CURRENT MISSION

discover passion and inspirations

ABOUT ME

We are open-minded and friendly person. We like meet people and spend time together, learn new things, visit new places.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I and Olga start adventure with CS

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I and Olga start adventure with CS

Interests

Michal: Art - sculpture, instalations, land-art, drawings.
Travel with friends - a specially by car around country, to see more, visit more interesting places and find places that not everybody know. Sport - football(soccer), swimming, ski. Theatre and dance theatre. If You are interesting of my art works You can find it on my website (www.michalsmandek.com)

Olga: Interior design, modern architecture and art, theatre and dance theatre (especially festivals: International Performing Arts Festival A PART and Annual International Contemporary Dance Conference and Performance Festival), movies, travels.

Music, Movies, and Books

Michal and Olga - our best movies directors: Takeshi Kitano, Andriej Tarkowski, Michelangelo Antonioni, Lars von Trier, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Bela Tarr, Martin Scorsese, Pedro Almodovar, Akira Kurosawa, Kim Ki Duk, Ang Lee, Andrei Zvyagintsev, Roman Polanski, Quentin Tarantino

Michal's music: rock, jazz, electonic, ambient, trans - best bands: Deftones, Anathema, Radiohead, Tool, The Knife, The Killers, Queen

Olga's music: alternative, indie, nu-jazz - best bands: Florence and The Machine, Radiohead, Bonobo, The Car Is On Fire, Kate Nash, Coldplay, The Kooks, Queen

Michal`s books writers: Wiesław Myśliwski, Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Bukowski, Gabriel García Márquez, Yann Martel, Mario Puzo, Czesław Centkiewicz, John Stainbeck, Mario Vargas Llosa, Umberto Eco

Olga's books writers: Wiesław Myśliwski, Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Amos Oz, Michaił Bułhakow, Zadie Smith, Aglaja Veteranyi, Haruki Murakami, Julio Cortazar, Milan Kundera

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

traveling in 40 degree heat in car without air-condition :D

Teach, Learn, Share

Michal: I am teacher of sculpture so, I can show and explain You how to make various kinds of sculpture. Talk about art, art`s theory, artists. I can halp You in your drawings, paintings, art video and art instalations.

Olga: I'm interior designer and working as kitchen designer. We can talk about ergonomic arrangement your house/flat, modern furnitures and trends in interiors.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Poland, United Kingdom, United States