Hey!
I’m Marcin
I love to wander around discovering new places and tastes, making new friends and enjoying my life. I learned from experience that ‘slow travelling’ is the best. I prefer to see less, but to get to know places better. I like to spend longer time in one city or country, hitchhike around with no strict plan and see what life has to offer. I really enjoy learning new languages and trying local food (that’s probably… nope, that IS my favourite part of travelling). I love living in hostels with other backpackers and making local friends as well.

Anyway, some general facts about me:
-I’m 22
-I study mechanical engineering at AGH, Kraków
-I speak Polish and English fluently, and I can speak Russian quite well (уже могу прочитать книги "Малышь Николя"!), recently I really got into learning German (fingers crossed that I won't give up)

Here are some points from my bucket list:

-see a space rocket launching
-see polar bears of Svalbard
-do a horse riding trip in Kyrgizstan
-learn to make perfect Urfa kebap
-travel in an 'iron train' in Mauretania
-do a trekking in Tusheti, Georgia
-visit Lofoten and see northern lights
-ski in japanese deep powder snow
-see Concorde, An-225, Tu-144 and Airbus Beluga
-visit a Vegeterain festival on Phuket
-live for some time in Moscow
-do a trekking to Toubkal, Kazbek and Elbrus

And many more...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am here for locals. There is nothing better than discovering new places acompanioned by you. I love spending time on visiting secret spots, listening to stories, experiencing different cultures and my favourite - tasting local food

Interests

street food, dogs, film photography, learning languages, street art, movies and books, politics, eastern european/slavic countries, vintage cars, socialist-modernism architecture, physics, urban exploration, beer

• dogs
• books
• street art
• beer
• skiing
• languages
• hitchhiking
• urban exploration
• film photography
• german
• street food
• russian
• workaway
• eastern europe
• mechanical engineering
• lomography

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: mostly polish writers, both non-fiction and fiction. My favourite authors are S. Twardoch, B. Demick,S. Alexievich, D.Glukhovsky, W. Tochman

Movies: Both parts of Blade Runner, Alien movies, First Man, Knives out, Lego movie

Tv series: Peaky Blinders, Trailer Park Boys, the Handmaid's Tale and the best out of the best - Dark

Music: I love black metal and synth-pop. I know, that's a weird combination, but I like to experiment with music. Except for the genres mentioned above I listen to russian coldwave, old school gangsta rap, psych turk, retro polish rock and many, many others

BTW, I would really appreciate any recommendations on what to read/watch/listen from you guys!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent a night by the wall of abandoned UFO on the top of Buzludzha in Bulgaria

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you a little bit of polish, give a lot of advice on hitchhiking, wild camping and travelling on budget, share my thoughts on different topics

What I Can Share with Hosts

Spend good time together sharing beers, food and stories, help with housework, share some positive energy

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Poland