Hobbit, Little Prince, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Harry Potter series, The Catcher in the Rye, Haruki Murakami: 1Q84, Sophia's World, The Reader, Steve Jobs, Alfred Hitchcock series,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Learned to play the violin 🎻

Teach, Learn, Share

If you visit Chodzież I can show you around and share:
- Amazing traveling and CS stories
- Tasty polish food
- Many different instruments at our family home: pianos, guitars, violins, flute and others
- Hundreds (if not thousands) of books (mostly in English and Polish language but not only)
- Friendly atmosphere and and good music always around

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can try to teach you some Polish or Chinese language or share some best travelling stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, England, Poland, Scotland, Turkey

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